Poland Technical Sales Manager, Food Ingredients — Home Office

GFIC Geiger Food Ingredients Recruitment & Consult.Ing; Polska; Remote; PLN 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company car

Performance bonus

Work tools

Job summary

GFIC Geiger Food Ingredients Recruitment & Consult.Ing is seeking a Technical Sales Manager for Poland. The role focuses on selling food ingredients to the food and beverage industry with emphasis on plant-based and nutrition ingredients.

You will handle business development, customer visits, tailored recipes, and collaboration with suppliers. The position requires a food technology or chemistry education, 3–5 years experience, fluent Polish and English, driving license, and willingness to

Qualifications

• Must have food technology or food chemistry education.
• 3–5 years experience with food ingredients (sales/production/R&D).
• Fluent in Polish and English (written and spoken).
• Willingness to travel within Poland and have a driving license.

Responsibilities

• Develop sales strategy for dedicated ingredients and business development.
• Visit customers in Poland and analyze their needs; tailor-made recipes when required.
• Attend production trials at customers and conduct small-scale trials in the application kitchen.
• Create price offers and follow up of projects and payments from customers.
• Report to suppliers and align strategy with Category Managers; maintain supplier relations.

Skills

Communication skills

Negotiation skills

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Food product development

Education

Food technology or food chemistry degree

Job description

For an international Food Ingredients Distributor, acting in Europe, Africa and West Asia in 40 countries we are looking for a

Technical Sales Manager Food Ingredients Poland

• You will sell valued added Food Ingredients to the Food and Beverage Industry
• You will be responsible for the business development of a selection of food ingredients in different branches of the food industry with focus on
• plant-based food and animal nutrition ingredients, including chicory root fibers (inulin and oligofructose), pea proteins, pea fibers, and pea starches derived from chicory roots and yellow peas and Faba Bean Protein
• this is a B2B Job and not for candidates from Hotels, Restaurants etc.
• you will be home office based

Tasks

Responsibilities of Sales Manager:

• develop sales strategy for dedicated ingredients (business development)
• analyze market and product range of suppliers to find new potentials
• visit customers in Poland, analyze their needs
• developing tailor-made recipes for customers where required
• attend production trials at customers / make small-scale trials in our application kitchen
• creating price offers / follow-up of projects & payments from customers
• reporting to suppliers / alignment of strategy with suppliers in accordance with our Category Managers
• keep good relations with suppliers
• checking of legal requirements (registrations, labelling, importing, …)

Requirements

• Ability to solve technological problems and passion for food product development
• exceptionally good communication, negotiation and analytical skills,
• food technological or food chemistry education (must have!)
• minimum 3-5 years experience with food ingredients (sales/production/R&D)
• communication and analytical skills, highly organized, reliable
• fluent in written and spoken Polish and English
• wide knowledge about polish food market and food processors
• open minded and positive thinking
• driving license and ability to travel within the country
• very organized, reliable, positive thinking
• Working in an international team with lean structures
• Close cooperation with market-leading, innovative suppliers with excellent products
• Regular product and application training in our LAB
• an attractive remuneration package that corresponds to your experience and qualifications. In addition, a performance-related commission.
• Ongoing training on Sales and Project management, and on technological know-how
• Attractive compensation package: Salary to match performance, company car, business tools.