[Hiring] Sales Manager @GFIC

Role Description

Important: please apply only if you have experience in selling Flavours, speak fluent German and English, and have a good network in the Germany Food and Beverage Industry.

Our client is a medium-sized flavour house with a focus on Western and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. We offer flavours for:

• Bakery
• Confectionary
• Chewing Gum
• Chocolate
• Dairy Products
• Savoury Products
• Beverages
• Animal Feed and Pet Food
• Pharmaceutical Products

Main Purpose:

• Search for new markets and customers in alignment with our German sales strategy.
• Maintain relationships with existing customers and analyze sales trends.
• Prepare action plans and follow up on sector developments and innovations.
• Identify and leverage opportunity areas to achieve sales targets.
• Regularly enter and monitor sales budgets in the system.
• Manage project entry and follow-up.
• Conduct customer visits and provide price offers.
• Prepare and present related reports.

Tasks:

• Manage our customers in Germany and other European countries.
• Plan and execute visits to existing and prospective customers.
• Share customer visit reports with sales top management.
• Send new projects to R&D for evaluation.
• Coordinate customer sample requests, follow up on progress, and share results with R&D.
• Prepare monthly sales reports and share them with top management.

Qualifications

• Higher education degree.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in a similar position.
• Proficient in German and English, both written and spoken.
• Advanced computer skills (e.g., Microsoft Office Suite, CRM software).
• Valid driver’s license.
• Strong team player.
• Ability to handle confidential information.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Highly communicative, responsible, and detail-oriented.
• Goal-oriented, able to perform under pressure, and committed to learning and improvement.

Benefits

Please apply in English, not German.

Company Description

Geiger Food Ingredients Recruitment & Consulting (GFIC) is a boutique recruitment consultancy situated to the south of Munich, founded by Alfred Geiger in 2006. GFIC specializes in:

• FMGC Food Ingredients
• Starch
• Glucose
• Sweeteners
• Flavours
• Fruit Preparations
• Beverages
• Dairy
• Nutraceuticals
• Pharma
• Colours
• Cosmetics
• Hydrocolloids
• And more

GFIC is consulting in Recruitment (Full Time, Interim Positions, Members for the Advisory Board) and is recruiting globally, including C-Level candidates.