Business Development Director – North West

Competitive Salary + Highly Competitive bonus

• 38 Days holiday inclusive of bank holidays.
• Birthday additional holiday.
• 3 days volunteering days.
• 3 days grandparent leave.
• 24 weeks of enhanced maternity leave.
• Secondary carer leave.
• Wedding/commitment day leave.
• Free meals on shift.
• Bespoke development training.
• Pension and life insurance.
• Discounts available on our Perkbox app; high street shops, holidays & cinema 
• Wellbeing hub.
• Access to employee assistance programme.
• Cycle to work scheme.

Are you a business development professional keen to operate in a buoyant food service market?

Here at BaxterStorey we are currently on the lookout for a Business Development Director to generate new business bids to drive sales across the growing food service sector.

BaxterStorey specialises in the highest quality food and service for everyone that we serve. We give our clients a tailor-made service, attention to detail, expertise and innovation, along with superb service from a team that cares about what they do. We aim to deliver every day and exceed on yesterday. We invest heavily in training and development to give our people the confidence and industry knowledge to push the boundaries of hospitality excellence.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an inspirational and enthusiastic Business Development Director to make a name for themselves within the food service industry.

More about the role:

As the Business Development Director, you will proactively represent BaxterStorey in all pipeline activity and geographical area growth. You will be responsible for managing all ‘steps of the sale’ from first appointment to site survey, proposal compilation to presentation. Managing the bidding and internal approval procedures to ensure commercially sound, competitive and profitable financial deals. You’ll proactively seek and identify sales to ensure maximum new business growth.

• Liaise with operational and support colleagues to ensure their positive input to proposals, presentations, and site visits. 
• Build a strong pipeline and ensure excellent conversation rates. 
• Ensure that all prospective business meets company requirements regarding minimum earnings. 
• Ensure financial elements of tenders and proposals are accurate, achievable and represent commercial value for clients and customers. 
• Produce timetables/progress dates for all proposals, ensuring that support colleagues are aware of their commitments. 
• Day-to-day management of Business Development Managers within your team to include achievement of sales targets.
• Achieve personal and team sales target as agreed with Sales Director. 
• Weekly reporting to Sales Director of performance and activity of the team.
• Development of a close working relationship with your Regional Managing Director and their team.
• Attend the first quarterly review meeting with new clients, join patch meetings and present sales updates on a regular basis. 

• Strong and demonstratable sales background.
• Ideally experience working within Food service/hospitality. 
• Proven experience of managing an end-to-end sales process and a proven track record of exceeding sales targets.
• Able to close both local and national bids. 
• Keen to develop into a more senior role within a team. 
• Strong organisational skills. 
• Able to communicate clearly and confidently both verbally and written at all levels. 
• Keen to make your mark in the sector by being at the heart of a regional team and leading sales opportunities. 
• Excellent customer focused manner. 
• Committed to delivering service excellence. 
• Ability to manage time effectively. 

For almost 20 years, for every client, in every location (whether that’s an office, stadium, cathedral or university), we have created beautiful spaces, exciting menus and friendly teams, so that each and every customer can have the hospitality experience they deserve.

We need the brightest and the best to join us to make this all possible. We will support you to create your hospitality legacy and build a career that you are proud of.

Our drive and belief in our people, means that we always strive to supercharge our team’s careers. ‘Better’ is a daily habit that sits deep within our DNA, meaning learning will be front and centre of your experience working with us.

Join us, and be part of the food revolution!

BaxterStorey Values:

ALWAYS VISIONARY

We strive for better, we never settle, never compromise, never follow. We lead the way, blazing our own trail.

WHOLEHEARTEDLY POSITIVE

We are up-beat, motivating and inspiring. Our love for what we do radiates through our food, and is amplified by our people.

CREATIVELY COLLABORATIVE

We embrace our differences to push creativity and we work together to be better.

FOREVER CONSCIOUS

We work together as a team to lead by example, protecting the planet and supporting local communities.

Interested? Even if you don’t meet all requirements, we’d like to hear from you. If you are motivated and hungry to learn, we can work together to develop your potential.

We are proud to be an inclusive employer and welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds. We celebrate individuality and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We encourage applications from people of all ages, abilities, gender identities, sexual orientations, races, religions, and socio-economic backgrounds.

BaxterStorey is committed to encouraging equity, diversity, and inclusion (ED&I) among our workforce and aim for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To support our commitment to this we have set ourselves an ambition to ‘set the standard and to be recognised for having the most inclusive culture in hospitality’.

Join us and bring your unique perspective to our team.