Technical Sales Manager - Food Industry

Your responsibilities:

• Driving sales activities and generate new businesses by providing knowledge about ingredients and value-added services in Bakery, Dairy, Beverage and Sweet Goods Application

• Leading technical and scientific support to our customer base to develop new opportunities

• Responsibility for managing customers in the north-eastern and central regions of Poland

• Creating the link and making it efficient with the Account Managers to perfectly know the ingredients portfolio and its evolution, and be able to cover the assigned territories for an optimal sales transformation

• Maintaining an appropriate level of product knowledge, efficient level of European regulation

• Continuously seeking new markets and product sales opportunities

• Developing a strategy for launching new goods and services on the market and coordinating and monitoring its implementation

• Preparing training and information materials on new goods/services/technological solutions

• Guiding with market trends as well as information on competitors’ activities

• Keeping track record in respective CRM systems (preferably Salesforce)

Our requirements:

• University degree, preferably in Nutrition or a related field

• Solid commercial track record, ideally within the Food Applications market with experience from ingredient suppliers or distributors

• Proven experience in developing and managing a customer portfolio, with a focus on value-added sales and technical consultancy partnership

• Technical and scientific knowledge in Food Application ingredients

• Good understanding of European Food Regulation, its constraints, and how they translate into commercial opportunities

• Independent self-starter with strong proactivity, creative problem-solving skills, and the ability to think outside the box and make decisions autonomously

• “Yes, I can” attitude and ability to handle multiple tasks, prioritise and schedule work to meet business needs

• Excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills; ability to build good relationships across a large organisation and work in a multicultural environment with a team-oriented approach

• Goal-oriented person, contributes effectively to a target-driven environment

• Driving licence and readiness for business trips

• Fluent command of English is a must have

• An additional asset will be experience in offering specialist additives such as flavors, colorants, or extracts

What we offer:

• Work in a well-known, constantly growing international company, which is a leading distributor of chemicals

• Opportunity to work in a professional team with real impact on business development in the CEE region

• A high degree of independence in action, the ability to take your own initiatives and decisions

• Many opportunities to learn and exchange experiences with experts in the field

• Participation in product trainings and access to tools enabling systematic development of competences

• Professional work tools, including close cooperation with our Food & Nutrition Innovation and Application Center in Zgierz

• A range of benefits, such as private medical care, life insurance and other additional benefits under the Company Social Benefits Fund (ZFŚS)

• Additionally, after one year of employment, we offer the opportunity to join the company-financed Employee Pension Plan "Brenntag PPE"

Brenntag provides equal employment opportunities to qualified applicants and employees of all backgrounds and identities to create a workplace where difference is valued because it forms a resilient and more innovative organization. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity, race, religion or belief, parental and family status, or any other protected characteristic. We welcome applications from women, men and non-binary candidates of all ethnicities and socio-economic backgrounds.

Brenntag TA Team