Job Description
We have a range of exciting Education Business Development roles in the Warwickshire to Home Counties / Surrey regions.
We are recruiting at Business Development, rising to Senior Business Development Manager level and are keenly looking for someone who is aspiring to progress in to a Head of Sales role in time. These education caterers are on an exciting growth trajectory and are looking for dynamic sales relationship specialists to focus on this continued contract acquisition strategy.
If you are currently specialising in Business Development within Business & Industry, Workplace, Stadia, Events or Education within the Foodservice sector, we would love to hear from you!
You will be someone who already enjoys fantastic client relations, has strong influencing skills and is well-networked. You will be engaging, energetic, dynamic, self-driven and have a winning mind set. It is also essential that you have a genuine passion for food and keep up with all the latest food trends, with a keen desire to translate this in to the world of education catering.
We are looking for individuals who have:
* Excellent communications skills
* Ability to listen and identify client needs
* A pro-active solution-focused approach
* Immaculate personal presentation
* Experience within a hungry and fast-paced sales-focused environment
* Drive, determination and ability work alone and also collaboratively as part of a team
* A highly engaging, energetic, likeable personality
* Exemplary written skills
* A strong commercial mind and natural ability to present food service contract financials
* The ability to influence and win trust
Sales / Business Development experience within retail catering / education or B&I within the contract catering / foodservice sector is ESSENTIAL for this role.
We are particularly interested in talking with Business Development Managers who have mentored and developed others within a small team framework.
If you have proven experience matching the above criteria, please apply, attaching your CV as a WORD document.
Please note, only candidates with suitable experience will be contacted.
