Poland Technical Sales Manager Food Ingredients Protein Distribution

Join; United States; Remote; USD 37,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Laptop and mobile phone

Performance-based commission

Regular training on Sales & Project mg

Company car

Job summary

GFIC is seeking a Technical Sales Manager Food Ingredients Poland to drive business development in Poland for plant-based and nutrition ingredients. The role targets B2B customers, with home-office flexibility, and involves visiting customers, developing recipes, and coordinating with suppliers.

Required are 3–5 years in food ingredients and a food technology or chemistry background, along with fluent Polish and English and strong communication skills.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years' experience with food ingredients in sales, production, or R&D.
• Fluent in English and Polish (written and spoken).
• Excellent communication and negotiation abilities; highly organized.

Responsibilities

• Develop sales strategy for dedicated ingredients and business development.
• Analyze market and supplier product ranges to identify new potentials.
• Visit customers in Poland and assess their needs.
• Develop tailor-made recipes and run small-scale trials in the application kitchen.
• Create price offers and manage project payments.
• Report to suppliers and align strategy with Category Managers.
• Maintain good supplier relationships and ensure regulatory compliance.

Skills

Communication

Negotiation

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Market analysis

Education

Food technology education

Food chemistry education

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 proteins:
• 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, reliablegood negotiation skills
• 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

Benefits

• 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.
• laptop + mobile phone
• Ongoing training on Sales and Project management, and on technological know-how
• Attractive compensation package: Salary to match performance, company car, business tools.