Sales Manager Global Key Accounts
- Employer
- PureCircle
- Location
- Wokingham, Berkshire
- Salary
- Up to 66,000 per annum with benefits and incentive bonus structure
- Closing date
- 16 Jun 2018
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- Business Sector
- Food & Drink
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Function
- Marketing, National Accounts, Sales
Job Details
Summary
A Commercial Sales role, with strong food, beverage or ingredient technical knowledge, to lead, develop and implement Regional strategy within a major global account – building relationships and demonstrating excellence in execution at all levels of interaction to meet, in full and to exceed, client’s expectations.
Job Responsibility
- Manage a major global Food & Beverage clients with Regional (EAME) responsibilities.
- A key member of a global team working across Regions and Time Zones
- Responsible for the regional strategy for assigned account
- Responsible for setting and delivering Budget expectations and plans
- Responsible for building a robust pipeline of Project opportunities within the portfolio to achieve the aggressive future growth plans
- To implement global strategy and co-ordinate regional strategy for GKA’s, leveraging Regional resources to fulfil and meet client expectations & demands
- Ensure client has full access to all our innovation and technical support, in line with global strategy
- Critically important responsibility is the ability to open up and foster new relationships within this global account.
Requirements
- Technical knowledge of FMCG new product development and innovation is desirable but not essential
- Experience in commercial sales in a flavour/food ingredient or adjacent environment (Min 5 years’ experience)
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills with clear ability to communicate dynamically with external client at all levels through to Senior Management
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills with clear ability to communicate efficiently with internal stakeholders at all levels through to Senior Leadership Team
- Experienced in setting budgets and targets and monitoring performance against objectives.
- Strong project management capabilities and leadership/guidance in project management
- Ability to work & thrive in a matrix structure, sharing and benefitting from the opportunities of a such a global structure
- Passion for food and beverage, focused on excellence and showcasing innovation
- Strong team player able to share skills and to adapt, flexibly, to changing priorities
- Bachelor’s Degree level education
- Fluency in English essential and a second language is advantageous.
- Travel as required to fulfil the objectives set mainly within the EMEA region.
Company
PureCircle is the the world's leading producer and innovator of great-tasting stevia sweeteners for the global beverage and food industry. PureCircle leads the industry with development of a vertically integrated, sustainable and natural supply chain. Stevia is grown for PureCircle across South America, Africa, Asia and the United States where it provides a sustainable cash crop for farming communities. PureCircle has developed a broad portfolio of ingredient solutions and has pioneered such ingredients as Reb A, SG95, and breakthrough proprietary ingredient PureCircle Alpha, as well as PureCircle Flavors. PureCircle also established joint venture partnerships with sugar industry leaders to innovatively combine stevia and sugar for natural sweetening solutions and locally support customers. These global partnerships include Tereos PureCircle Solutions, with Tereos and NPSweet A/S with Nordzucker, in Europe. As part of its industry leadership, PureCircle pioneered the trust mark Stevia PureCircle®, which educates consumers about the benefits of stevia and provides a strong base of trust for both consumers and food and beverage companies alike. The company also founded The PureCircle Stevia Institute, (purecirclesteviainstitute.com) the leading resource for accurate, science-based information on stevia led by a global advisory board of internationally recognized health professionals. PureCircle’s global headquarters are in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. PureCircle shares are traded on the LSE AIM index.
- Website
- http://www.purecircle.com/
- Telephone
- +44 118 948 5000
- Location
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Unit Triangle
140 Wharfedale Road
Winnersh
Wokingham
RG41 5RB
GB
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