Sales Executive (Food Ingredients) Surabaya

Jebsen & Jessen Group; Surabaya ꦱꦸꦫꦧꦪ; On-site; USD 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dynamic sales professional to join their team. This role focuses on driving sales in the food ingredient sector, where you'll leverage your expertise to connect with customers and provide exceptional service. You will be responsible for achieving sales targets, preparing proposals, and conducting market surveys to identify opportunities. With a strong emphasis on customer relationships and product knowledge, this position offers a chance to make a significant impact in a thriving market. If you're passionate about food technology and sales, this opportunity could be your next career move.

Qualifications

• Minimum Bachelor Degree in Food Technology is a must.
• Has minimum 3 years working experience in Food Ingredient sales.

Responsibilities

• Achieve sales targets and maintain high customer service standards.
• Prepare quotations and follow up on customer inquiries.

Skills

Food Ingredient Sales

Customer Segmentation

SAP System

English Proficiency

Education

Bachelor Degree in Food Technology

Tools

SAP

Job description

Jebsen & Jessen Ingredients is a leading solutions provider and distributor of specialty chemicals and life science ingredients covering a wide range of industrial and manufacturing applications. Our expert technical sales and responsive customer service teams connect technologies from our world-leading partners to thousands of manufacturers across Southeast Asia and China. In business for over 50 years, we operate six regional business lines: Coating & Resins, Plastics & Rubber, Performance Chemicals, Feed, Food, and Pharmaceuticals & Personal Care. Leveraging our local presence, technical expertise and extensive portfolios, we solve our customers’ problems and keep them updated with the latest market intelligence and trends, creating maximum value for all of our stakeholders and helping bring innovative products to market faster.

Responsibilities:

• Achieve the agreed sales targets and constantly maintain a high standard of customer service by active canvassing and cooperation with the total department team.
• Present, demonstrate as applicable, the products and services to the customers by frequent and planned visits: by personal visits or accompanied by superiors and principals’ representatives as required.
• Prepare quotations and proposal to be made and follow up aggressively by utilizing a proper customer tracking system.
• Submit daily order to Sales Support to prepare sales order and delivery order for delivery, liaise with customer on delivery schedule if necessary.
• Monitor customers’ payment schedule, collect payment from customer if necessary by liaise with finance / AR department.
• Perform effective market survey and feasibility studies by generating high number of inquiries from the market segment assigned and advise superior in due time of sales opportunities where special assistance is required to secure orders.
• Report and update customer tracking/information system on daily, weekly and monthly basis using the approved department reporting system.
• Giving input and detailed information to the Superior regarding to the preparation of Annual Sales Budget.
• Present the company and project a level of professionalism consistent with company’s standards when contacting external parties by keeping abreast of company policies and of the principals’ products and services.
• Acquire sound product knowledge by keeping up-to-date with principals and other technical literature.
• Be aware of customer needs, market trends and competitive products and positioning by spending a majority of his time in the field.
• Must be able to carry out other responsibilities (Reports, Survey, accommodate principals & alike) is the absence of the Supervisor.
• Any other tasks within your field of competence as assigned by the Management.

Requirements:

• Minimum Bachelor Degree in Food Technology is a must
• Has minimum 3 years working experience in Food Ingredient sales
• Familiar with Food Ingredients products
• Has knowledge about customer segmentation in Food Ingredients sales
• Has experience to use SAP system
• Good command in English, both written and spoken
• Fresh graduates are welcome to apply