Business Development Manager
Business Development Manager
London
£Competitive + Excellent Benefits + Car
Role Profile
Lockhart Catering Equipment specialise in supplying high calibre and unique products through their superior brands, providing customers with innovation, inspiration, and differentiation. A trading division of Bunzl UK Ltd, Lockhart Catering Equipment are one of the world’s finest suppliers of quality catering equipment and clothing. They are renowned for being a prestigious brand which is associated with the top catering and leisure establishments across the country.
Continental Chef Supplies is part of Lockhart Catering Equipment. Continental Chef Supplies is a leading brand and supplier of quality catering equipment to the Hospitality sector, and specifically the fine dine restaurant and hotel sectors.
Key Responsibilities
- Focused to achieve sales and profit targets, budgets and set KPI’s. Maximise all selling opportunities.
- Increase sales of CCS product ranges.
- Continually seeks out opportunities on a proactive basis and works closely with other areas of the Lockhart business to develop new opportunities.
- Lead, encourage, train and support others in order for them to meet their objectives.
- Works on a collaborative basis with other Bunzl opco’s to initiate and maximise opportunities.
- Continuous development of a sales pipeline of new and existing customers across the sectors CCS supply to.
- Effective use of the CCS CRM system – Caterlyst to manage business on a daily basis.
- Uses a consultative approach to sell the benefits of CCS to prospective clients
- Effective and regular proactive follow up of sales leads to create opportunities
- Working closely with CCS partner suppliers to develop new business.
- Provide satisfactory solutions in situations involving the new and unexpected.
- Use researched factual information when solving problems and applies logic when handling conflict.
- Work to a high specification in order to improve and maintain quality.
- Bring a sense of urgency to situations, demonstrate an active approach, be willing to get involved in order to increase the pace and achieve goals and objectives.
- Following orders through to delivery, ensuring product arrives safely and customer receives the best experience possible, to provide quick and easy resolutions where required.
Skills & Experience
- Proven Business Development experience exceeding sales targets
- A proven track record of building robust client relationships
- Ability to recognise the value of understanding customers underlying, unexpressed needs and uncovers those to the benefit of the customer and the business
- A passion for working within the hospitality industry
Remuneration
£Competitive + Excellent Benefits + Car
About Cast UK
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