The role will involve selling a range of food and beverage products into retailers using a number of sales activities.
We are looking for a Sales Executive with entrepreneurial flair and tenacity. Experience of selling to the Retail, Wholesale and the Food and Beverages sector would be an advantage. Any previous experiance working for large food production or distributuion companies would be a bonus.
You will be responsible for taking a range of new products to market with a new brand and creating a new pipeline and revenue stream for the company.
You will be the first person in, on this side of the business which is set for high growth. Majoring on the purpose of our brand and passion for quality products is key to building and maintaining strong relationships with accounts to develop our range throughout Pakistan and the rest of the world.
We want a Business Developer who has the drive and commitment to grow the business in both the retail, wholesale and the food industry sector.
The products are a range of seperately branded products consisting of a desi foods brand, a new and vibrant drinks brand and a Himalayan Salts brand that are focused on premium quality and steps ahead of the competition. The website is due to launch in the next few weeks and this is an exciting new phase of our business.
It is key that the candidate can mix the classical skills and who can demonstrate an entrepreneurial spirit.
Responsibilities:
• Hunting down new customers from our data on the phones in the CRM and qualifying potential leads and developing opportunities
• Making at least 40-50 calls per day
• Managing the sending out of samples and following up to get listings
• Providing quotes, pitching the product range and getting new customers set-up to place orders on the system
• Working with the marketing department to follow up campaigns and pick up inbound enquiries
• Providing input to digital marketing campaigns and social media posting to promote products to generate inbound leads
• Scanning the market for competitors and potential customers
• Targeting mainly retail shops, supermarkets, bakeries, caterers, distributors, Independent retailers, on-line retailers, and wholesalers.
Lessa Foods (Pvt) Ltd is a subsidiary of The Lessa Group. Lessa Foods is a food and beverage manufacturer and distributor based in Multan but operating nationally. Lessa Foods is part of a wider group of companies based in the UK & Pakistan with business and trade interest spanning four continents. Operating businesses in Asia, Middle East, North America, UK & Europe. The Lessa Group currently operates in the following sectors; Food & Beverages, Stone Mining, Real Estate, Marketing & Automotive.