Commercial Manager (Food Service)

BBF Limited

Monday – Friday

Blackburn (Hybrid)

Role Overview

We are currently recruiting for a Commercial Manager who will be responsible for developing and growing our business within the food service sector at BBF.

This role will focus on developing our existing foodservice business and identifying and securing new opportunities with customers across the food service industry whilst driving sustainable commercial growth. The successful candidate will be highly motivated, commercially driven, and confident in developing relationships that lead to long-term partnerships.

Key Responsibilities

Business Development

• Identify and secure new opportunities within the food service sector.

• Drive sales growth by developing new customer relationships and expanding existing opportunities.

• Lead commercial discussions and negotiations to secure profitable business.

Relationship Building

• Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders across the food service industry.

• Use existing customer contacts to identify and develop commercial opportunities.

• Represent BBF professionally within the sector and build strong customer partnerships.

Commercial Delivery

• Deliver against agreed sales and margin targets.

• Develop customer plans that support long-term growth within the food services channel.

• Monitor market activity and identify opportunities for growth.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work closely with internal teams including NPD, operations, and supply chain to ensure successful delivery for customers.

• Support the development of products suited to the food services market.

Key Skills & Experience

• Proven experience in a commercial or business development role within the food service industry.

• Demonstrated ability to win new business and grow customer accounts.

• Strong relationship-building skills with an outgoing and proactive approach.

• Existing network of contacts within the food service sector.

• Highly motivated, commercially focused, and driven to achieve results.

• Excellent communication and negotiation skills.

• Confident, outgoing, and able to build relationships quickly

• Entrepreneurial mindset with a proactive approach to opportunities

• Strong commercial awareness and negotiation ability

Who are BBF Limited?

BBF Limited is one of the UK’s leading ambient cake and chilled dessert manufacturers of own label, licensed and branded cakes, supplying recognisable major retailers across the UK and European market.

Our team of experts develop and manufacture a wide range of high-quality ambient cake products across several different categories including celebration cakes, mini rolls, mince pies, fruit pies and a wide range of chilled desserts including cheesecake, crumbles and sponge cakes. These include mince pies, celebration cakes, slab cakes, cupcakes and many more!

What benefits do we offer?

Financial

• Competitive salary

• 10% car allowance

• 5% matched pension

• 4x Life Assurance/Death in Service Benefit

• Access to ‘Company Shop’ – a discounted re-distributor of surplus food and household products

Health & Wellbeing

• 25 days holiday per annum (plus statutory holidays)

• Private healthcare

• 24/7 Access to a GP

• Access to Employee Assistance Programme

• 24/7 Bereavement Support

Personal & Professional Development

• Dedicated in-house Learning & Development/Training team

• Online training platform with access to 100+ training courses

A few other bits

• Quarterly and Yearly BBF Star Awards – recognising those who have gone above and beyond!

• Free on-site parking

Recruitment Agencies

All our recruitment is managed centrally via the internal recruitment team. We operate a recruitment PSL when we require assistance, and we aren't adding to this at present. Any agency assistance will be instructed accordingly and therefore any CVs sent to any BBF Limited employee will be treated as a gift and won't be liable for a fee. Please don't speculatively contact us about this vacancy or any other vacancy.