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Job Summary Responsibilities: - Collaborate with the wider sales team to maximize sales opportunities in the food services sector - Expand business within specific market segments by establishing new relationships and identifying business prospects - Maintaining and developing relationships with existing customers in person, via telephone calls and emails - Skillfully negotiate agreement terms and close sales within authorized parameters - Achieve budget targets across all channels as set out by manager (Volume and Margin) - Contribute to market intelligence through surveys related to the market, pricing, and product trends - Engage in product research and support new product development in the field - Maintain a comprehensive understanding of the technical properties of various products - Provide technical assistance to customers in the market for formulation and optimization of solutions - Weekly and monthly reporting on activities - figures and market insights - Creating and implementing a detailed sales strategy for region/ customer base, and product(s) based on national commercial plan - Managing sales forecasting and updating of planning for production planning on daily basis - Produce and review product requirement documents (PRD) - Provide source data for product line communication by defining product marketing communication objectives - Ensure the budget target is delivered for the product range and deliver updated knowledge of markets and submarkets - Demonstrate good understanding of market fundamentals in respect to micro and macroeconomic dynamics within the industry Requirements: Qualification and Experience - Diploma/Bachelors degree in Food Science/ Consumer Science or other related qualification - Culinary arts experience advantageous - 3-5 years Food Services industry sales experience - Valid Drivers license - Computer literacy and experience on computerized accounting packages - Well established national customer relationships Should you not receive a response within 10 working days, please consider your application as unsuccessful

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