Business Development Manager Birmingham

About Us

Sociolocal is helping local businesses in the hospitality sector to grow their brand online by implementing a digital strategy tailored to their needs. We increase fan bases and turn fans into loyal paying customers. Our technology, combined with our team is the reason we can offer a solution across social media, review sites, email and mobile. More than 300 restaurants put their trust in our ability to drive outstanding online brand presence and more customers. We know this is just a beginning!

The Opportunity

Are you looking to start your career with one of the fastest-growing technology companies in the hospitality sector?

This is a rare opportunity to become a founding and critical member of a rapidly growing well-funded startup. There is not a high degree of technical knowledge required for this position. This position lays the foundation for a successful sales career. You'll be liaising with Birmingham's most premium and highly regarded restaurants. This is a role for an intelligent, motivated, self-starter to develop their sales career for a leading company within its market sector.

You will be tasked with signing up Birmingham's best restaurants. More specifically, you will:

• Map and target restaurants across Birmingham in a very methodical and organised fashion
• Communicate (physical visits, email, calls, social media) with restaurants to demonstrate Socio Local technology
• Attend restaurant and food meet-ups
• Liaise with the Sales Development team to drive pipeline
• Fulfill monthly and quarterly targets

REQUIREMENTS

• You must be comfortable with targeting new business
• The job requires great communication skills whether it be face to face, through phone or email
• Ability to persuasively demonstrate product and industry knowledge to clients is a must
• Knowledge of the restaurant industry is a significant plus
• You will need to be tenacious and self-motivated

BENEFITS

• Become one of the first employees of the U.K's fastest growing marketing provider to Restaurants
• Open, respectful, fun company culture
• Attractive compensation and uncapped commission structure

NICE TO HAVE

• Experience selling into the hospitality sector
• CRM experience (Salesforce)
• An understanding of digital marketing & technology