Brakes Group is a leading supplier to the foodservice sector in the UK, Ireland, France and Sweden. The Group is committed to provide its customers with outstanding service, products and foodservice solutions, its people with a `great place to work` and its suppliers with a great company to partner.

Owned by Sysco, the world`s leading foodservice company, Brakes Group comprises a family of specialist businesses which are able to deliver everything the caterer needs. It provides a professional, friendly regional service supported by a national network of depots, which ensures it offers an exceptional and individual service to each and every one of its customers
BUSIESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER-
Role Purpose Statement
To gain new profitable independent business within a defined geographical area.
Key Accountabilities & Responsibilities
- Identify new sales opportunities, to achieve and increase Sales turnover and gross profit
- To devise and deliver customer business plan to maximise both customer and company growth
- Ensure best commercial fit to customer and business
- Maximise selling opportunities by analysis of customer need
- To devise and deliver a telesales partnership plan, to maximise business growth
- To proactively manage customer retention
- Ensure a smooth transition to assigned sales associate
- Accurate completion of area sales administration
- To maintain competitor awareness
- To contribute to Regional Plan
- To maintain and develop knowledge of product offering

Knowledge, Skills & Experience
Essential:
- Proven track record of profitable sales delivery
- Demonstration of the effectiveness of the Brakes Sales process
- Demonstrable knowledge of the market place
- The capacity to interpret, understand and act upon financial data to achieve customer solutions
- IT literate

The Business
Brakes Group is committed to reducing the environmental impact the business has on both the communities it serves and the countries it operates in. It has ISO 14001 accreditation - an internationally recognised standard for environmental performance.

Brakes Group operates as an equal opportunities employer and we welcome all applications regardless of gender, marital status, sexual orientation, pregnancy, race, colour, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, disability, age, political opinions or trade union membership.

Brakes UK uses a third party to undertake a number of checks. Any offer of employment made by Brakes UK would be conditional upon receiving a satisfactory; reference, identity document(s), basic DBS certificate and basic credit check.