Turkey Country Sales Manager Food Ingredients and Colours

**🇹🇷 Turkey Country Sales Manager – Food Ingredients (Hybrid, Istanbul)**

**GFIC – Executive Search | Global Food Ingredients Producer**

Our client, a **leading global food ingredients manufacturer**, is seeking an experienced **Country Sales Manager** to drive commercial growth across Turkey. This is a **hybrid role based in Istanbul** and requires a strong track record in **B2B food ingredient sales**.

## Tasks

**What You Will Do**

• Lead and grow the **Turkey sales portfolio** across food & beverage manufacturers
• Manage key accounts including **multinationals and major regional players**
• Drive sales of **flavours, colours, extracts, powders, natural ingredients,**
• Develop and execute the **country sales strategy**, including forecasting and budgeting
• Identify new business opportunities and market segments
• Lead negotiations, pricing, and long‑term agreements
• Collaborate with regional **R&D, technical, and marketing teams**
• Represent the company at customer visits, events, and industry fairs
• Travel extensively across Turkey

## Requirements

**What We’re Looking For**

• **10+ years** of successful B2B sales experience in **food ingredients**
• Strong network within the Turkish **food & beverage industry**
• Proven success selling to **multinationals** (dairy, beverage, bakery, confectionery, savoury, snacks)
• Experience with **flavours, colours, extracts, natural ingredients, powders**
• Excellent negotiation and relationship‑building skills
• Fluent in **Turkish and English**
• Based in **Istanbul** (hybrid work model)
• Degree in **Food Technology, Food Engineering, Chemistry, Biotechnology**, or similar

MBA is a plus

## Benefits

**Education:**

Degree in Food technology, Food engineering, MBA or similar