Business Development Manager

Are you a passionate, dynamic, and results-driven individual working in or close to the catering equipment or food service industries? If so, this could be the next career move you have been waiting for.

My client is going through a fantastic period of growth and expansion with their sights firmly set on hitting their £10m turnover target and are now looking for a Business Development or Account Manager to join their growing team with the opportunity to work with some of the most famous venues and hospitality brands in the UK, delivering equipment and maintenance projects in a variety of sectors.

• Experience within the catering equipment industry is essential for this role, as is the ability to understand your customers’ needs, offering consultative solutions in confidence and deliver them to your design team.
• You will possess excellent communication skills and the ability to develop and nurture relationships with new and existing clients.
• You will have experience of working as part of a larger team, including administrative and project delivery teams.
• An ability to understand operational and business needs to develop solutions for clients.
• Experience in site-surveying to provide initial plans to the design team would be ideal along with the ability to read and understand technical drawings and tenders.
• You will have the ability to meet and exceed your own and the companies’ targets.

Supported by an award-winning design, project management and marketing team to help maximise team performance, this opportunity represents a genuine opportunity to help propel a business to the next level and make a real difference. As part of a dynamic working environment that encourages creativity, collaboration and dedication, your platform for professional growth and development will be laid out and ready for you to take control of.

From a salary perspective you will be looking at a basic of £40,000 – 50,000, with on target earnings of between £50 – 60,000, possibly more with an uncapped bonus scheme. You will be required to be in the office for 2 days a week, with most of the work being in and around London. There is also a genuine opportunity to progress to Sales Director level in line with current growth plans.

We appreciate this is only a snapshot of the role, so if you are interested and want to know more, call me, send me a message (Richard Lambert on LinkedIn), DM, or whatever is easiest. We encourage anyone who feels they are suitable to apply. We love seeing diversity in our applicants. We use specialist technology to ensure there are no gender biases in our adverts.

Every applicant will receive a response. We sometimes make mistakes and miss things from CVs, so you will be given an opportunity to receive feedback and discuss the role in more detail if you feel necessary.