Business Manager

Bidfood Care Home Magazine; Salisbury; On-site; GBP 60,000 - GBP 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading foodservice provider in the United Kingdom is seeking a Business Manager to deliver exceptional customer service while achieving sales and profit targets. The ideal candidate will have strong commercial awareness, sales experience, and excellent communication skills. They will work closely with existing customers, uncovering opportunities and introducing new products. This role offers various benefits including holidays, a pension scheme, life cover, and a health plan for the whole family.

Benefits

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Pension matching up to 6%

Health plan covering everyday medical costs

High street discounts

Early access to pay

Qualifications

• Experience growing new business and nurturing existing customers.
• Ability to deliver the best customer service while meeting sales and profit targets.
• Skills in transforming customer problems into solutions.

Responsibilities

• Uncover opportunities to reach more customers.
• Collaborate with Category Specialists for innovative food solutions.
• Maximize growth with existing customers through new product introductions.

Skills

Commercial awareness

Sales experience

Great communication skills

Ability to tailor approach

Drive, energy, and ambition

Job description

About the role

Where has your journey taken you so far?

There’s no two ways about it, foodservice is fast and complex, so you’ll need:

• Plenty of commercial awareness.
• Experience growing new business and nurturing existing customers.
• Lots of drive, energy and ambition.
• Great communication skills and the ability to tailor your approach with each of our unique customers.
• Sales experience.

If that sounds like you, why not make our journey your journey?

Play an important part in our journey

As a Business Manager, you’ll uncover every opportunity for us to reach even more customers. Your role is all about delivering the very best customer service while meeting sales and profit targets for your own geographic region. You’ll collaborate with our Category Specialists to deliver new and innovative food solutions. And you’ll work closely with our existing customers to maximise growth, by introducing new products and making the most of our in house technology. You’ll also transform customer problems into solutions and really think outside of the box to fix things when they go wrong. We’re all human, after all!

About us

Our journey began back in 1929. Since then, we’ve continued to build a strong and resilient business with a great future. It’s why we believe we’re the best foodservice provider in the country.

A journey that gives back

We want your career with us to be as rewarding as possible. So, you’ll get lots in return for your hard work. That includes benefits that can support your wellbeing and financial security, and give you peace of mind.

The essentials

• 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays) as a minimum and the opportunity to buy more
• A pension - contribute 4% and we’ll match you (after year 1, we’ll match your contributions up to 6%).
• Life cover that you can increase.
• Access to confidential support and counselling, when you need it.
• A health plan that gives you money back on everyday medical costs for all the family, as well as access to a digital GP.

The extras

• Exclusive range of high street discounts including cinema, tech, travel, fashion, food and drink.
• Get paid as you earn - access to up to 20% of your pay before payday.
• Opportunity to buy dental cover and critical illness cover.

We want everyone to join our journey

We’re on a journey towards creating the best possible workplace. We’ve got some way to go, but we’re building a diverse and caring workforce. One that’s filled with forward-thinking people who each bring unique talents and skills. So whatever your life experience, we want you to join us - and you really can come as you are!