The Cake Factory

We’re hiring · Business development & customer accounts

Sales

Connect our bakery range with the businesses and occasions it can serve. You will speak with prospective and existing customers, understand what they need and work with the team to move enquiries towards confirmed orders. The role covers both recurring wholesale relationships and corporate or event requirements.

How to apply

Your day-to-day

What you’ll do.

  • Identify and follow up with potential customers across cafés, hospitality, catering, resellers and corporate or event teams.
  • Understand each customer’s product needs, quantities, serving format, budget and required dates before recommending a suitable next step.
  • Introduce the bakery range clearly and prepare quotations using approved prices, product information and terms.
  • Coordinate availability, order details and delivery or collection questions with the relevant teams before making commitments to customers.
  • Keep enquiries, quotations, follow-ups and account information organised so opportunities and customer requests are not missed.
  • Maintain relationships with existing accounts, identify repeat-order opportunities and communicate feedback to the team.
  • Work towards agreed sales objectives and provide practical updates on opportunities, customer needs and outstanding decisions.

What you bring

Skills that fit the role.

  • Clear communication, attentive listening and confidence starting conversations with business customers.
  • A consistent approach to follow-up, with the ability to manage several enquiries without losing the details.
  • Comfort working with quotations, basic commercial calculations and customer records.
  • Good coordination skills and sound judgement about when to confirm a detail with production or administration.
  • Relevant sales, account management, hospitality or customer-service experience is useful, along with an interest in bakery products and how businesses serve them.