Business Dev. Manager
Orlando, Florida, United States of America
Full Time
2 days ago
$100,000 - $110,000 USD
Key skills
CBusiness IntelligenceLeadershipCommunicationProblem SolvingNegotiationSales
About this role
Allen Brothers Commitment to Excellence
Consistent Quality | Responsible and Strategic Sourcing | Unmatched Craftsmanship / Service
The Elite Brand Since 1893
Allen Brothers sources the highest quality product available in the market. Our team of master butchers hand cuts each piece of consistently aged meat to perfection. Delivering excellence, for 130+ years. Allen Brothers has proudly stood as a symbol of excellence for generations and remains committed to leading the way for many more to come.
Allen Brothers passionately consult, sell, and build relationships with customers through the most experienced network of sales associates, best-in-breed technology, rapid service, and support levels that solidify our long-standing ties to both established and up-and-coming premium restaurants.
Mission: The mission of The Chefs’ Warehouse & Allen Brothers is to provide the world’s greatest ingredients to the world’s best chefs.
Our C.H.E.F.S. Values:
Curious & Creative
Hungry For Food & Results
Entrepreneurial
Forward Thinking & Flexible
Supportive (Of Peers & Chefs)
Position Summary: The Business Development Manager is responsible for increasing sales by developing new business opportunities, as well as leveraging existing sales within the foodservice sector. Focus will be on multi-unit group business, platinum level account retention/growth, and recovery of accounts lost with in those parameters.
What you’ll do:
• Effectively manage and develop sales in both current and yet to be discovered foodservice channels through a multi-faceted research approach. Collaborate with the sales staff to identify potential opportunities to be targeted to meet budgeted sales goals.
• Create and work through a methodical goal-oriented system for each identified sales opportunity. Must have the ability to think outside the box to develop custom tailored ideas based off each customer’s needs.
• Needs to possess a demonstrated high level closing ability and skill set.
• Able to create relationships with key decision makers, then maintain them as needed after the account is on boarded and turned over to sales
• Maintain regular oversight of accounts after they are handed over to sales, to ensure maximum leveraging of sales potential.
• Ability to analyze trends, menus and order guides against customer purchases, creating valued customer suggestions in order to maximize sales
• Clean unfiltered data to create cost comparisons, then restate it into customer friendly understandability
• Gain valuable street level business intelligence, and translate that into actionable follow-up, setting up appointments with decision makers
• Determine and create content for sales presentations, customizable for each opportunity
• Support corporate business through daily communications
• Work with Transportation to help ensure areas that have routes that are in need additional tonnage are being developed accordingly to maximize routes
• Travel to account HQ meetings in a support roll
• Regularly review sales reports to identify and target sleeper accounts where sales are not fully leveraged
About you:
• 4-year degree in Business or related field preferred.
• 5-7 years of progressive growth food service sales
• Five plus years of sales experience with the food service or culinary business.
• Advanced training in recent sales techniques preferred.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong computer skills (Excel, Microsoft Office)
• Proven leadership and motivation skills
• Ability to work in a fast paced selling environment
• Strong Analytical and Problem Solving Skills
• Ability to work independently
• Presentation, Negotiation, and Influencing Skills
• Well Versed in multiple forms of Social Media
#LI-GS1
The above job description is not an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions, and perform any other related duties as assigned by their supervisor.
Perks & Benefits:
• Paid Vacations, Paid Holidays
• Health, Dental and Medical Benefits
• Weekly pay
• Life Insurance
• 5% above cost for our high-quality food products
• Employee discounts for travel and events
• 401k
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
The Chefs' Warehouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate based on actual or perceived race, creed, color, religion, alienage or national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, disability or handicap, sex, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, pregnancy, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Our management team is dedicated to this policy with respect to recruitment, hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, training, compensation, benefits, employee activities and general treatment during employment. We are dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workforce.
Consistent Quality | Responsible and Strategic Sourcing | Unmatched Craftsmanship / Service
The Elite Brand Since 1893
Allen Brothers sources the highest quality product available in the market. Our team of master butchers hand cuts each piece of consistently aged meat to perfection. Delivering excellence, for 130+ years. Allen Brothers has proudly stood as a symbol of excellence for generations and remains committed to leading the way for many more to come.
Allen Brothers passionately consult, sell, and build relationships with customers through the most experienced network of sales associates, best-in-breed technology, rapid service, and support levels that solidify our long-standing ties to both established and up-and-coming premium restaurants.
Mission: The mission of The Chefs’ Warehouse & Allen Brothers is to provide the world’s greatest ingredients to the world’s best chefs.
Our C.H.E.F.S. Values:
Curious & Creative
Hungry For Food & Results
Entrepreneurial
Forward Thinking & Flexible
Supportive (Of Peers & Chefs)
Position Summary: The Business Development Manager is responsible for increasing sales by developing new business opportunities, as well as leveraging existing sales within the foodservice sector. Focus will be on multi-unit group business, platinum level account retention/growth, and recovery of accounts lost with in those parameters.
What you’ll do:
• Effectively manage and develop sales in both current and yet to be discovered foodservice channels through a multi-faceted research approach. Collaborate with the sales staff to identify potential opportunities to be targeted to meet budgeted sales goals.
• Create and work through a methodical goal-oriented system for each identified sales opportunity. Must have the ability to think outside the box to develop custom tailored ideas based off each customer’s needs.
• Needs to possess a demonstrated high level closing ability and skill set.
• Able to create relationships with key decision makers, then maintain them as needed after the account is on boarded and turned over to sales
• Maintain regular oversight of accounts after they are handed over to sales, to ensure maximum leveraging of sales potential.
• Ability to analyze trends, menus and order guides against customer purchases, creating valued customer suggestions in order to maximize sales
• Clean unfiltered data to create cost comparisons, then restate it into customer friendly understandability
• Gain valuable street level business intelligence, and translate that into actionable follow-up, setting up appointments with decision makers
• Determine and create content for sales presentations, customizable for each opportunity
• Support corporate business through daily communications
• Work with Transportation to help ensure areas that have routes that are in need additional tonnage are being developed accordingly to maximize routes
• Travel to account HQ meetings in a support roll
• Regularly review sales reports to identify and target sleeper accounts where sales are not fully leveraged
About you:
• 4-year degree in Business or related field preferred.
• 5-7 years of progressive growth food service sales
• Five plus years of sales experience with the food service or culinary business.
• Advanced training in recent sales techniques preferred.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong computer skills (Excel, Microsoft Office)
• Proven leadership and motivation skills
• Ability to work in a fast paced selling environment
• Strong Analytical and Problem Solving Skills
• Ability to work independently
• Presentation, Negotiation, and Influencing Skills
• Well Versed in multiple forms of Social Media
#LI-GS1
The above job description is not an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions, and perform any other related duties as assigned by their supervisor.
Perks & Benefits:
• Paid Vacations, Paid Holidays
• Health, Dental and Medical Benefits
• Weekly pay
• Life Insurance
• 5% above cost for our high-quality food products
• Employee discounts for travel and events
• 401k
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
The Chefs' Warehouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate based on actual or perceived race, creed, color, religion, alienage or national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, disability or handicap, sex, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, pregnancy, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Our management team is dedicated to this policy with respect to recruitment, hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, training, compensation, benefits, employee activities and general treatment during employment. We are dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workforce.