Business Development Manager Leeds - #1717489

Overview

Company Description

Caterlink is the education sector catering specialist. For over 20 years, the Company has delivered fresh food solutions to pupils and staff at Primary Schools, Secondary Schools and Colleges across the UK. The company caters more than 1,000,000 meals a week. Our Fresh Food Policy is the foundation of our success and growth in the market coupled with a desire to truly deliver on the promises we make to our clients and support our site-based teams.

Job Description

We are seeking experienced and dynamic Business Development Managers to join our team ideally in the Leeds area. These roles are pivotal in driving our growth and ensuring our tender submissions are not only competitive but also showcase the unique value we bring to our clients. You will work closely with the Business Development Team and the Operations Teams to support winning proposals, manage key stakeholders and maintain strong client relationships.

Your experience should be within the business development/sales function of the education catering sector or you may currently be in an operational role and looking for a move into Sales.

Whilst you will have your own remit for sales opportunities, you will need to be prepared to travel across the UK and support the wider team for key sales activities, site visits, presentations, etc, therefore flexibility is essential in this role.

Caterlink strives to always provide a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment for all our teams where every individual is treated with respect, integrity and has the opportunity to grow and be treated equally and with fairness at all times.

Caterlink is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all employees to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS disclosure will be obtained for this role.

Qualifications

You should be:

• Results and target oriented
• Strong attention to detail
• Excellent written and spoken English
• Excellent communication skills
• Knowledge of state education catering
• Passionate about food and service
• Ability to work to deadlines
• Excellent planning and organisation skills
• Patience and an ability to work under pressure/to deadlines
• Tenacious
• An ability to engage positively with individuals of different seniority internally and externally
• Good IT skills including MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint
  
  

Additional Information

There are many advantages to working for us including:

• Competitive salary plus sales commission
• Monthly car allowance or company car
• BUPA cover and Virtual GP for you and your family (eligibility rules apply)
• Fully expensed company laptop + mobile phone
• We offer you access to our Employee Discount Platform where you can make great savings at supermarkets, cinema, restaurants as well as holiday discounts, family days out and many more!
• Our Employee Assistance Program and Virtual GP benefits are there for you and your family to use free of charge at any time
• With Caterlink you have the opportunity to a blended learning programme that can include formal qualifications including Apprenticeships, classroom training, eLearning and on the job training to support and encourage your development and enable you to be the best you can be. Everyone who joins us is provided with an induction where they learn more about us and enable them to be the best they can be. We invest in development opportunities and are always looking to recruit, train and retain the best people for our own future talent and your own future development.
• You will be eligible to join our Workplace Pension Scheme with Aviva