Category Support Specialist - Catering

Job Title: Category Support Specialist

Reference:

Department: Catering Supplies

Hours: 37.5 per week

Location: Homebased – Covering South / South-West

Grade: 8

Reporting to: Senior Category Support Specialist / Head of Catering Supplies

Benefits: Pension (up to 6%), competitive salary, 25 days holiday per year (plus public holidays), car allowance, health and wellbeing packages, personal accident insurance, employee discounts on all products

At Bidfood, we supply our customers’ catering needs from our network of 26 depots, working as a team to provide every catering option from quality ingredients to cleaning products. As part of our Catering Supplies team you will play a key role in delivering the key strategic objectives of the category and supporting the regional teams in delivering sales, margin & volume.

A bit about the role…

Working within the Catering Supplies Pillar, you will be driving growth of our hygiene and disposable range across your region. You will be a central resource supporting internal sales teams, sharing your expertise on the category to identify, develop and win new business within the Independent sector. With your knowledge and enthusiasm you will provide selective and targeted category development support for your depots, training and developing the Fieldsales and Telesales teams to interact with the product range and confidently sell the core range to customers.

You will develop a strategy plan, maintaining strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders across the wider regional business structure; keeping the relevant senior sales leaders up to date with progress. You will also have experience in reviewing / managing contracts and ranges.

Accountable to develop and secure a qualified pipeline of new business prospects, whilst delivering on our volume, sales and margin objectives. You’ll be managing results through others so influencing and leading positive change will be key.

Whilst this is a homebased role, you will be expected to travel to see your customers and depot teams on a regular basis so a car allowance will be provided to support with travel arrangements.

A bit about you…

• Located in the south / south-west of England.
• Possess an energetic, confident and a ‘can do’ attitude.
• Commercially astute and results orientated, thriving on delivering targets and achieving deadlines.
• Be a multi-tasker with strong interpersonal skills, attention to detail and able to effectively plan and organise.
• Be self-motivated and thrive on stretching targets with a will to succeed.
• Be able to prioritise and manage a busy schedule, balancing existing accounts and developing new ones across a significant prospect pipeline across the region.
• Have an influential yet compassionate nature with personal responsibility showing willingness to embrace opportunities to contribute. Understand and advance team goals.

It’s a busy and exciting time for the foodservice industry and we’re looking forward to welcoming a new member of our team.

To apply please send your CV with a covering letter, including the reference to:

Name and job title: Ollie Wright, Senior Category Support Specialist

Email: [email protected]

Closing Date:

Friday 6^th June