Overseas Market Specialist, Italy

Bord Bia; Pavia; In loco; EUR 57.000 - 76.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Bord Bia is seeking an Overseas Market Specialist in Italy, responsible for client support services, market strategy implementation, and fostering trade relationships within the Irish food and drink sector. The ideal candidate will possess strong communication skills, a relevant degree, and fluency in English and Italian, contributing to the international growth of Irish producers.

Competenze

• Experience in market insights and implementation of marketing campaigns.
• Knowledge of the Irish Food, Drink & Horticulture industry.
• Professional experience across different cultures.

Mansioni

• Support assigned client services and market activation.
• Collate market insights for Irish client companies.
• Manage international graduates during their placements.

Conoscenze

Market insights generation

Building professional relationships

Fluent English and Italian

Excellent communication

Presentation skills

Formazione

Degree in Business, Marketing or relevant discipline

Strumenti

Salesforce or equivalent CRM

Microsoft Office suite

Descrizione del lavoro

Do you enjoy taking responsibility and like working in a small team?

Do you have an interest in Irish Food, Drink and Horticulture?

Are you looking to make a difference in what you do and have the relevant experience?

Then you've come to the right place.

Overseas Market Specialist, Italy

Reports To : Overseas Market Manager Italy, Malta, Cyprus, Greece

Grade OSMS

The salary scale for this role is €57,120 - €75,210 with Long Service increments of LSI1 : LSI 1 €72.317 & LSI2 : €84,282.

New Entrants to the Public Sector commence on the first point of the Scale

Purpose

Bord Bia has a vision that customers around the globe recognise that Irish food and drink is world-class; that it is high quality, distinctive, and made by a diverse range of creative producers from a unique and fortuitous island location.

Our purpose is to bring Ireland’s outstanding food, drink and horticulture to the world, thus enabling growth and sustainability of producers.

In this role, you will support the development, implementation and measurement of Bord Bia's client support services and activities, to build and deliver sustainable business lead conversions for Irish food and drink exporters in the sectors of strategic priority within the region.

What you’ll do

Support and deliver assigned client services relevant to the local market (e.g. market information and activation), in line with the market strategy implementation plan and the Bord Bia Corporate and Sector strategies.

Become a regional market insights expert, collating and disseminating relevant and timely market and sector information to Irish client companies via our client portal, and sharing knowledge with colleagues in line with best practice set out by The Bord Bia Thinking House.

Proactively maintain and build a network of trade contacts in priority sectors across all channels and in various roles within priority customer accounts in Italy.

Localise and implement Bord Bia’s local marketing plans in Italy, ensuring optimum reach, frequency and impact for trade and consumer campaigns, in line with central brand guidelines, investment models and campaign performance reporting.

Contribute to the development and annual review of Bord Bia’s strategy implementation in market by developing local strategy plans and delivering on assigned KPIs.

Manage the performance of international graduates during their two year placements in Milan by determining and delegating priorities, through regular review of personal development plans and informal feedback and coaching.

Effectively manage assigned budgets, and master data management and analysis, and in line with One Bord Bia processes and policies.

About You

Essential Knowledge, Skills & Capabilities

Knowledge :

Generating and distilling market insights

Knowledge operating in a marketing or business development role

Successful implementation of trade and / or consumer marketing campaigns

Building professional relationships with suppliers, trade customers, media & government, both in Ireland, and the marketplace.

Skills & Capabilities :

Comfortable with an agile culture focused on continuous improvement

Influencing and negotiating skills, adapted to the local culture

Fluent written and spoken English and Italian.

Excellent communication & presentation skills, with strong verbal and report writing abilities

Proficient business use of the full Microsoft Office suite

Knowledge :

Degree level qualification or equivalent in a relevant discipline, e.g. Business, Marketing etc.

Knowledge of the Irish Food, Drink & Horticulture industry

Membership of relevant professional bodies

Skills & Capabilities :

Experience in the use of Salesforce or equivalent CRM and video conferencing systems.

Experience operating professionally in different cultures

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Bord Bía is an Equal Opportunities Employer : We want to see a society where everyone is equal. We know our foundation must be an equitable workplace that recognises the dignity and worth of everyone and gives all our employees the freedom and opportunity to fulfill their potential : we want for you to be able to bring your whole self to work, so you can be the best you can be and live your purpose whilst developing your career with us. Our talented and diverse workforce also reflects the diversity of our clients, customers and markets by utilising their range of skills, knowledge and experience. Harnessing the wide range of perspectives this diversity brings, promotes innovation and helps make us more creative and competitive.

Bord Bia is committed to ensuring that all recruitment candidates have complete and equitable access as can reasonably be provided. If you require any support or accommodation as part of the recruitment process, please contact us directly at

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