Business Development Executive
Suntory
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My name is Tamzin and I’m a
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business development executive at Lucozade Ribena Suntory.
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And I look after the northwest London area.
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My role involves managing relationships in wholesale
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accounts, convenience accounts and food service accounts.
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So that could be anything from universities, colleges, cafes
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and then obviously the wholesale side to it as well.
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What I have to do is sort of by managing relationships, I sort of
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make sure that we’ve got enough range in the actual store
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and have enough space and fixture.
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I really enjoy like speaking to people
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so it’s nice that I can get out.
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It’s not an office job, so I’m always out and about
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traveling around London, going to see different customers, which is nice.
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So every day is kind of different.
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At GCSE, I did business,
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obviously your standard ones,
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health and social care and geography.
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But for what I did for my A-levels was
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health and social care, but it counted as three A-levels
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so I did that as just one subject.
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So I didn’t think business would be that useful
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but actually now in my job I feel like I use a lot of that from
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what I learned at school into my apprenticeship.
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A lot of my friends were going to uni and I wasn’t really that keen
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– I didn’t really have a specific subject I wanted to take.
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So I sort of went
down the apprenticeship route.
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I applied on a website called Rate my Apprenticeship
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and it was branded as like Suntory
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and I didn’t know that Lucozade was part of Suntory.
00:01:48:24 – 00:01:51:21
So that was quite interesting when I actually read the job description.
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And then I thought that sounded really interesting.
00:01:55:06 – 00:01:59:21
So I applied to that and the interview process was
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give a presentation and it sort of like met with the business culture
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and that’s how I
got the job.
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I had a Saturday job at school.
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I worked in a soft play
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so I was responsible for just checking the kids in
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and then on the cafe as well, and then cleaning it.
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And then I
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worked as well at a cinema, Everyman cinema.
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So I was doing just the waitressing job there.
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So I feel like that’s where I got my customer skills.
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I didn’t really know what I wanted to do
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when I was at school, I was asking my parents, ‘I don’t know what to do,’ but
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I think now I’m in the company you see so many job roles
00:02:42:10 – 00:02:45:24
that you don’t even know of or heard of – I hadn’t even heard of my job.
00:02:45:24 – 00:02:48:04
I didn’t even know it would be a thing.
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And now I see loads of other people from different companies
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doing the same role as me
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so it’s really nice to see actually.
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I would say to just work hard.
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I think even if you
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don’t find yourself passing all your exams and stuff at school,
00:03:03:08 – 00:03:03:20
I think
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it doesn’t matter.
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I think as long as you’ve got
00:03:08:04 – 00:03:11:14
ambition to try and improve yourself, I think that’s the main thing.
00:00:08:00 – 00:00:09:20
My name is Tamzin and I’m a
00:00:09:20 – 00:00:14:01
business development executive at Lucozade Ribena Suntory.
00:00:14:01 – 00:00:16:11
And I look after the northwest London area.
00:00:16:11 – 00:00:21:05
My role involves managing relationships in wholesale
00:00:21:05 – 00:00:24:11
accounts, convenience accounts and food service accounts.
00:00:24:11 – 00:00:29:14
So that could be anything from universities, colleges, cafes
00:00:29:14 – 00:00:31:17
and then obviously the wholesale side to it as well.
00:00:33:04 – 00:00:36:10
What I have to do is sort of by managing relationships, I sort of
00:00:36:20 – 00:00:40:13
make sure that we’ve got enough range in the actual store
00:00:40:21 – 00:00:44:09
and have enough space and fixture.
00:00:44:09 – 00:00:46:06
I really enjoy like speaking to people
00:00:46:06 – 00:00:48:06
so it’s nice that I can get out.
00:00:48:06 – 00:00:51:11
It’s not an office job, so I’m always out and about
00:00:51:19 – 00:00:54:22
traveling around London, going to see different customers, which is nice.
00:00:55:16 – 00:00:56:22
So every day is kind of different.
00:00:58:07 – 00:01:00:24
At GCSE, I did business,
00:01:01:20 – 00:01:04:00
obviously your standard ones,
00:01:04:00 – 00:01:07:00
health and social care and geography.
