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Selling - Business Dev Mgr

The Chefs' Warehouse
Chicago, IL Full Time
POSTED ON 6/7/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 7/14/2026
About The Chefs' Warehouse

The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. (http://www.chefswarehouse.com) combines exceptional quality and brand building with broadline food service distribution for more than 40 years. With Protein, Specialty, Produce, and Broadline offerings, we service the most discerning chefs in a hybrid approach of convenience and superior quality. We introduce more than 4,000 artisan producers of the world’s finest ingredients from over 40 countries to the finest chefs in the world. We passionately consult, sell, and build relationships with more than 50,000 customers through the most experienced network of over 600 consultive sales associates, best-in-breed technology, rapid service, and support levels that solidify our long-standing ties to both established and up-and-coming premium restaurants.

Mission: The mission of The Chefs’ Warehouse is to provide the world’s greatest ingredients to the world’s best chefs.

Our C.H.E.F.S. Values:

Curious & Creative

Hungry For Food & Results

Entrepreneurial

Forward Thinking & Flexible

Supportive (Of Peers & Chefs)

Position Summary: The Business Development Manager is responsible for increasing sales by developing new business opportunities, as well as leveraging existing sales within the foodservice sector. Focus will be on multi-unit group business, platinum level account retention/growth, and recovery of accounts lost with in those parameters.

What you’ll do:

  • Effectively manage and develop sales in both current and yet to be discovered foodservice channels through a multi-faceted research approach. Collaborate with the sales staff to identify potential opportunities to be targeted to meet budgeted sales goals.
  • Create and work through a methodical goal-oriented system for each identified sales opportunity. Must have the ability to think outside the box to develop custom tailored ideas based off each customer’s needs.
  • Needs to possess a demonstrated high level closing ability and skill set.
  • Able to create relationships with key decision makers, then maintain them as needed after the account is on boarded and turned over to sales
  • Maintain regular oversight of accounts after they are handed over to sales, to ensure maximum leveraging of sales potential.
  • Ability to analyze trends, menus and order guides against customer purchases, creating valued customer suggestions in order to maximize sales
  • Clean unfiltered data to create cost comparisons, then restate it into customer friendly understandability
  • Gain valuable street level business intelligence, and translate that into actionable follow-up, setting up appointments with decision makers
  • Determine and create content for sales presentations, customizable for each opportunity
  • Support corporate business through daily communications
  • Work with Transportation to help ensure areas that have routes that are in need additional tonnage are being developed accordingly to maximize routes
  • Travel to account HQ meetings in a support roll
  • Regularly review sales reports to identify and target sleeper accounts where sales are not fully leveraged

About you:

  • 4-year degree in Business or related field preferred.
  • 5-7 years of progressive growth food service sales
  • Five plus years of sales experience with the food service or culinary business.
  • Advanced training in recent sales techniques preferred.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Strong computer skills (Excel, Microsoft Office)
  • Proven leadership and motivation skills
  • Ability to work in a fast paced selling environment
  • Strong Analytical and Problem Solving Skills
  • Ability to work independently
  • Presentation, Negotiation, and Influencing Skills
  • Well Versed in multiple forms of Social Media

Resumen del Puesto:

El Gerente de Desarrollo de Negocios es responsable de aumentar las ventas mediante la identificación de nuevas oportunidades de negocio y aprovechando las ventas existentes dentro del sector de la comida y los servicios de alimentos. El enfoque estará en el crecimiento de negocios de grupos multiunidad, la retención y el crecimiento de cuentas a nivel "platino", así como la recuperación de cuentas perdidas dentro de estos parámetros.

