Sales Manager - Food Ingredients & Chemicals

Job Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage the overall operations including company administrations and evaluate compliance risk
• Lead new/enhanced product solutions to best address customer needs based on product gap analysis
• Formulate technical sales strategies and lead the development and implementation of short- and long-term sales plans to achieve sales targets
• Supervise and manage the sales order process and ensure orders are processed timely and accurately with high quality service
• Negotiate pricing, discounts and contract terms to facilitate sales agreements and achieve targeted margins
• Lead and monitor progress of sales activities and Identify and implement customized solutions based on changing markets and trends
• Cascade and monitor the achievement of key performance indicators

Job Requirements:

• Proven sales track record and an existing network of contacts in specialty chemicals and food ingredients
• Must be comfortable working in matrix organization with good collaboration skills (need to work with different functions e.g. R&D, marketing)
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• 5 years minimum experience in direct B2B sales of value-added food ingredients, nutritional raw material ingredients, flavors, and/or specialty chemicals with 2 years’ experience in a managerial capacity is required
• Degree or professional qualification in Science or Engineering-related discipline
• Self-motivated with positive attitude to drive results and achieve target

All personal data collected will be used for recruitment purposes only. Candidates will be contacted within 2 weeks if the background and experience are closely relevant to the job requirement.