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Technical Sales Manager - Food

Brenntag UK Limited

Technical Sales Manager - Food

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Brenntag UK Limited, Leeds

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

Posted 1 week ago, 18 Apr | Get your application in now before you miss out!

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: bb4561a507eb4f189f594857d749dc59

Full Job Description

To develop and grow new opportunities for our Value-Added Food Ingredients by providing technical and recipe support to our customers, that ultimately results in new sales conversions.

As a Technical Sales Manager, it will be your responsibility to:

  • Responsible for the attainment of the Value-Added Food Ingredients Gross Profit for Margin across Yorkshire, Lancashire, Cheshire and North Wales.

  • To provide technical support to our customer base to develop new opportunities

  • Maintain appropriate level of product knowledge

  • Continually seek new market and product sales opportunities

  • Provide market trends, as well as competitor intel

  • Contribute to industry and company product development to maximise sales opportunities

  • Recording activity through a CRM system

    Previous experience in Technical Sales in Food Functional Ingredients

  • A Degree level qualification in Food Technology or Food Science


    • Knowledge:
  • Technically strong in functional food ingredients

  • Selling principles

  • Selling principles

  • Recipe formulation experience


    • Personal Attributes
  • Demonstrate effective sales techniques

  • Self-starter

  • Ability to engage a varied customer base

  • Tenacious and adaptable

  • Contribute effectively to a target driven environment.

  • Prioritise, delegate, monitor and follow up.

  • Communicate well at all levels both internal and external


    • Experience:
    · Previous experience in Technical Sales in Food Functional Ingredients
    · A Degree level qualification in Food Technology or Food Science

    Knowledge:
    · Technically strong in functional food ingredients
    · Selling principles
    · Selling principles
    · Recipe formulation experience

    PERSONAL SKILLS & ATTRIBUTES

    · Demonstrate effective sales techniques
    · Good communicator
    · Self-starter
    · Ability to engage a varied customer base
    · Tenacious and adaptable
    · Contribute effectively to a target driven environment.
    · Prioritise, delegate, monitor and follow up.
    · Communicate well at all levels both internal and externalExperience:
    · Previous experience in Technical Sales in Food Functional Ingredients
    · A Degree level qualification in Food Technology or Food Science

    Knowledge:
    · Technically strong in functional food ingredients
    · Selling principles
    · Selling principles
    · Recipe formulation experience

    PERSONAL SKILLS & ATTRIBUTES

    · Demonstrate effective sales techniques
    · Good communicator
    · Self-starter
    · Ability to engage a varied customer base
    · Tenacious and adaptable
    · Contribute effectively to a target driven environment.
    · Prioritise, delegate, monitor and follow up.
    · Communicate well at all levels both internal and externalExperience:
    · Previous experience in Technical Sales in Food Functional Ingredients
    · A Degree level qualification in Food Technology or Food Science

    Knowledge:
    · Technically strong in functional food ingredients
    · Selling principles
    · Selling principles
    · Recipe formulation experience

    PERSONAL SKILLS & ATTRIBUTES

    · Demonstrate effective sales techniques
    · Good communicator
    · Self-starter
    · Ability to engage a varied customer base
    · Tenacious and adaptable
    · Contribute effectively to a target driven environment.
    · Prioritise, delegate, monitor and follow up.
    · Communicate well at all levels both internal and external