Lo que harás:

  • Desarrollo de Ventas: Gestionar y desarrollar ventas en los canales de alimentos actuales y nuevos, utilizando un enfoque de investigación multifacética para descubrir oportunidades no aprovechadas.
  • Colaboración con el Equipo de Ventas: Trabajar estrechamente con el equipo de ventas para identificar y dirigir las oportunidades que se alineen con los objetivos de ventas presupuestados de la empresa.
  • Sistema Orientado a Objetivos: Desarrollar un sistema estructurado y orientado a objetivos para abordar cada oportunidad de venta identificada, asegurando resultados medibles.
  • Soluciones Personalizadas: Pensar fuera de la caja para crear ideas a medida para los clientes según sus necesidades específicas.
  • Habilidades de Cierre de Alto Nivel: Demostrar habilidades excepcionales para cerrar ventas y construir relaciones a largo plazo con los clientes.
  • Gestión de Relaciones con Clientes: Establecer relaciones con los principales tomadores de decisiones y mantener la comunicación continua con las cuentas una vez que se han integrado y transferido al equipo de ventas.
  • Supervisión de Cuentas: Mantener supervisión regular de las cuentas para asegurar que se maximicen las oportunidades de ventas.
  • Análisis de Tendencias: Analizar los menús de los clientes, las guías de pedidos y el historial de compras para proporcionar sugerencias personalizadas que maximicen las ventas.
  • Gestión de Datos: Limpiar y analizar los datos para crear comparaciones de costos y traducirlas en información comprensible para el cliente.
  • Inteligencia Comercial: Obtener inteligencia de negocios a nivel de la calle y aprovecharla para realizar seguimientos, programando citas con los tomadores de decisiones para impulsar el desarrollo comercial.
  • Presentaciones de Ventas: Crear contenido personalizado para presentaciones de ventas basadas en las necesidades específicas de cada oportunidad.
  • Soporte Corporativo: Brindar soporte a los negocios corporativos mediante una comunicación constante con los equipos internos.
  • Desarrollo de Rutas: Colaborar con el departamento de Transporte para desarrollar áreas con mayor tonelaje de rutas, asegurando que se maximicen las oportunidades de crecimiento.
  • Viajes a Cuentas: Asistir a reuniones en las sedes de las cuentas en un rol de apoyo para fortalecer relaciones y promover el crecimiento de ventas.
  • Revisión de Informes de Ventas: Revisar regularmente los informes de ventas para identificar y apuntar a las "cuentas dormidas" donde las oportunidades de ventas no están completamente aprovechadas.

Sobre ti:

  • Educación: Título universitario en Negocios o campo relacionado (preferido).
  • Experiencia: De 5 a 7 años de experiencia progresiva en ventas en el sector de la comida y los servicios de alimentos, preferentemente en la región del noreste.
  • Conocimiento del Sector: Más de 5 años de experiencia en el sector de la comida y los servicios de alimentos, preferentemente con enfoque en cuentas de varias unidades.
  • Capacitación en Ventas: Capacitación avanzada en técnicas de ventas recientes preferida.
  • Habilidades de Comunicación: Fuertes habilidades de comunicación escrita y verbal, con la capacidad de comunicarte de manera efectiva en todos los niveles.
  • Habilidades Técnicas: Alta competencia en Microsoft Office (especialmente Excel) y familiaridad con herramientas de CRM.
  • Liderazgo y Motivación: Habilidades comprobadas de liderazgo con capacidad para motivar equipos y fomentar el crecimiento empresarial.
  • Entorno de Trabajo de Alta Velocidad: Capacidad para prosperar en un entorno de ventas de ritmo rápido, con excelentes habilidades de gestión del tiempo y organización.
  • Habilidades Analíticas: Fuertes habilidades analíticas y de resolución de problemas para evaluar tendencias, datos y oportunidades.
  • Independencia: Capacidad para trabajar de manera independiente con supervisión mínima, mientras se mantiene orientado a objetivos.
  • Expertise en Ventas: Fuertes habilidades de presentación, negociación e influencia, con capacidad demostrada para cerrar ventas.
  • Dominio de Redes Sociales: Conocimiento de múltiples formas de redes sociales para mejorar la divulgación empresarial y la comunicación.

The above job description is not an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions, and perform any other related duties as assigned by their supervisor.

Perks & Benefits:

  • Paid Vacations, Paid Holidays
  • Health, Dental and Medical Benefits
  • Weekly pay
  • Life Insurance
  • 5% above cost for our high-quality food products
  • Employee discounts for travel and events
  • 401k
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan

The Chefs' Warehouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate based on actual or perceived race, creed, color, religion, alienage or national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, disability or handicap, sex, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, pregnancy, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Our management team is dedicated to this policy with respect to recruitment, hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, training, compensation, benefits, employee activities and general treatment during employment. We are dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workforce.

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