Brodie Hutson, Sales Development Manager

We had a chat with Brodie who has recently started her role as the first female sales development manager in Scotland!

What is your role?

I am the new sales development manager for the Belhaven team covering parts of Mid Lothian / West Lothian / South Lanarkshire & North Lanarkshire. My role consists of looking after the accounts within my area and also bringing on new accounts.

How long have you been at Greene King?

Eight years and three months to be precise

How long have you been in your current role for?

I started my new role on the 29 May this year so still fairly new, but loving every minute of it!

So, you are the first female SDM for our Scotland team? How does that feel?

Yes, it does make me smile and I am proud of myself. I think to be the only female within a team can be a bit daunting however I have known the team since I started and have built really good friendships with them. They are all really supportive and very encouraging so the male/female issue doesn’t even exist – I’m not treated any differently. The team really does feel like a family/friends situation and that’s what makes it so enjoyable.

Tell us your career story?

I left school at 16 to become a hairdresser at a local salon in Dunbar that I had done work experience at through my school – it was a week long exercise and on the final day I was offered a job. I did hairdressing for almost five years before deciding a career change was needed and that is when I ended up in the telesales team at Belhaven. The telesales girls are fantastic and the environment was great, I really enjoyed my role however, I began to notice I was missing the face-to-face experience with customers and took an interest in the sales team role. I went out with some of the team for days in trade to meet customers and quickly realised this was the job I wanted. I spoke with the company and stated my interest and waited until an opportunity became available within the team and here we are.

What does a typical day look like for you?

Every day is completely different. Since I am still new to the role, I have been working on getting round all the accounts to meet everyone and introduce myself, which is lovely because I used to speak to lots of them on the phone for their orders – so to physically meet them is nice. Finding out how each of their business works and offer any advice when needed – and to obviously sell as much beer as I can because we have a brewery to keep open!

What do you love most about your job?

Meeting people – I really am a people person so this role suits me so much compared to being in an office.

What do you enjoy most about working for Greene King?

I love seeing our brands on the bars and to hear how well they are doing is great – it makes you proud to know the customers & consumers love Belhaven/Greene King just as much as we do.

Favourite Greene King beer?

That’s a hard one, but to narrow it down it would have to be Belhaven Saltire lager or Ice Breaker.