BD Manager F&B
Job Summary
We're seeking a Business Development Manager to develop corporate food-service accounts, improve digital sales performance and implement revenue-growth programmes across the company’s restaurant operations. The successful candidate will be responsible for independently managing the business-development function and converting commercial opportunities into measurable sales. This role requires driving both field-based customer acquisition and digital food-sales channels to achieve company targets.
Responsibilities
- Develop corporate food-service accounts and catering plans
- Prospect for new customers through field outreach and digital channels
- Monitor and improve online food-ordering and digital sales
- Coordinate with restaurant operations to fulfill orders profitably
Required Skills
- Bachelor's degree in any discipline
- 2+ years in F&B sales or business development
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel for sales reporting
- Good written and spoken English
Job Details
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and execute business-development plans for corporate meals, catering, group orders, events and recurring food-service accounts.
- Prospect for new customers through structured field outreach, direct marketing, referrals, digital enquiries and commercial partnerships.
- Prepare sales proposals, quotations, service arrangements and account-development plans based on customer requirements and the company’s operational capacity.
- Manage relationships with corporate customers from initial enquiry through onboarding, order coordination, service review and account renewal.
- Monitor and improve the company’s online food-ordering and digital sales channels, including menu presentation, promotions, conversion performance, customer feedback and campaign results.
- Analyse sales, customer, product and channel data using spreadsheets and operational reports; identify revenue opportunities and recommend corrective actions.
- Develop pricing and promotional recommendations while considering food cost, delivery charges, discounts, margins and outlet capacity.
- Coordinate with restaurant operations, kitchen personnel and management to ensure that confirmed corporate and online orders can be fulfilled accurately and profitably.
- Maintain an organised prospect and customer pipeline, follow-up schedule, quotation register and monthly sales-performance report.
- Investigate customer concerns relating to commercial accounts and coordinate practical service-recovery measures.
- Conduct market and competitor research covering food concepts, customer demand, pricing, delivery platforms and corporate dining opportunities.
- Represent the company professionally during customer meetings, site visits, promotional activities and business-development events.
- Meet agreed revenue, customer-acquisition, account-retention and campaign-performance targets.
- Perform other related business-development and digital-sales duties reasonably assigned by management.
JOB REQUIREMENTS
Essential Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in any discipline from a recognised institution.
- At least two years of directly relevant experience in restaurant, catering or food-service sales, business development, account acquisition or sales canvassing.
- Demonstrated ability to prospect for customers, present a commercial proposal, follow up on leads and convert opportunities into confirmed business.
- Ability to manage both field-based customer development and digital food-sales channels.
- Ability to prepare quotations, maintain sales records and produce clear performance reports using Microsoft Excel or equivalent spreadsheet software.
- Good written and spoken English for preparing proposals, communicating with corporate customers and reporting to management.
- Commercial understanding of pricing, discounts, food-service margins and customer-retention considerations.
- Ability to coordinate effectively with outlet, kitchen and management personnel.
- Willingness to travel between company-operated locations and customer premises within Singapore.
- Ability to work independently, manage deadlines and remain accountable for measurable commercial targets.
Preferred Requirements
- Experience dealing with corporate food orders, catering enquiries, recurring meal arrangements or restaurant partnerships.
- Familiarity with online food-ordering platforms, digital promotions or restaurant e-commerce operations.
- Experience maintaining a sales pipeline, customer database or CRM-style tracking system.
- Knowledge of Singapore’s restaurant, corporate-dining or food-delivery environment.