Business Development Manager - South and South East

Business Development Manager

Home Based - South and South East

£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.

As the exclusive recruitment partner for Lockhart, Cast UK have been instructed to recruit a Business Development Manager for their sales team. The role will be based from home with the occasional travel to Lockhart's head office in Theale. The Business Development Manager will be responsible for all sales across a large geographical region. It is a role that requires a true new sales and business development mentality.

Key Responsibilities

• Continuous development of a sales pipeline focusing predominantly on new business
• Develop new and long-lasting relationships with 4&5 star hotels, fine dining establishments and prestige contract catering customers
• Use a consultative approach to sell the benefits of CCS to prospective clients
• Work on a collaborative basis with other Bunzl opco's
• Work to a high specification in order to improve and maintain quality
• Effective use of the CCS' CRM system - Catalyst to manage business on a daily basis.

• Focused to achieve sales and profit targets, budgets and set KPI's. Maximise all selling opportunities.
• Increase sales of Exclusive Brand products.
• Continually seeks out opportunities on a proactive basis and works closely with other areas of the CCS business to develop new opportunities.

Candidates are sought who have a passion for finding and on boarding new business and new customers. A confident and consultative approach to sales is expected to be evidenced by candidates applying for the role as is the ability to call upon a proven background in generating new business into 4&5 star hotels, fine dining establishments and prestige contract catering customers. You must have the flexibility to be in London several times a week as this is the location of the CCS innovation centre which is used to showcase the best in class products that are in the CCS range.

Remuneration

£Competitive + Excellent Benefits + Car

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