Business Development Executive
Location: UK (Remote) – Ideally within a 1 hour commute of our London Bridge HQ.
Salary: Up to £30,000 + bonus + car allowance
Energy. Commercial instinct. Relentless drive.
We’re looking for a Business Development Executive to join Team Foster and help accelerate the growth of exciting food and drink brands across the UK.
This is a role for someone who thrives on opening doors, building relationships with buyers and turning opportunities into listings. You’ll be responsible for putting our partner brands in front of the right decision-makers and securing distribution across retail and out-of-home channels.
If you’re passionate about challenger brands, confident speaking with buyers, and motivated by results, we want to hear from you.
What You’ll Do
- Secure new UK listings for our partner brands across retail and out-of-home channels
- Build relationships with buyers and decision-makers across casual dining, QSR, workplace, education, leisure and HORECA
- Present compelling commercial propositions that demonstrate why a brand deserves space on shelf or menu
- Identify and target new distribution opportunities through market mapping and proactive prospecting
- Use industry networks, LinkedIn and events to expand reach and generate new leads
- Negotiate commercial terms and close listing opportunities
- Manage a strong pipeline of prospects and opportunities through Foster’s CRM system
- Deliver measurable growth through increased listings, expanded distribution and sales performance
What We’re Looking For
- Confident communicator with the ability to build relationships quickly
- Commercially minded with strong negotiation skills
- Self-motivated with a proactive, opportunity-seeking mindset
- Comfortable presenting to buyers and decision-makers
- Highly organised and able to manage a pipeline of opportunities
- Excellent Excel, PowerPoint & presentation skills
- Results driven
- Passion for food, drink and emerging brands
- Experience selling to UK businesses or working with retail buyers is highly desirable
- Use of a suitable car – a car allowance will be provided
- Right to work in the UK
What You’ll Get
- Salary up to £30,000 + bonus + car allowance
- 37.5 hours per week
- Full training and support to develop your sales and commercial skills
- The opportunity to work with exciting challenger brands
- A collaborative, high-energy team environment
- Real opportunity to grow as Foster continues to scale
Why Foster?
At Foster, we accelerate sales by putting brands where the consumer lives, works and plays.
The right places, not the most places.
We do this through Urban, Retail and Brand Activation.
No day at Foster is the same and that’s how we like it. We move at pace. Our team embraces the values that define us; progressive, energising and compelling.
We are growing and we want to hear from talented, fun-loving and driven people who’d love to grow with us.
