Business Development Manager - Hillcrest (Durban) at Kerry

Key Responsibilities:

• Achieve budgeted targets
• Be Kerry’s DaVinci Gourmet expert in the market and capable of sharing trends and market insight both internally and externally
• Identify and deliver a portfolio of quality growth projects
• Work closely with the marketing and beverage teams
• Ensure the consistency and growth of Kerry’s existing business within the assigned region
• Develop strong, strategic relationships within the appointed distributor
• Learn and proactively apply Kerry’s “Insight Sales” methodology
• Uphold utmost compliance to Kerry’s processes, systems and tools

Qualifications, Skills & Experience:

• Matric with a Bachelors Diploma/Degree with a minimum of 2 years sales experience in the food service/beverage industry
• Prior experience working with Food Service Distributors is highly beneficial 
• Ability to travel locally for business
• Familiar with Microsoft Office applications
• Basic forecasting skills is required 

Competencies:

• Strong negotiation skills
• Highly developed influencing and communication skills
• Ability to build multi-level relationships within a customer
• Strong presentation skills
• Able to think outside the box