Technical Sales Manager – Food Ingredients & Flavours

Salary: £42,000 – £48,000 per year

Our Client is a fast growing speciality distributor of speciality ingredients to the UK Food and Supplement sector.
They are now seeking a Technical Sales Manager / Specialist – Food Ingredients & Flavours for their Food Division. This position will be home based and location within the UK is flexible. The geographical territory is the UK and Ireland. This position is a full-time permanent role and will report to the Division Manager
Our Client will consider candidates for this position who are currently working in a technical role and who have a desire to move into a commercial role. Candidates may be working in Recipe Development, Process Support, Technical Service or similar roles in the food industry
Key Responsibilities
* Achieve quarterly and annual sales budgets for a range of defined food ingredients, flavours and technical products at defined prices.
* Achieve beneficial customer relationships by making frequent customer and prospect visits and achieving service levels that demonstrate the Division values
* Add sales information to Customer Relationship Management software
* Develop key markets through defined strategies
Qualifications and Experience
* Educated to BSc level or equivalent in a relevant technical / scientific discipline OR equivalent industrial experience
* Seasoned technical salesperson conversant in and knowledgeable of the UK food ingredients and / or flavours market and experienced and known to UK companies and customers OR Our Client will also consider candidates who are currently working in a technical role and who have a desire to move into a commercial role. Candidates may be working in Recipe Development, Process Support Technical Service or similar roles in the food industry. Bespoke sales vocational training; sales Process training; on the job mentoring and personal coaching from ILM trained Coaches will be offered to successful candidates
* Excellent communicator at all levels
* Able to fulfil customer purchasing requirement
* Determination, energy, tenacity, enthusiasm, loyalty
* Proactive
* Adherence to processes and procedures and using a CRM
* Growth mindset
* Experience of launching products – understanding the challenges
* Experience of taking suppliers onboard from zero and building a sustainable business
* Strategic thinking
In return, our Client is offering a package including a competitive basic salary of £42,000 – £48,000per annum (salary is negotiable and dependent on experience) plus benefits which include an expensed company car, five weeks holiday, pension, healthcare and a generous bonus scheme
To apply for the above position, please send your C.V to Lorraine Roger, Director at Atom Recruitment Ltd.