Sales Manager
Location: SwitzerlandSIRE Life Sciences® is the market leader in life science recruitment. We believe the recruitment market needs to gear up in technology and continues innovation. We like technology, in a life science market driven on science, we couldn’t stay behind; we drive Recruitment Science. Investing a majority of our turnover in technology enables us to use unique Resource Technologies. By using highly advanced algorithms, we enable our team of Resource & Data Strategists© to maintain the most advanced, detailed and complete Life Sciences network in Europe. This big data enables us to work Reverse Recruitment©: we first analyze the market in-depth before we go out to the market. Because we analyze the whole market, we can compare facts and data. This enables us to do Facts & Big Data Recruitment©, making sure we, or better yet, you find the right career!
THE COMPANY
Our client is a professional Food organization, based in Zürich Switzerland.
My Client is a premium luxury chocolate manufacturer, with its fundamental strength being its innovation to creating premium products. They offer their customers a distinctive array of premium products.
This is a fantastic career opportunity to work in a stimulating environment for a rewarding and fast growing company.
ROLE DESCRIPTION
As a Sales Manager you will be charged with identifying the appropriate customers for the company. You'll be asked to be proeficient and you will need to have direct contacts with clients.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Penetration of new accounts and improved distribution at existing accounts.
- Maintain a thorough and current understanding of existing and projected product lines, category trends of key customers, of competitors and the market place in general.
- Deployment of new initiatives emerging from project teams and introduce them on the Swiss market.
- Assist in developing annual trade plans for new and existing key accounts to drive objectives. This includes the sales of new product lines, product expansion and promotional plan development.
- Work with cross functional teams.
REQUIREMENTS
- Minimum 3 years account management experience in Chocolate industry
- Excellent communication skills in English (oral and written)
- French and German conversational skills required
- Negotiation Skills
- Communication skills
- Analytical skills
- Commercial and relationship building
- Proactive, ability to quickly switch
- Entrepreneurial Spirit
- Team Player
- Energetic, "getting things done"
Are you interested and do want to apply for this role, please fill out your application via the apply button below and contact Maxime Resano.
