Job description SSPT1168877
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Area Sales Manager East Cost
Northern Jersey - New Jersey
Permanent
Consumer Goods
Added on 04/28/2008
About the company
Gourmand is owned by the Dossche Group, a Belgian privately held Group of Companies, operating in the agro-food industry. Consolidated Sales of 390 Mio USD. The Group's activities are subdivided in three main divisions:
• Milling & Bakery
• Animal Feed
• Convenience Food
Job description
• Through an intensive training program, the candidate will get acquainted with the flexible production and R&D capabilities of our production sites in Belgium, the extensive product portfolio, and the specific market mechanisms of both Gourmand label and Private label distribution of frozen dough products
• After having successfully completed the training program, the candidate will obtain direct responsibility for the commercial development of the North-East Area
• The majority of his/her time will be devoted to prospecting and developing new customer and distributor relationships in the Area
• Progressively the candidate will build an extensive and powerful network of contacts and commercial relationships in both the bakery- and bake-off (retail) channels. Fieldwork will easily absorb 70 to 80% of the candidates active time
• The preparation, organizing, developing and implementing of new business proposals and concepts, provide a rich job content
• In due time, the candidate will become responsible for building a local sales team/organisation and broker-network
• The candidate will report directly to the North-America Export Manager of the Belgian Head Office
Who we are looking for
• five to ten years of sales experience
• experienced in the food and/or food-related B2B industry, by preference in bakery-products and/or bakery ingredients
• bachelor degree
• analytical
• dynamic
• strong organisational talent
• self-disciplined, hard worker
What's on offer
Excellent compensation and benefits.
Michael Page Contact
For further info, apply or phone on 203-905-5207.
Your application will be sent to
Pierre Trippitelli
with the reference
SSPT1168877
.
