Business Development Manager

North Yorkshire / North East Region
£40,000 + Car Allowance + Uncapped Bonus Commission
Full Time Monday to Friday 8:30am 5:00pm

We are recruiting for a Business Development Manager to join a growing and ambitious food service business covering the North East region.

This is a field based role ideal for someone based around Harrogate, Ripon or North Yorkshire who enjoys building relationships, developing accounts, and identifying new business opportunities.

This is not a hard sales environment focused on quick wins. The business is built around partnership led selling, helping customers improve efficiency, reduce costs, enhance product quality, and deliver better nutritional value across their food offering.

If you come from a food service or FMCG sales background and enjoy managing relationships while driving commercial growth, this could be the perfect opportunity.

You will manage and grow your own territory across the North East, developing both existing customer relationships and new business opportunities.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Managing and developing existing customer accounts
• Winning new business across your territory
• Building long term client relationships
• Working towards sales and margin targets
• Advising customers on ways to reduce costs and improve efficiency
• Providing insight into food quality and nutritional value
• Identifying opportunities to increase product range and customer spend
• Supporting company campaigns and promotions
• Maintaining a healthy sales pipeline
• Delivering excellent customer service throughout

We are looking for someone commercially minded, relationship focused, and motivated to grow a successful territory.

You will ideally have:

• A proven sales background within the food service industry or FMCG sector
• Experience with in field sales, account management, or business development
• Strong relationship building and account management skills
• A consultative and customer focused sales approach
• The ability to identify customer needs and provide value led solutions
• Strong communication and organisational skills
• A target driven mindset with strong commercial awareness
• The ability to manage your own territory effectively
• A full UK driving licence

• £40,000 basic salary
• Car allowance
• Uncapped bonus commission structure
• Company pension and benefits package
• Autonomy and flexibility in your role
• Career progression opportunities within a growing business
• Supportive and forward thinking leadership team

This is an excellent opportunity to join a business that genuinely values relationships over transactional sales.

You will have the opportunity to make a real impact within your territory, work with a quality product offering, and build long term partnerships with customers across the region.

Apply now and a member of the Workforce team will be in touch to discuss the next steps.

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