Business Development Manager

Position Summary:

The Business Development Manager is responsible for increasing sales by developing new business opportunities, as well as leveraging existing sales within the food service sector. Focus will be on multi-unit group business, platinum level account retention/growth, and recovery of accounts lost with in those parameters.

What you'll do:

Effectively manage and develop sales in both current and yet to be discovered food service channels through a multi-faceted research approach. Collaborate with the sales staff to identify potential opportunities to be targeted to meet budgeted sales goals.
Create and work through a methodical goal-oriented system for each identified sales opportunity. Must have the ability to think outside the box to develop custom tailored ideas based off each customer's needs.
Needs to possess a demonstrated high level closing ability and skill set.
Able to create relationships with key decision makers, then maintain them as needed after the account is on boarded and turned over to sales
Maintain regular oversight of accounts after they are handed over to sales, to ensure maximum leveraging of sales potential.
Ability to analyze trends, menus and order guides against customer purchases, creating valued customer suggestions in order to maximize sales
Clean unfiltered data to create cost comparisons, then restate it into customer friendly understandability
Gain valuable street level business intelligence, and translate that into actionable follow-up, setting up appointments with decision makers
Determine and create content for sales presentations, customizable for each opportunity
Support corporate business through daily communications
Work with Transportation to help ensure areas that have routes that are in need additional tonnage are being developed accordingly to maximize routes
Travel to account HQ meetings in a support roll
Regularly review sales reports to identify and target sleeper accounts where sales are not fully leveraged

About you:

4-year degree in Business or related field preferred.
5-7 years of progressive growth food service sales, preferably in the Northeast
Five plus years of sales experience with the food service or culinary business.
Advanced training in recent sales techniques preferred.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Strong computer skills (Excel, Microsoft Office)
Proven leadership and motivation skills
Ability to work in a fast paced selling environment
Strong Analytical and Problem Solving Skills
Ability to work independently
Presentation, Negotiation, and Influencing Skills
Well Versed in multiple forms of Social Media

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