Business Development Manager

TASTY FOOD PALACE PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A foodservice company in Singapore is seeking a Business Development Manager to drive business growth and strengthen customer relationships. The ideal candidate will have at least 5 years of experience in a related field, excellent communication skills, and proven problem-solving abilities. Responsibilities include managing sales forecasts, conducting market research, and developing sales strategies while also analysing data to improve solutions. This position requires a degree in business administration or a related field.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years’ related experience in business development/sales managerial position in Foodservice trade.
• Proven sales track record.
• Ability to manage data analytics and financial reports.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for business development and building trust with customers.
• Maintain a forecast and targeting sales attainment plan.
• Manage business resources and servicing existing customer accounts.

Skills

Excellent communication and negotiation skills

Critical thinker and problem solver

Goal-oriented

Ability to analyse data and business statistics

Ability to multi-task and prioritize

Education

Degree in business administration, sales or relevant field

Job description

Job Responsibilities:

• The Business Development Manager is responsible for business development, build trust and long term relationships with customers, work with sales and marketing team to provide broad based and niche personalised service and consistently top notch food products sourced globally.
• He/she is expected to maintain a forecast and targeting sales attainment plan, participate in competitive analysis and pricing strategy development, perform market research, prospecting, develop sales strategy and meet sales targets. He/she is also responsible for managing business resources, servicing existing customer accounts and at the same time penetrating into new channels and open new accounts.
• Resourceful and analytical, he/she is required to manage resources and obtain buy-in from internal and external stakeholders. He/she is also expected to have strong leadership skills, make business decisions independently.

Requirements:

• Minimum 5 years’ related experience in business development/sales managerial position in Foodservice trade with proven sales track record
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills
• Critical thinker and problem solver
• Goal-oriented, able to work independently and a team player
• Able to analyse data and business statistics and translate results into better solutions
• Able to multi-task, prioritize and manage time effectively
• Experience in managing data analytics and financial reports
• Degree in business administration, sales or relevant field