Technical Sales Manager - Bakery Ingredients

This has all the ingredients needed to make your next great career move.....

Do you crave a Paul Hollywood hand shake or maybe you wish to visit Jurgen Klinsmann family bakery in Stuttgart. Well either way you'll have a passion and knowledge of the bakery sector and with a wealth of contacts within major industrial bakers across the UK market.

We have a new and compelling opportunity for a Technical Sales Manager to work for a European food ingredients business building customer relationship and creating opportunities in the UK region. Uniquely placed this role requires the technical knowledge and know how to create a solution for the customer but also the account relationship ability to manage the sales process.

Responsibilities of the role:

• Working closely with a UK colleague (Commercial Manager) the role will design and implement individual customer commercial strategies and plans to deliver growth for the region.
• The role will work with existing customers but also engage on a number of target new customers.
• Manage and deliver various technical/application projects both commercial and technically.
• Participate and contribute to customer plant trials

To be successful in the role you must have a technical or development background with the Bakery sector - specifically food ingredients and you must have the skills to engage with customers and build relationships. It is essential that you are comfortable with customer communication and negotiation.

Also you must demonstrate self-motivation, trust and reliability and most importantly you must be flexible to work in an evolving structure and happy to wear different hats when required.

If you feel you have the vital expert knowledge of the bakery sector and have worked in food ingredients, then please apply with your CV today or contact me directly to discuss further.

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Tel: +44 (0)1625 560778

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