Business Development Manager | Food Manufacturing | SA Adelaide

Laurent Bakery Group Pty Ltd; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Vehicle allowance

Competitive salary

Job summary

Laurent Bakery Group Pty Ltd in Adelaide is seeking a proactive Business Development Manager to grow sales across SA and WA, focusing on wholesale, key accounts and end-users.

You will build and maintain long-term relationships, identify growth opportunities and deliver on budget targets while representing a premium European bakery brand. Travel to WA will be required; based in Adelaide.

Qualifications

• Experience in the Food Service industry is essential.

Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of Wholesale, Key Account and End-User customers in SA and WA.
• Establish, develop and maintain business relationships with existing clients including distributors and prospective customers.
• Achieve budget sales volume targets and KPIs.
• Identify growth opportunities and pursue them to maximise sales and growth.
• Drive new business with existing accounts and expand product lines in the end-user category.
• Contribute to business reviews and execute sales plans.

Skills

Food Service Sales

Wholesale B2B

Relationship Management

Negotiation

Account Management

Travel (WA/SA)

Job description

Business Development Manager | Food Manufacturing | SA Adelaide

Business Development Manager - Adelaide – Laurent Bakery Group

Employee benefits -growing company, competitive salary, vehicle allowance

Don't miss out on this rare opportunity to sell a premium product you can be proud of, every day!

Our company is growing, and we need a positive and motivated brand ambassador to join our passionate and fun team of sales superstars to drive sales growth by delivering superior customer service within a designated territory.

You will be focused on building and maintaining long term business relationships with our existing and potential customers. Based in Adelaide, you will also be accountable for a small regional territory.

Our next ‘Sales Superstar’ will be an energetic person who thrives on generating new business and has a passion for building genuine professional relationships via networking and prospecting and has experience in setting goals and strategies for achieving success.

About Us:

Laurent Bakery Group was born in Melbourne over 30 years ago, and through our café’s, grocery, and wholesale business, we have played an integral role in shaping Australian’s demand for the highest quality artisanal breads, pastries, and cakes. Our key values of Quality, Innovation, and Authenticity set us apart from the competition, giving us a suite of products that we can present with confidence and pride every day, to every customer.

We combine our deep knowledge of the European and Australian markets to partner with our customers in building their business’, supporting them with a sales team who are creative, flexible, driven, and reliable.

Your core responsibilities:

Manage a portfolio of Wholesale, Key Account, and End-User customers in SA and WA

Establish, develop, and maintain business relationships with existing clients. Thisincludes distributors and prospective customers to generate new business for the organisation's products.

Achieve budget sales volume targets and KPI's

Identify potential areas of growth and pursue such opportunities at all times in order to maximize sales and support continued growth.

Identify opportunities for new business with existing accounts to drive extra product lineswithin the end user category.

Involvement in business reviews and execution of sales plans driving a solid growth agenda

Ideally, you will:

Bring previous experience in the Food Service industry and the ability to be self-motivated with a willingness to continually learn and develop your skills

Have proven sales experience within the food service channel dealing with distributors, and/or Key Accounts

Have a strong wholesale B2B salesexperience with a proven track record of success

Possess strong communication, negotiation, and relationship management skills

Possess excellent organisational and planning skills to ensure effective account management

Be results driven and proactive with a positive\"can do\" attitude

Able to travel to Western Australia

Don't miss out on this exciting opportunity to join our fabulous sales team!

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Laurent Bakery is a premium food business encompassing the manufacture, retail and wholesale of French/European style breads, cakes, pastries, savouries, confectionery and other food products. Our speciality is stone-baked sour-dough production respecting principles of artisan baking.

Source: This is an extract from the company's own website.

Laurent Bakery is a premium food business encompassing the manufacture, retail and wholesale of French/European style breads, cakes, pastries, savouries, confectionery and other food products. Our speciality is stone-baked sour-dough production respecting principles of artisan baking.

Source: This is an extract from the company's own website.

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