Business Development Manager
Location: NetherlandsSIRE 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 Friesland Netherlands.
Our client is a International producer of food ingredients. This growing company is looking for a experienced business developer who is going to extend the International market.
ROLE DESCRIPTION
In this role you will be responsible for the new accounts of the International market. Next to the new accounts you will be responsible to build on the existing clients. You need to be a relationship builder to be able to do this job. Most of your clients are meat companies so you need to have some feeling with the meat market. 25% of your time you will be traveling to different countries in Europe. This can be by yourself or with one other colleague.
- Are you a long term relationship builder?
- Are you a sales tiger who has experience in the Food Industry?
- Do you love to travel to other county's?
Then this can be the job you are looking for!
RESPONSIBILITIES
Long term relations are really important in this job. To be successful in this role you need to have good market knowledge and you are aware of the trends in the food industry. To be able to do this role you are worked with sales targets before and you always want to improve yourself. The sky is the limit!
Other points to be aware of:
- 25% travel to other countries
- you don't have a 9 to 5 mentality
REQUIREMENTS
- Bachelor or Master degree. Preferred in food technology
- 7-10 years of experience in New Business Development within the food industry
- a proven track record of the sales successes in previous roles
- Knowledge of food ingredients
- 25% travel to other European countries
- Fluent in Dutch, English and preferred in one other language (French/German)
- Achieving team targets is more important then personal succes
Are you interested and do want to apply for this role, please fill out your application via the apply button below and contact Vincent van Straten.
