City Manager- Newcastle

Deliveroo; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A fast-growing startup in the UK is seeking a Strategy and Commercial City Manager to enhance restaurant partnerships and customer propositions. The ideal candidate has over 4 years of experience in account management and is skilled in data analysis to drive growth. This position offers a mix of field and office work from the Leeds office.

Benefits

Health benefits

Family support

Time away

Relocation assistance

Qualifications

• 4+ years experience in account/relationship management, sales or strategy roles.
• Results and target oriented.
• Comfortable using and understanding data.

Responsibilities

• Be the local expert for the North East.
• Draw insights from data to improve our customer proposition.
• Account management for top restaurant partners.
• Lead the local business development managers.

Skills

Account management

Data analysis

Relationship management

Sales strategy

Job description

The Team

The U.K. & Ireland is our domestic and most mature market. Teams include commercial, operations, marketing and strategy, and teams in the UK&I partner with global departments such as product, technology and consumer.

The Regional Growth team is responsible for the commercial output of our mid-market restaurant partners in the five nations of the U.K. and Ireland, including our dark kitchen offering, Editions, and dedicated Chinese Category Team. Each region faces their own complexities and opportunities, and our teams are focused on bringing the best possible selection to our customers and opportunities for growth to our restaurants.

The Role

We are looking for a Strategy and Commercial City Manager to join our North East & Yorkshire team. This is a rare opportunity to become an important member of a growing, well-funded startup. You'll build relationships with our restaurant partners in your area, improving our proposition for customers and identifying ways to continue our fast growth. This is an excellent role for someone who enjoys building relationships and drawing insights from data to guide growth. You will report to the Regional Manager.

What you'll do

• Be the local expert for the North East. This means knowing the restaurant industry inside and out, and being the face of Deliveroo in the area.
• Draw insights from data to improve our customer proposition neighbourhood by neighbourhood
• Account management for top restaurant partners in the area, leading negotiations and optimising partner performance on the Deliveroo platform for growth
• Work with the account manager for the local area to grow local hero brands
• Identify and sign up new and top local favourites to Deliveroo and setting them up for success
• Lead the local business development managers and be the day-today contact for coaching, priority setting and deal making
• Map out the local sales strategy, identifying the most important value proposition gaps to close and areas to focus on.
• Understand and improve our customer offering in the area through acquiring / having local knowledge. This will involve improving our selection, optimising restaurant operations, and working on the area's strategy plan alongside a Regional Manager, operations and account management teams
• Maximise the potential of marketing opportunities in the area by encouraging restaurant participation
• This role is based in Newcastle and you will be working from the Leeds office.

Requirements

• 4+ years experience in account / relationship management, sales or strategy roles
• Results and target oriented
• Comfortable using and understanding data on restaurant partners and city / area performance to identify areas for improvement
• A mixture of field based (2-3 days per week) and office / home working (2-3 days per week)

Why Deliveroo?

Our mission is to transform the way you shop and eat, bringing the neighbourhood to your door by connecting consumers, restaurants, shops and riders. We are transforming the way the world eats and shops by making access to food and products more convenient and enjoyable. We give people the opportunity to buy what they want, as they want it, when and where they want it.

We are a technology-driven company at the forefront of the most expanding industry in the world. We are still a small team, making a very large impact, aiming to answer some of the most interesting questions out there. We move fast, value autonomy and we are always looking for new ideas.

Benefits and Diversity

At Deliveroo we know that people are the heart of the business and we prioritise their welfare. We offer many benefits in areas including health, family, finance, community, convenience, growth, time away and relocation. We believe a great workplace is one that represents the world we live in and how beautifully diverse it can be. That means we have no judgement when it comes to any one of the things that make you who you are - your gender, race, sexuality, religion or a secret aversion to coriander. All you need is a experience with (most) food and a desire to be part of one of the fastest growing startups in an exciting space.

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