Business Development

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 eg: 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.
  • Results driven individual
  • Strong numerical skills 
  • Full driving license.

 Desirable:

  • Food Retail, Culinary, hospitality  or beverage education or experience and the ability to communicate effectively with Chefs.

To apply send your CV to jobs@peoplegroup.ie, through our website www.peoplegroup.ie

For more information on this role call 01 661 9636

Location: Southeast 

Salary: Competitive

Job Ref: 9416PL