Assistant Sales Manager - Meat, Culinary & Snacks Division

Candidates should be sales focused, with strong understanding of the market, customers and suppliers. Prefer to have Meat, Culinary & Snack Ingredients industry knowledge and B2B sales experience, preferably on sales of functional ingredients.

 Build up multi-level relations with the customers
 Handle the Key accounts and Increase market penetration and coverage by targeting small and medium food companies in the assigned territory.
 Effectively work and utilise technical resources to ensure good healthy pipeline of new projects.
 Forecast, secure orders, monitor and analyze sales performance against allocated yearly budgets
 Assess market, prepare sales forecast.
 Achieve targeted growth in terms of sales & profits by monitoring the same on regular basis.
 Secure orders and co –ordinate with the supply chain team to ensure that the products are delivered on time.
 Plan regular customer visits to generate higher business and provide market intelligence reports covering consumer trends, competition, new product positioning, customer information etc
 Inculcate healthy relationship with principals and collaboratively formulate win-win strategies.
 Responsible for expanding the business by bringing in new customers & introducing new products.
 Promptly handle customer complaints and ensure proactive measures are taken to avoid repetition.
 Follow-up on outstanding payments with customers.
 Possess strong product knowledge and impart training as and when necessary.
 Generate sales reports and other relevant reports for further actions and future reference.
 Ensure effective implementation of quality initiatives.
 Represent the organization at trade exhibitions, events etc. to promote sales.

Qualification:Degree in Science or related field. (Food Technologist .)(An MBA in sales & marketing would be an added advantage. )
Relevant Industrial Experience:3 - 4 years’ experience in the Food Ingredients business
Total Years of Experience:7 -9 years’ experience in the middle east market.
Attitude:Positive, Proactive, Team player.

Skill:Good sales skills, communication skills, negotiation skills, presentation skills

Knowledge:
Technical Knowledge
Knowledge of Meat, Culinary & Snack Ingredients industry as well as customers and suppliers
MS office

Interested candidates are requested to apply with an attachment of their CV and a Cover Letter