Our Food Sales team currently has an opening for a Technical Sales Manager - Food

This role can be based from anywhere around the London or Lutterworth area

YOUR ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES

To develop and grow new opportunities for our Value-Added Food Ingredients by providing technical and recipe support to our customers, that ultimately results in new sales conversions.

SCOPE OF RESPONSIBILITIES

• Responsible for the attainment of the Value-Added Food Ingredients Gross Profit for Margin across Midlands and South-East England
• To provide technical support to our customer base to develop new opportunities
• Maintain appropriate level of product knowledge
• Continually seek new market and product sales opportunities
• Provide market trends, as well as competitor intel
• Contribute to industry and company product development to maximise sales opportunities
• Recording activity through a CRM system

YOUR PROFILE

CAPABILITY PROFILE

Experience:

• Previous experience in Technical Sales in Food Functional Ingredients
• A Degree level qualification in Food Technology or Food Science
  
  

Knowledge:

• Technically strong in functional food ingredients
• Selling principles
• Recipe formulation experience

PERSONAL SKILLS & ATTRIBUTES

• Demonstrate effective sales techniques
• Good communicator
• Self-starter
• Ability to engage a varied customer base
• Tenacious and adaptable
• Contribute effectively to a target driven environment.
• Prioritise, delegate, monitor and follow up.
• Communicate well at all levels both internal and external

INTERESTED?

We look forward to receiving your application.