Business Development Manager

We're looking for an ambitious individual who is ready to learn quickly and join our Booker Group & Onestop team (part of the Tesco Business Unit) working in the Booker Group sub‑team. Distinguished by our energetic, determined nature, our sales teams combine a strategic and consultative approach; utilising incisive consumer data to help both Pepsi Co and our customers flourish.

This is a very exciting time to be joining the Booker Group & broader Tesco Group BU and a fantastic opportunity to build on the great work as we develop plans to maximise performance post Covid. This is an opportunity to gain critical experience working on our biggest wholesale account. Booker group has a diverse customer base and you will gain experience across Wholesale, Symbols, Independent retail, Forecourts and Catering.

• Lead and manage the Quaker portfolio across Booker Group (Wholesale, Retail & Booker Retail Partners). Full P&L responsibility.
• Lead internal and external Pepsi Co & Booker Group field agenda in partnership with Pepsi Co Field team (i.e. periodic priorities, NPD, distribution & execution initiatives).
• Develop and nurture external relationships across Booker branches, Booker Retail & Booker Catering sales teams (i.e. Branch days and Sales Team meetings).
• Ownership of the ‘Hero 30’ retail distribution and ‘Premium & Mainstream’ catering distribution initiatives ensuring progress is tracked, ranked and published with all key stakeholders aligned.
• Support the Booker leadership team in producing monthly internal and external presentations.
• Work closely with our commercial and shopper marketing team on planning and implementation of our in‑store, in‑outlet, in‑depot and digital execution.
• Measure the effectiveness and ROI of our campaign execution and provide solutions and recommendations for future activity.
• Work closely with our category team to provide timely category reporting and insight to help shape our decisions and planning.
• Provide periodic promotional and NPD performance analysis.
• Support on planning and delivery of all internal and external events and meetings.
• Support the Booker Group team with weekly reporting, analysis and market research across Wholesale, Retail & Catering.

• Well‑developed analytical skills, combined with strong IT skills, including Excel and PowerPoint – requirement to build clear and powerful presentations and reporting documents.
• Experience of internal and external networking to deliver results.
• Strong self‑awareness, with ability to flex style to audience (front line sales to Director level wiring both internally and externally).
• Drive for results.
• Demonstrates perseverance and resilience in the pursuit of goals.
• Confronts and works to resolve tough issues.
• Exhibits a “can‑do” attitude and a willingness to take on significant challenges.
• Successful record of delivering results and continually demonstrating a sense of urgency.
• Knows the numbers cold.