00:01:07:00 – 00:01:09:10
But for what I did for my A-levels was
00:01:10:18 – 00:01:12:24
health and social care, but it counted as three A-levels
00:01:13:12 – 00:01:15:16
so I did that as just one subject.
00:01:16:01 – 00:01:18:05
So I didn’t think business would be that useful
00:01:19:00 – 00:01:22:21
but actually now in my job I feel like I use a lot of that from
00:01:22:24 – 00:01:26:02
what I learned at school into my apprenticeship.
00:01:26:03 – 00:01:29:11
A lot of my friends were going to uni and I wasn’t really that keen
00:01:29:15 – 00:01:32:16
– I didn’t really have a specific subject I wanted to take.
00:01:32:23 – 00:01:36:03
So I sort of went
down the apprenticeship route.
00:01:37:20 – 00:01:41:06
I applied on a website called Rate my Apprenticeship
00:01:42:07 – 00:01:44:18
and it was branded as like Suntory
00:01:44:23 – 00:01:48:16
and I didn’t know that Lucozade was part of Suntory.
00:01:48:24 – 00:01:51:21
So that was quite interesting when I actually read the job description.
00:01:52:12 – 00:01:55:06
And then I thought that sounded really interesting.
00:01:55:06 – 00:01:59:21
So I applied to that and the interview process was
00:01:59:21 – 00:02:03:17
give a presentation and it sort of like met with the business culture
00:02:03:17 – 00:02:06:16
and that’s how I
got the job.
00:02:06:22 – 00:02:08:11
I had a Saturday job at school.
00:02:08:11 – 00:02:11:09
I worked in a soft play
00:02:11:11 – 00:02:15:22
so I was responsible for just checking the kids in
00:02:15:22 – 00:02:18:16
and then on the cafe as well, and then cleaning it.
00:02:19:15 – 00:02:20:12
And then I
00:02:20:12 – 00:02:24:05
worked as well at a cinema, Everyman cinema.
00:02:24:05 – 00:02:27:00
So I was doing just the waitressing job there.
00:02:27:00 – 00:02:30:20
So I feel like that’s where I got my customer skills.
00:02:31:14 – 00:02:34:08
I didn’t really know what I wanted to do
00:02:34:08 – 00:02:37:15
when I was at school, I was asking my parents, ‘I don’t know what to do,’ but
00:02:38:16 – 00:02:42:10
I think now I’m in the company you see so many job roles
00:02:42:10 – 00:02:45:24
that you don’t even know of or heard of – I hadn’t even heard of my job.
00:02:45:24 – 00:02:48:04
I didn’t even know it would be a thing.
00:02:48:04 – 00:02:50:20
And now I see loads of other people from different companies
00:02:50:20 – 00:02:51:20
doing the same role as me
00:02:51:20 – 00:02:53:24
so it’s really nice to see actually.
00:02:55:11 – 00:02:58:01
I would say to just work hard.
00:02:58:01 – 00:03:00:06
I think even if you
00:03:00:06 – 00:03:03:08
don’t find yourself passing all your exams and stuff at school,
00:03:03:08 – 00:03:03:20
I think
00:03:04:21 – 00:03:05:17
it doesn’t matter.
00:03:05:17 – 00:03:08:04
I think as long as you’ve got
00:03:08:04 – 00:03:11:14
ambition to try and improve yourself, I think that’s the main thing.
“I hadn’t even heard of my job – I didn’t even know it would be a thing. And now I see loads of other people from different companies doing the same role as me.”
Unsure what to do when she finished school, Tamzin decided to look for an apprenticeship and found her current role.
More information about Business sales executives
The UK average salary is ÂŁ29,813
There are 37.5 hours in the average working week
The UK workforce is 47% female and 53% male
Future employment
- Discusses customer requirements and advises them on the capabilities and limitations of the goods or services being sold;
- Quotes prices, credit details, delivery dates and payment arrangements and arranges for delivery and installation of goods if appropriate;
- Makes follow up visits to ensure customer satisfaction and to obtain further orders;
- Stays abreast of advances in product/field and suggests possible improvements to product or service;
- Maintains records and accounts of sales made and handles customer complaints.
