Location : Field Based

Business Development Manager East Midlands Region

We are currently recruiting for additional Business Development Managers to join our Team.

If you are an experienced sales professional with a good knowledge of Oriental & Ethnic food products, who thrives on achieving sales targets and building strong business relationships with their customer base, this role is for you.

Selling to restaurants and takeaway owners across the midlands area, flexibility with working hours will be required to meet the needs of the customer base and business needs, which will include late evenings. You must be able to demonstrate longevity in your roles, a strong work ethic and commercial acumen and have good solid experience in B2B sales.

Key Responsibilities:

• Acquire & drive new business, both from a pre- defined prospect list of customers and from your own initiative.
• Maintain and drive business with the current customer base.
• Develop and maintain excellent customer relations
• Face to face contact with your customer base with the requirement to attend Nottingham Head office for meetings as and when required
• Contribute positively to the team dynamics and company culture.

Skills/Experience required:

• Full UK driving Licence – essential.
• Previous sales experience
• knowledge of the oriental & Ethnic food market range – Desirable.
• Cantonese/Mandarin speaking – advantageous but not essential.
• Be self-motivated and driven to succeed.
• Be approachable and a strong communicator.
• Have a flexible approach to working patterns.
• Enjoy a field-based role.
• Good organisation skills.

Benefits include:

• Competitive salary dependant on skills & experience
• 22 days annual leave, plus 8 bank holidays
• Auto enrolment pension
• Company Car
• Performance related annual bonus scheme

If you have the skills and abilities to succeed in this role then we would love to hear from you. Please apply now with a cover letter with your current salary and a copy of your CV.

Please note, due to the high volume of applications we receive, we are unable to provide feedback at this stage, therefore if you do not hear from us within four weeks, your application has not been successful.

The Company:

JK Foods is one of the UK’s largest importers and distributors of foods from Asia and the Far East, selling and delivering across a wide range of markets including Chinese restaurants and Takeaways, wholesalers and major supermarkets. Each product (own label and branded) is carefully sourced from the country of origin capturing its unique richness and character and impeccable quality control ensures their products are leading the field across all categories. Our own brand, Tiger Tiger was launched to meet the growing demand for authentic premium Asian food. Tiger Tiger has a range of products allowing consumers to experience restaurant quality food in their own homes in a convenient and delicious manner. Tiger Tiger is widely sold in the UK and is also exported to the USA, Middle East and Europe.