Asian Food Business Development Manager

Being a part of Ireland’s largest foodservice provider means joining a team that is passionate about the world of food and dedicated to the growth and support of the industry. Here at Sysco, our wide, national network aims to serve thousands of cafés, restaurants and bars throughout the country that make up our customers.

Though we have always been a local organisation, being a part of Sysco means we retain an international focus that offers our employees the opportunities to learn, develop and pursue the career they have always wanted.

Now, we’re looking for a World Food Business Development Manager to join our team. This role will play a key part in the overall growth of the organisation along with helping to maintain our core ethos here are Sysco – keeping the customer at the heart of everything we do.

The role requires a candidate who will be:

A self-starter with a detailed knowledge of the Asian Food Market

Key Accountabilities:

• Responsible for consistent delivery of sales, profit and margin targets for your assigned area
• Responsible for role modelling and building effective relationships with key customers and stakeholders both internally and externally
• Advocate and drive consistent use of all available system tools
• Maintain and grow the customer base in your assigned area
• Be responsive and flexible to your customers’ needs

Requirements:

• Fluency in Mandarin and English
• An in-depth knowledge of the Asian food market
• Strong credit control skills
• 3 -5 years field sales experience within Asian food foodservice sales market
• High level of flexibility
• Be a team player with the ability to work on own initiative
• Have a proactive approach to customer needs
• Strong analytical skills and computer literacy
• Full clean B Driving License
• Capability of proving credibility with customers and building strong customer relationships preferred
• Highly motivated and driven to achieve sales targets.
• Outstanding organisation skills and ability to prioritise work.
• A proactive approach to problem solving and issue resolution.

Core Competencies:

• Understanding Your Customers – acts as a role model in personal approach to internal and external customer goals. Takes time to understand the underlying needs of the stakeholders beyond those initially expressed.
• Flexibility & Adaptability – Demonstrates understanding of how change impacts people. Anticipates resistance to change and works to support effective change initiatives.
• Building Effective Relationships – Is a role model for maintaining constructive and effective relationships with others across departments and other boundaries. Demonstrates effective communication techniques and skills and is seen as a team player.
• Communication & Listening – Exceptional communication skills – writes and speaks clearly in a variety of communication settlings and style.
• Successfully delivers messages to all levels of the business and stakeholders achieving the desired effect.

The duties and responsibilities outlined in this job description are neither definitive nor restrictive and may change in detail from time-to-time to meet the changing needs of the business.

Sysco is an equal opportunities employer.