Business Development Executive

We are looking to recruit a Business Development Executive to join our Flowers team here in St

Margarets, Co. Dublin. Reporting to the National Sales Manager this person will be responsible for

the development of new sales opportunities and work to maximize sales from existing customers.

The business development executive will be managing customers across the country.

There is a competitive salary structure, company van, phone and laptop. This is a great

opportunity to for an individual to develop their sales career within the fast moving consumer

goods industry in Ireland. There is scope to progress to key account manager and work at head

office level.

Main Duties / Responsibilities

Plan and carry out marketing and sales activities to achieve agreed targets, volumes,

values and margin.

Carry out market research, competitor and customer surveys in order to identify the areas

of greatest potential growth.

Cold calling of new and existing customers to grow sales.

Co- ordination of transport to ensure that routes are as profitable and as effective as

possible.

Targeting sales growth in agreed store call list

Seeking opportunities in stores that currently are not dealing with flowers.

Ensure that customers are satisfied and queries are dealt with and resolved in a timely

manner.

Advise stores on range, merchandising best practice, ordering patterns to maximize sales

and minimize waste.

Any other tasks/ duties as outlined by your manager.

Person Specification / Core Competencies

Self Motivated with the ability to work to agreed targets.

A self starter who works to develop sales plans and actions them accordingly

Honest and hardworking.

Highly organized.

Education Standards & Experience

Target driven approach a requirement

Financial acumen.

Excellent IT skills (MS Word/Excel).

Excellent interpersonal skills

Negotiation skills

The ideal candidate will have prior industry knowledge and a sales background