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Job Role summary

As Area Sales Manager, you are accountable for the success of our portfolio in your area. You will manage the existing sales and develop a strategy for growth through a deep understanding of the market and customer needs.

Reporting into the VP – Spices EMEA, you will work in close cooperation with the origins, sales, the customer operations teams, and quality department. 

 

Job Description

As Area Sales Manager at ofi Spices you will…

  • Be the expert in each market under your responsibility, including market players, main customers, legislation, trends, cultural preferences, relevant associations, etc.
  • Develop and implement a growth strategy in the area.
  • Be a product expert and provide guidance to customers on procurement time.
  • Manage existing customers in the area with a focus on growth. 
  • Build, develop and maintain constructive and collaborative relationships with key stakeholders at our customers. 
  • Pro-actively develop sales opportunities with existing and new customers.
  • Manage contract negotiations in close cooperation with the respective product origin teams.
  • Maintain and manage your project pipeline actively.
  • Provide accurate sales forecasts.
  • Report on activities and actively use the CRM tools. 
  • Travel as needed.
Requirements

Ideally with 5+ years of experience in the Spices industry and the market to be managed.

  • With a Bachelor degree or higher. 
  • Able to fluently communicate in English, any other European language would be an asset, specially one used in the market to manage.
  • Creative in finding solutions, a strategic thinker who also takes action and executes. 
  • With a passion for business development and revenue growth.
  • Able to understand market dynamics
  • The ability to communicate with and influence decision-makers at all levels. 
  • With a go-getter attitude and an accountable personality with full ownership of responsibilities
  • Results-oriented, with good negotiation skills and the ability to link short-term goals with long-term goals for customers and Olam.
  • A natural born people person, with very good listening skills and with the ability to create strong relationships with customers.
  • Flexible and open to new situations and people, enthusiastic, assertive, commercially minded, with a hunger for new learnings and fun to work with.
What ofi has to offer
  • A position in one of the fastest growing and most sustainable companies in the food ingredient sector;
  • An empowering and supportive management;
  • Competitive salary + variable bonus;
  • Pension scheme;
  • High responsibility and working in a very hands-on, entrepreneurial, open and informal organization;
  • Supportive, ambitious, and thriving team;
  • Hybrid working.

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What ofi has to offer
  • A position in one of the fastest growing and most sustainable companies in the food ingredient sector;
  • An empowering and supportive management;
  • Competitive salary + variable bonus;
  • Pension scheme;
  • High responsibility and working in a very hands-on, entrepreneurial, open and informal organization;
  • Supportive, ambitious, and thriving team;
  • Hybrid working.

Profiel kandidaat

Requirements

Ideally with 5+ years of experience in the Spices industry and the market to be managed.

  • With a Bachelor degree or higher. 
  • Able to fluently communicate in English, any other European language would be an asset, specially one used in the market to manage.
  • Creative in finding solutions, a strategic thinker who also takes action and executes. 
  • With a passion for business development and revenue growth.
  • Able to understand market dynamics
  • The ability to communicate with and influence decision-makers at all levels. 
  • With a go-getter attitude and an accountable personality with full ownership of responsibilities
  • Results-oriented, with good negotiation skills and the ability to link short-term goals with long-term goals for customers and Olam.
  • A natural born people person, with very good listening skills and with the ability to create strong relationships with customers.
  • Flexible and open to new situations and people, enthusiastic, assertive, commercially minded, with a hunger for new learnings and fun to work with.

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Onze arbeidsvoorwaarden

Pensioen
Vakantiegeld
25 vakantiedagen + de mogelijkheid om er 10 extra bij te kopen
Werken vanuit huis mogelijk
Flexibele werktijden
Fietsplan
NS-kaart 2e klas
Reiskostenvergoeding
Eigen parkeergelegenheid
Goed bereikbaar met openbaar vervoer

Onze waarden

Duurzaamheid
Duurzaamheid is een van onze key-drivers, en een factor die wordt meegenomen in iedere beslissing die we maken. Niet voor niets is ons motto: 'be the change for good food and a healthy future'
Resultaatgericht
Doelen zijn er om te behalen.
Ondernemerschap
Kansen zien en onderzoeken. Hands on, handen uit de mouwen

Hoe ziet je sollicitatieprocedure eruit?

Telefonische screening
Een van onze collega's neemt contact met je op voor een informele kennismaking
Eerste interview
Je spreekt direct met je eventueel toekomstig manager. Dit gesprek kan online of op locatie plaatsvinden
Tweede interview
In de 2e interview ronde gaan we dieper in op specifieke vaardigheden en/of ontmoet je mensen van het hoger management
Aanbod
We bellen je op met goed nieuws en bespreken het voorstel met je. Eenmaal akkoord zal er een formeel contract worden opgesteld.
Solliciteren kost slechts enkele minuten.

Hier ga je werken: Ofi


The chances are you’ve already experienced a little of ofi today. One in five chocolate bars produced anywhere in the world use our cocoa beans and products. We supply enough coffee beans to brew over 90 billion cups of coffee and our nuts, spices and dairy products are used in millions of products around the world. But we don’t just source or grow the raw materials for these products: our team of chefs and food scientists are working clos...

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