Sales Manager Food & Nutrition

Sales Manager

Mission

To maintain and develop sales of a portfolio of products and services to the relevant industry area in the country to achieve agreed business targets and meet customer needs.

Main Accountabilities

• To manage, develop and understand the needs of a growing customer base, making regular visits to these accounts and building, maintaining and managing relationships with key contacts at all levels
• Negotiate prices and volumes with customers in order to maximize returns to the business
• Seek out, analyse and develop new accounts, promoting sales of the product portfolio in line with business growth strategies.
• Agree on and achieve annual sales budgets with the Commercial Manager and Business Manager
• Gather, analyse, interpret and present market, product, competitor and industry data to enable development of the forward strategy of the business
• To visit and represent the company at trade fairs, exhibitions and conferences, networking with representatives from a broad range of companies
• Pro-actively monitor and review payment terms against customer portfolio, ensuring that payment terms and methods are adhered to, keeping business risk to a minimum. Ensure that payment terms and cash flow implications are considered at time of negotiation for all new and existing business

Experience, Skilles & Education

• Bachelor degree in relevant field
• ±3 years of experience in a commercial role in the relevant industry
• Excellent communication skills
• Proven analytical skills
• Fluent in English
• Negotiation skills
• Good presentation skills
• Ability to work under pressure
• Ability to liaise with people at all levels 
• Knowledge and networks within country area industry
• Understanding of products and their application

Reporting line and organisational level

• Business Manager or Commercial Manager (Reg CEO-3 or 2)

Internal and external stakeholders of the role

• Internal: Product Managers, Commercial Manager, Business Manager, Back office Team
• External: Customer portfolio