Sales Manager - Distribution Italy
Quality, innovation, sustainability and strong brands - that is what makes FrieslandCampina one of the world's largest dairy companies. With more than 23,500 employees, we are represented in over 100 countries with a diverse range of products.
We are looking for an experienced Sales Manager for our office located in Agrate that will manage the Sales team in partnership with the Commercial Lead.
What we ask
- Account management, Execution and Closing
- Negotiation and Value-Based Selling skills
- People management skills and taking responsibility in developing others
- Measuring performance with appropriate measures: understanding why a project succeeded or failed; and using this understanding to improve future outcomes
- In-depth knowledge of B2B and Foodservice market.
- In-depth knowledge of Sales
- Good knowledge of food industry
- Business Development knowledge
- Knowledge of Financial Management
- Knowledge of Human Resources Management
- Languages: native Italian and fluent English
- Business location: ItalyAcademic/Master (WO) level with more than 10 years' experience
What we offer
- Competitive salary based on the experience
- Employees benefits such as lunch vouchers
- Hybrid working model
- Friendly corporate culture with flat hierarchies in a dynamic and a motivated team
- Challenging position within a growing organization
- Opportunities for personal and professional development through our in-house academy
Vacancy description
Sales Manager Italy Distribution is a role focused on:
- Co-develop the sales strategy for Italy.
- Manage a key account sales team to drive the direct sales and indirect sales (national chains) in both Horeca and Bakery channel.
- Responsible for sales support and customer care department of H&B Italy.
- Driving an entrepreneurial mindset, continuous improvement, a fact based (a.o. digital) way of working, proper relationship management.
- Responsible for the engagement in the team.
- Responsible for the agreed volumes
- Contributing as member of the H&B Italy commercial team to the total performance of H&B Italy division
Team Details
See all colleagues on LinkedInFor thousands of people every day, we are more than just a dairy company. To our farmers, our employees, the communities we serve, the businesses we work with and the people to whom we bring happiness, FrieslandCampina means something more. For them it's not just about what we do, but who we are.
We value talented people from any background who want to contribute to something bigger than themselves. We encourage all of our employees to make decisions that benefit our entire company. At FrieslandCampina we own our own career and act accordingly. We trust you to make a difference in your job and influence the bigger picture. Working at FrieslandCampina means you are contributing to a better world.
- Team of 6 direct sales account managers, reports directly into the Commercial Lead Italy