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Business Development - Foodservice
We are seeking a passionate, self-motivated individual with a love for food and a flair for sales to join a growing Foodservice Business Development team playing a key role in delivering outstanding customer experiences, driving sales growth, and securing new business across the Southeast Leinster region. This opportunity is ideal for a commercially minded chef or hospitality professional ready to take their passion for quality food into a thriving commercial role.
Responsibilities:
* Manage and develop new and existing food service accounts
* Maintaining a call pattern with existing customers.
* Provision of excellent customer service, product and industry knowledge
* Identify and target business opportunities with new food service accounts.
* Expand current offering and proposition to existing customers.
* Deliver a prompt response to all customer.
* Drive continual improvement of product knowledge and share this with customers to improve growth of sales.
* Offer new food solutions/concepts to customers
* Submission of daily and weekly sales paperwork including weekly planner to the Food Service Commercial Sales Manager.
* Analyse sales results by customers for the territory to establish current trading situations and identify key customers to visit on a regular basis.
* Work cross functionally with other departments in the business ie. National Accounts, Finance, Marketing and HR to deliver shared objectives.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
* A proven track record within the Food Service business.
* Ability to access, analyse and interpret sales data.
* Experience in the use of sales report data.
* A knowledge of sales and margins processes.
* Excellent communication skills both written and oral communication.
* Strong numerical skills
* Full driving license.
* Food Retail, culinary, hospitality, or beverage education or experience and the ability to communicate effectively with chefs.
For more information on this role call 01 661 9636
Location: Southeast - Kilkenny, Wexford, Laois, Kildare, Tipperary and Waterford
Job Ref: 9416PL
Seniority level
* Seniority level
Associate
Employment type
* Employment type
Full-time
Job function
* Job function
Business Development and Sales
* Industries
Food and Beverage Retail, Hospitality, and Food and Beverage Services
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