Business Development Manager - Food Concept to Education
Reference #: 1567476-PH1715
Location(s): Glasgow, Scotland
Type: Permanent
Posted On: 10/01/2025
Contact: Paul Haworth
Salary: £35,000 - £36,000 (Potential to earn £47,000 OTE) with company car and full company benefits. (Potential to pro-rata and work a 4-day week or term times only)
The Company:
We are one of the leading food concept providers to the Foodservice sector across the UK. Over the last 25 years, we have developed to be a market leader in our field with a brand name synonymous with our products and services. We provide a turnkey food-to-go solution predominantly to education and contract catering providers. Our client base is primarily focused on secondary education, but we also work with higher education, primary education, and mainstream contract caterers. Our success is based on implementing high service levels and continued strong NPD to enable our range to be both accessible, nutritious, and appealing to our target consumers. We are currently seeking to add to our sales team for 2022 in several areas across the country.
The Role:
This position is focused on managing and developing an account base across a designated territory. You will be responsible for managing the existing account base, which predominantly consists of education (School and LEA Level) and contract catering establishments. You will develop business at multiple levels, from Contract Caterers to buyer/procurement managers. The account management focus is to retain and grow existing relationships and continue to introduce new product lines to established customers. We believe that, although our product and brand has an established foothold in the UK Foodservice sector, there is still significant opportunity for further growth. As a result, you will also be targeted to attract new customers within your region. We are offering a strong package and commission scheme to incentivize candidates who are passionate and effective in area growth.
The Applicant:
We are seeking candidates with a strong background in Foodservice who are passionate about working for a leading brand.
1. Candidates must demonstrate a proven track record in sales to Foodservice end users.
2. Experience working with education clients is of particular interest.
3. Candidates must excel at new business development and communicate effectively at both contract catering manager and buyer levels.
4. Effective team players who are keen to be part of a company at an exciting time of regrowth are preferred.
All applicants send CVs to paul.haworth@midas-selection.com.
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Paul Haworth
Tel: 0121 214 3742
Email: Paul.haworth@midas-selection.com
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