Sales Manager, Ingredients

Our client is a global leader in premium natural food colorings. Their customers are the largest and most selective producers of various food products.

The primary focus of the Sales Manager is to ensure that our customer strategy is executed and successfully achieved through effective leadership of direct customer sales. They will work closely with the Sales Director and the Global Accounts Director to formulate and execute these key customer strategies. They will utilize good business acumen to improve key performance metrics. The Sales Manager is expected to develop an awareness of our industry and our market-place issues/opportunities. The right person will build a strong foundation of customer-focused consultative selling skills by following our common sales process. They will focus on sales results and meeting/exceeding Customer contractual requirements. The Sales Manager will be a team player, supporting and collaborating with the other Sales Managers to grow our business across the region as well as at our global accounts.

  • Uphold Company’s Mission Statement, Quality Policy, Values and Beliefs
  • Supports their Vision in their daily actions and decisions
  • Sales Revenue: Is responsible for developing revenue and maximum profit from selling activities by winning new business and growing existing business.
  • Builds strong relationships with target customers across their functions both individually and in collaboration with other functions – principally S&I and Marketing.
  • Accountable for pricing decisions as well as maintain agreed upon service levels across our customer base. Dealing with any issues effectively as they arise.
  • Follows our customer segmentation strategy for guidance when planning their sales activities. This plan should align with the basic sales objectives and policies established by the Regional Sales Director
  • Expected to make proposals around new ideas designed to improve the revenue and profitability of their account base
  • Self-Development: participates in relevant, continuing self-development, education and training designed to improve their performance and promotability
  • Performance Evaluation: evaluates the performance of their customer base and any partners/distributors under their supervision in light of established standards, taking into consideration particular marketing conditions prevailing in individual areas. Initiates corrective action as necessary. Recommends improvements where performance is unsatisfactory
  • Expected to research, plan and execute strategies to engage our key customers and uncover new sales opportunities
  • Forms a close relationship with Marketing, providing recommendations and supporting their leadership in the following:
    • Advertising and Promotion
    • Any Market analysis needs relevant to business growth within their customer base
    • Industry activity: staying on the cutting edge of what our customers are likely to have problems with
    • Trade associations, trade fairs, and conference participation as appropriate

Integrity/Ethics

Deals with others in a straightforward and honest manner, is accountable for actions, maintains confidentiality, supports company values, conveys good news and bad.

Work Environment/Safety

Promotes mutual respect, keeps workplace clean and safe, supports safety programs.

Quality

Is attentive to detail and accuracy, is committed to excellence, looks for improvements continuously, monitors quality levels, finds root cause of quality problems, owns/acts on quality problems.

Vision and Values

Supports values and daily actions and decisions, communicates vision and values to others, generates enthusiasm, incorporates vision when planning.

Account Management

Expands sales within existing accounts, focuses on customer service, develops relationships with key decision makers, understands and responds to customer needs, tracks and monitors account activity.

Customer Focus

Builds customer confidence, is committed to increasing customer satisfaction, sets achievable customer expectations, assumes responsibility for solving customer problems, ensures commitments to customers are met, solicits opinions and ideas from customers, responds to internal customers.

Drive for Results

Pursues everything with energy, drive, and a need to finish; does not give up before finishing, even in the face of resistance or setbacks; steadfastly pushes self and others for results

Organizational Agility

Knowledgeable about how organizations work; gets things done both through formal and informal channels; effectively maneuvers through complex political situations

Skill Requirements:

  • Two plus years’ experience as a successful Regional Sales Manager in Food Ingredients or Food Specialties with Natural Color knowledge a bonus
  • Technical/food science qualification and background would be a strong advantage
  • Impeccable leadership, communication (oral, written, and presentation), organization, analytical, and business skills.
  • Proven ability to negotiate with customers in a professional manner
  • Bachelor’s degree required. Master’s degree a PLUS.
  • Works well in multi-regional settings and able to facilitate team collaboration.
  • Additional language beneficial but not prerequisite
  • Natural Colors background would be an asset
  • Travel to customers will be required (40%).
  • Other offsite meetings and Company location visits will be on an as needed basis

For more information, please contact Moira McGrath at (954) 428-3888 or e-mail moira@foodscience.com