European Commercial Director for Fruits and Vegetables Powder m/f/d

• This Job is not about selling fresh fruits
• This job is about selling fruit and vegetable powders as ingredients to food producers
• Producs are made from Freeze Drying, Air Drying, Vacuum Drying, Spray Drying etc.

**Geiger Food Ingredients Recruitment & Consulting**

is searching for an international Food Ingredients Company the

**European Commercial Director for Fruits and Vegetables Powder m/f/d**

**Location: Northern Italy**

Purpose

• To drive sales and marketing efforts of our dehydrated fruits and vegetables in Erope
• To facilitate development of new products and build Go-To Market strategies for all products based on a deep understanding of market dynamics.

**Education & Relevant Experience**

• Degree in Food Technology and if possible MBA
• fluent in english and if possible Italian
• global experience

**Knowledge:**

• Proven Sales and marketing experience in Food & Flavour industry internationally in a similar organisation.
• Experienced in Food Ingredients industry
• Technical exposure
• Detailed understanding of product development and management with a good grasp on Go-To-Market strategies.
• Must have at least 7 years of category / product management experience.
• Solid knowledge of category management, marketing and sales principles
• Understanding of data analysis and forecasting methods

**Behavioural Skills**

• Strong leadership skill with a proven ability to lead and execute strategic business initiative.
• Great analytical skills and strong attention to detail. with an ability to navigate in a start up mode
• Ability to work in ambiguous situation and remain flexible
• Proactive, inquisitive, passionate, who relishes taking ownership.
• Strong presentation and communication skills
• Result focused and committed
• Strong Interpersonal skill

## Tasks

**Responsibilities :**

• Analyse data or insights to determine industry and consumer trends regarding the product and category
• Create and developing a strategic long term plan for the development of the category
• Develop an Go-To-Market strategy for new products.
• Build and drive relationships with key vendors to improve pricing and profitability across regions and products.
• Collaborate with buyers and merchandisers to expand product categories
• Create forecasts for product demand to ensure sustainability of inventory
• Manage budget development and revenue for the category
• Develop strong working relationships with buying, marketing and merchandising teams.
• Create strategy for the dehydrated category for us globally.
• Ensure product availability at all times through accurate forecasting techniques.

## Requirements

• **Must have: Please apply only if you have experience in Flavours, Extracts/F&V Powders**