[Hiring] Technical Sales Manager @GFIC

Role 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
  • Pea starches derived from chicory roots and yellow peas
  • Faba Bean Protein

This is a B2B job and not for candidates from Hotels, Restaurants, etc. You will be home office based.

Qualifications

• 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
• Good 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

Requirements

• 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, …)

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.

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 is consulting 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, Interims Positions, Members for the Advisory Board) and is consulting globally. GFIC is also recruiting C-Level candidates.