Business Development Manager Foodservice

Business Development Manager Foodservice

Musgrave is one of the Europe’s most successful family-owned businesses with a 140-year heritage in food and brand innovation, supporting communities across the island of Ireland and Spain.

Every day we feed one in three people in Ireland through 11 market leading food and beverage brands that include SuperValu, Centra, Frank and Honest and MusgraveMarketPlace.

We support thousands of retail and foodservice family businesses who live and work in the heart of the communities they serve.

We are committed to becoming the most trusted and sustainable business in Ireland and we are making changes across the company to make sure that happens. We want to make a positive impact on theworldand we will support our suppliers and customers to make a difference too.

Our people are the heart of our business. As our greatest asset, they make Musgrave a great place to work and in return we aim to be the very best place to work, grow and thrive.We have an opportunity for a Business Development Manager to join our Foodservice team.

The purpose of the role is to develop a defined territory as outlined by the Regional Sales Manager, with total responsibility for sales, debt, margin and profit. You will deliver and exceed agreed regional and territory sales, profit and margin targets across the (delivered, collect and online) Foodservice business. The role responsibilities include the following but not limited to:

• Develop the territory by managing a prospect list to secure new customers
• Drive growth through expanding the range that is currently being supplied to existing accounts.
• Maintain all accounts within Musgrave MarketPlace agreed credit terms
• Manage all customer contracts within the territory, including managing pricing and range to maximise profitability
• Maintain Territory Management costs within allocated budgets, through good time management, resources management, and the most effective call pattern for each customer.
• Ensure excellent customer service through friendly, accurate field communication and good administration practices.
• Provide accurate and relevant information on competitor activity and other trade field information to the Regional Sales Manager.
• Ensure the correct product mix in each account thus ensuring maximum profitability.
• Ensure full co-operation via the Territory Telesales Developer, Regional General Managers, Regional Foodservice Floor Managers etc. to ensure maximum growth in your specific territory.
• Complete all administration as required including Journey plans, Daily Sales Reports, Record Cards and Prospect lists

The ideal candidate will have/be:

The successful candidate will possess the following:

• 2-3 year’s experience/ knowledge in food industry or in direct foodservice sales (competitors/ range/ customers)
• 3rd level – Business Related Degree
• Proven track record in proactive field sales and achieved targets.
• Good understanding of the foodservice customer
• Proven track record of networking within the sales community
• Knowledge of product margins and reporting
• Knowledge of Dublin City centre territory and geography
• Direct selling skills in a professional manner
• Customer focused with customer service skills
• Strong level of commercial awareness.
• Administration skills, planning and time management skills.
• Forwarding thinking with the ability to work on own initiative.
• Ability to change, adapt and be flexible
• Full clean driving licence

Musgrave is an equal opportunities employer. We encourage applications from diverse candidates. If we can make any accommodations to enable you to be the best version of yourself during the interview, please let us know.