Business Development Manager

Location

East Lothian, Scotland | United Kingdom

Job description

Business Development Manager

Nestlé OOH

Full time, Permanent

Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours per week

Salary: up to £30,000 per annum + up to 20% bonus opportunity + company ca r

Territory:  Glasgow, Edinburgh, Falkirk, Kilmarnock, Kirkcaldy, Motherwell, Paisley, and surrounding areas

Do you have experience working in the Out of Home channel?

Looking for a new challenge with an award winning company?

This exciting opportunity requires candidates with strong commercial acumen, who love a challenge, can work with autonomy, and have experience in the out of home (OOH) channel.

This dynamic role will provide you with business development and territory management experience: Working across a broad range of sectors and customers within the OOH channel and from site to regional level, you will need to have a demonstrable track record of building and nurturing relationships and growing business.

The Business Development Manager’s role is to grow sales value and increase Distribution on their defined territory via both identifying and building commercial relationships with Key Decision Makers across the OOH Channel.

What will you be doing?

• Calling upon OOH sites and regional accounts within your territory
  • Out of Home sites include leisure venues, contract caterers, in house canteens, and other sites.
• Building your customer network by planning and executing localised opportunities
• Hunting and building regional relationships across contract catering development managers whilst collaboratively working to grow value and volume of the category (Nestlé)
• Formulating and driving regional activation plans with key customers which would include wholesale activation days, trade events and relevant exhibitions
• Using data and insight to form a selling story and influence decision makers
• Taking direction from internal sales and category teams to ensure the Nestlé OOH strategy is realised
• Working closely with Nestlé teams to always ensure connectivity and communication
• Maximising brand awareness and communicating new product opportunities
• Obtaining additional displays, driving product visibility and availability, and ensuring stock levels are maintained

What are we looking for?

• Self-starter with a can-do attitude; the right candidate will succeed in OOH through being tenacious and resilient
• Previous experience working with customers in OOH/Foodservice Channel
• Experience in sales and winning new business
• A full, manual UK or international driving license held for at least 1 year
• Ability to work legally in the UK 

What we will offer you:

• Up to £30k per annum + up to 20% bonus opportunity + company car
• Ongoing training and support to help you fulfil your role
• A fun working environment where performance & success are really rewarded
• Career opportunities throughout Powerforce and the wider Advantage Smollan business in addition to opportunities throughout our extensive client base
• Benefits include:
  • Enhanced pension and life assurance
  • Enhanced paternity, maternity & adoption leave
  • Perkbox – discounts on food & drink, tech, health & beauty
  • Taste card – restaurant discounts and 2-4-1 deals
  • Health Assured – Employee Assistance Programme giving 24/7 confidential support and legal information

As this is a driving role visiting numerous sites, you will need to have held a full manual  driving licence  for at least 12 months  

If you would like to be part of our success, please apply today!

Early applications are strongly encouraged as we reserve the right to pause or close this vacancy prior to the listed closing date.

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£30k per annum