European Sales & Marketing Director Food Ingredients m/f/d

GFIC; Verona; In loco; Riservato; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

An international food ingredients company is seeking a European Sales & Marketing Director located in Northern Italy. The ideal candidate will develop and direct sales and marketing activities while promoting customer satisfaction. Requires a Bachelor or Master’s degree in relevant fields and at least 10 years of B2B sales experience in the food industry. Fluency in English and Italian is mandatory.

Competenze

• Fluent in English; Italian and other European languages are an asset.
• Minimum 10 years’ experience in a B2B sales environment within the food industry.

Mansioni

• Develop and direct all sales, marketing and business development activities in Europe.
• Build and manage an effective sales and distributor team.

Conoscenze

Sales strategy development

Business development

Customer satisfaction focus

Formazione

Bachelor or Master’s degree in sciences or food technology

MBA

Descrizione del lavoro

Geiger Food Ingredients Recruitment & Consulting

is searching for an international Food Ingredients Company with a global Network of Plants, Sales offices, R&D Centres the

European Sales & Marketing Director Food Ingredients

Location: Northern Italy onsite

This is a Business 2 Business job, please apply only if you have experience in Flavours, Colours, Extracts, dried Fruit and Vegetables and other value added Food Ingredients

Role: The Director of Sales & Marketing develops and directs all sales, marketing and business development activities in Europe

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Developing a sales and marketing plan to achieve set growth targets.
• Developing and managing an effective sales and distributor team.

Tasks

• Successful track record of building and growing sales and profitability in a food ingredient business (e.g. Flavours, Colours, Extracts, Powders).
• Closing sales and satisfying customers at senior levels including Directors, VPs and owners / executives.
• Highly self-motivated; able to operate autonomously in a dynamic environment.
• Strong fit with the Company’s culture and unwavering commitment to customer satisfaction.

Requirements

• Bachelor or Master’s degree with a preference for sciences or food technology / ingredients and/or MBA.
• Fluent in English, Italian and other European languages are an asset.
• Minimum 10 years’ experience in a B2B sales environment within the food industry.

Benefits

• This is a B2B job.
• This no job for candidates coming from FMCG, Horeca, Hotelf or Restaurants.