Sales Executive

Business Development Executive North West London £35,000 to £45,000 basic, plus commission on invoiced sales Talent Guardian is recruiting on behalf of a family owned London food manufacturer. Our client has been producing Asian snack foods in North West London since the early 1980s, and is still run by the family that started it. From its own BRC accredited factory it now turns over around £10 million a year, supplying a major warehouse club retailer, producing white label lines for the multiples, and selling into independent retailers right across London.The range runs from the volume classics, samosas, spring rolls and pakoras, through to newer lines like bao buns, gyoza and kimbap, all developed in an in-house product kitchen. The team is seven people. That matters, because it means you will not be waiting on a committee to sign off a sample or a price. If a shop in Tooting wants to trial a new line on Thursday, it can be in front of them on Thursday.The roleThe white label and multiple side of the business is well established. The independent trade is where the growth is, and that is where you come in.This is a field based new business role selling into independent retailers across London, north and south. You will be building on an existing customer base rather than starting cold, but the day to day work is genuine business development: making the calls, getting through the door, getting samples in front of shop owners, and making sure the product keeps moving once it ..... full job details .....