Business Development Manager in Greater London
Posted by Talent Guardian
£40,000 – £50,000 a year
Greater London · Permanent
We’re working with a growing business in the seafood and food distribution industry who are looking for an experienced Business Development Manager to join their team.
This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with a strong background in foodservice sales who enjoys building relationships, identifying new opportunities and driving business growth.
You’ll play an important part in expanding the company’s customer base, developing long-term commercial relationships and securing new business across the restaurant, hospitality, wholesale and wider foodservice sectors.
The role:
- Identifying and securing new business opportunities across foodservice, hospitality, wholesale and retail
- Building relationships with restaurants, hospitality groups, chefs and key decision-makers
- Developing and managing a strong pipeline of new business opportunities
- Negotiating pricing, contracts and commercial agreements
- Developing existing customer accounts and identifying opportunities to increase revenue
- Researching market trends, competitor activity and potential new markets
- Preparing customer proposals, quotations and sales presentations
- Working closely with commercial, buying and operations teams to meet customer requirements
- Managing sales forecasts, customer information and CRM records
- Representing the business at customer meetings and industry events
- Has 3–5 years’ experience in business development, sales or account management
- Has experience within foodservice, hospitality, wholesale, FMCG or food distribution
- Has a proven track record of securing new business and achieving sales targets
- Is confident approaching new customers and developing commercial relationships
- Has strong negotiation skills and a good understanding of pricing and profit margins
- Is comfortable managing their own sales pipeline and generating new opportunities
- Can build relationships with chefs, business owners, procurement teams and senior decision-makers
- Has good organisational skills and experience using CRM systems
- Is willing to travel regularly for customer meetings and business development activities
- Ideally has experience within seafood, fresh food or chilled food distribution, although this isn’t essential
- Performance-related bonus scheme
- Hybrid working
- Health and wellbeing programme
- Employee and product discounts
- Car scheme and cycle to work scheme
- Free on-site parking
- Career development opportunities
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