Sales Manager Healthy Food Ingredients
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 Noord-Holland Netherlands.
The client is specialised in (technical) Food ingredients they are looking to expand their Sales field force with a specialist for the Europe region international experience therefore is a must.
ROLE DESCRIPTION
The International Sales Manager Europe, will be responsible for the European region. Knowledge of international way of business, its culture and its languages is therefore a strong plus. Besides this, you have worked in the Netherlands and/or Germany and speak Dutch as well as German, seeing that supplier contact runs through these countries. You will be responsible for the sales growth in these regions and really invest is strong key accounts for the long term. Working alongside a small but dedicated team of colleagues, you find solutions to complaints and know how to build lasting relationships/partnerships.
RESPONSIBILITIES
• You maintain relationships with clients, distributors and suppliers
• You develop new business and follow up accordingly
• You create business plans for your markets
• You track the market and stay up-to-date on new developments
• You set growth targets and make plans how to reach them
REQUIREMENTS
• Bachelor or Master, preferably in Food Science
• Entrepreneurial job therefore a proven track record is required
• Minimum of 5 years (international) Sales experience in the Food industry - preferably ingredients
• Proven record of new business acquisition
• Fluent Dutch, German, English as well as southern European language(s) = pre
• Willing to travel up to 50% of the time through Europe
Are you interested and do want to apply for this role, please fill out your application via the apply button below and contact Paul van Voorst.
