Summit: Account & Sales Manager – Food Industry (B2B) Job 2019
Our client specializing in sweeteners, enzyme-based flour improvers, starches and stabilisers, vitamins premixes, flavours and colorants is looking to recruit a Sales Manager. The scope of operation currently includes Baking, Beverage, Condiments, Confectionary, Convenience, Dairy, Snacks and Seasoning industries. The ideal candidate Must have a minimum of 2-3 years’ experience in the food ingredient industry. He/she Must have a bachelor’s in food science or related field.
Key Responsibilities:
- Identify market dynamics, pricing trends and customer opportunities
- Achieve sales targets at agreed accounts
- Formulate and cost customer premixes
- Update customer pricelist on an ongoing base
- Regularly visit customers
- Actively grow relationships with customers to enhance ongoing sales opportunity
- Actively look for new sales opportunity in the market
- Champion customer concerns/requirements, and act as facilitator to meet customer need
- Assist clients in resolving technical queries Conduct customer and distributor training
- Assist with product and application training of distributors and customers
Qualification:
- Post-graduate degree in Food Technology/ science or related field
- Minimum 2-3 years’ experience in Flour milling & Vitamin fortification industry
- Analytical and problem-solving skills
- Networking skills
- Strong technical abilities
- Knowledge of Flour milling & Vitamin fortification market
- Knowledge of appropriate regulations and quality background
- Must have technical work experience in the food ingredient sector
Education: Bachelor’s Degree
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Nairobi City Kenya
Career Level: Management
Deadline: September 30, 2019
Applications
Only short listed candidates will be contacted.
Please do not apply if you do not meet the requirements of the job.