Do you want to be the of the future of hospitality?

Do you want to help independent food brands grow?

At Sessions, our goal is to help founder-led businesses, rapidly scale their food concepts by providing them with a platform, expertise, and support to do so.

We are looking for Business Development Managers to join the Accelerator side of the business. Ensuring our brands can scale like wildfire through a network of operator ‘Hosts’ (venues & hospitality kitchens). The role will be responsible for pro-actively building the network of Hosts (venues & hospitality kitchens) while working together with the wider team to ensure the success of the Hosts you sign-up.

What’s in it for you?

• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• Hybrid working – office, field & home
• Attractive commission scheme
• £2,000 referral bonus scheme
• Regular socials and collaborative working culture
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Paid time off to volunteer
• Wear what you like!
• Company expenses card
• B-Corp aspirations
• Join a fast-growth passionate company lead by industry legends

What will you do?

• Identifying and prospecting Host leads within the hospitality sector (venues & hospitality Kitchens), ideal for supporting the growth of our brands;
• Approaching Hosts through cold-calling, industry connections, emails, door to door visits etc.;
• Pitching and closing deals through face-to-face and/or virtual meetings;
• Managing their pipeline using CRM, giving visibility to management team;
• Accountability for delivering compelling economics for Host relationships;
• Input for sourcing / recommending new brands to be added to the network;
• Tight relationship with the wider team to maintain Host quality and to encourage the addition of new brands
• Be the eyes and ears of what’s happening on the ground and use this insight to influence and contribute to the business strategy

What do you need?

• Two years+ of pro-active sales/ commercial experience
• Street hustler attitude – prepared to ‘get stuck in’ and do what it takes to close deals
• Strategic thinker able to elevate the business from the day-to-day where appropriate
• Well-rounded individual able and willing to flex to take ownership where necessary outside of their areas of core responsibility;
• Strong commercial acumen with strong negotiation skills;
• Charismatic and energetic with a passion for food
• Excited by the end game and motivated by building an enormous enterprise;
• Prepared to work very hard, take responsibility and make decisions at speed, comfortable finding order in chaos
• Resilient and loyal
• Right to work in the UK
• Fluent spoken and written English

Want to know more about us?

What we do – It’s as simple as 1, 2, 3.

1. Studio – We partner with a quickly growing portfolio of founder-led businesses to rapidly scale their food concepts by providing them with a platform, expertise and support to do so.

Encouraging the growth of independent food brands.

2. Venues/Spaces – We operate ‘Market-Halls’ such as ‘Shelter Hall – Brighton’ to act as incubators as well as multi-brand dark kitchens. Bringing together the best of local independent restaurant concepts, street food and inspiring chefs, all under one phenomenal roof. Providing a space for consumers to fall in love with both our owned brands and a space for our founder partners to thrive.

Introducing the product to consumers.

3. Accelerator – We partner with ‘host’ locations through a large network of businesses and industries, these ‘hosts’ welcome our brands into these locations to act as a catering partner or delivery kitchen.

Accelerating the growth of founder-led businesses.

Sessions is ran by industry titans (former MD of Deliveroo UK (CEO), former Chief Financial Officer of Soho House Group (CFO) and founder of Sourced Market (MD)) and they are once again looking to change the face of the food industry. Come be disruptive with us……

Sessions are a Living Wage employer

• Sessions are an equal opportunity employer and all applicants will be considered for employment without attention to ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, veteran, neurodiversity status or disability status.