Senior Food Ingredients Sales Manager - International

Join our team as a Senior International Food Ingredients Sales Manager. In this role, you will be responsible for driving sales growth, mapping and prospecting new clients and regions, and achieving ambitious sales targets. You will work closely with category experts and leverage internal knowledge to provide top-notch service to your clients. A strong background in B2B food ingredient sales and a technical background in the food business are required.

• Utiliser vos connaissances en vente B2B et comprendre bien la chaîne de valeur pour vendre les bons ingrédients au bon endroit, aux bons clients.
• Cartographier et prospecter de nouveaux clients, de nouveaux pays et de nouvelles régions.
• Construire un pipeline de vente solide et rigoureux, mais aussi bien surveiller les comptes clés pour créer des opportunités de vente additionnelle et croisée.

**Skills needed**

Being able to adapt to a start up is important. Things go fast and we need your agility to fit in an ever changing environment. We aim for the better of course as we are constantly looking at improving the way we do things, we grow business, and we improve sustainability of the food industry.

**Fondamental :**

• You have been selling ingredients in the B2B food industry for at least 10 years. Obviously we will be happy to chat if more !
• Having your hands dirty ? Hell yeah !
• Technical background in Food business is needed, agro engineering is best;
• You already know well one of our category (Spices & Herbs, Juices & Concentrates derivatives, Fruits & Vegetables derivatives, etc.), this is a fast track to performance
• You anticipate quality & specification constraints of both clients & products proactively;
• You are used to the Art of Prospection, you master all Tips&Tricks of this game,
• Great communication & listening skills : balance ego, clear points, always propose a solution when spotting a problem;
• Fluent English. Any other language is great.
• You embody our values : Discernment / Boldness / Dedicaiton to Performance / Collaboration / Communication / Integrity / Pragmatism.

**Bonus :**

• Circular economy mindset.

• We understand all that might sound very specific. Even if you are not checking all the boxes, but believe you can bring value to our mission, please reach out to us.
• **Conditions**

• **Contract** : Permanent - Full Time.
• **Starting date** : ASAP.
• **Preferred location** : Based in Avignon. We could consider the remote in very specific conditions. But as a fast moving start up, we can see that being here with us will be the best way to perform fast and feel the energy of the team.
• **Home office** : 2 days a week maximum, starting after 1 month.
• **Salary** : You can see we are looking for experts. We know that comes with a price, and we will value that. Package will be fine tuned based on your experience. Uncapped bonus, and management package included. The more you gain, the happier we are.