La Rose Noire Sales Manager

We are on the hunt for an energetic, passionate, and dynamic Sales Manager to represent an iconic global pastry brand in Ireland. Working directly with the La Rousse Foods regional sales teams, you will plan and conduct daily customer visits, showcasing the La Rose Noire product range through a series of product tastings and presentations. As a customer facing role, you will provide a high level of service to both the sales force and customers. In collaboration with the marketing team, you will also coordinate new product launch events, bringing the newest innovations in pastry and desserts onto the market. The ability to work without supervision in a fast-paced environment, where time management, prioritising and organisational skills are a must.

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for developing plans and executing presentations which support both short and long-term sales and marketing strategies.
• Collaborate and educate the sales team to ensure the brand remains relevant to customers and that they are then qualified to further demonstrate the lines of product independently.
• Analyze and track consumer trends and information to help identify product categories to introduce as future sources of growth enhancing the brand’s equity and marketplace performance.
• Create and execute the sales strategies and marketing plans for the brand, including managing both the existing product portfolio and new product launches.
• Execute new product launches and report on success rates.
• Be the most knowledgeable resource in the company as it relates to the brand and champion the brand throughout the organization, with partners and customers.
• Provide LRN and Management daily reporting of project statuses and updates.
• Ability to present product range to customers.
• Outgoing, energetic individual, with a passion for food

La Rousse Foods is specializing in the supply of fine foods to premium food establishments since 1992. Our own temperature-controlled logistic fleet ensures an efficient daily service to meet chefs' needs throughout Ireland.

We offer a wide range of fresh, seasonal and innovative produce from a network of local and international producers, always keeping informed of the latest food trends. Food safety and quality is paramount to what we do and La Rousse Foods has been ISO 22000 accredited since 2009 and upgraded to FSSC 22000 in 2014.

With our own butchery, cheese-maturing room and chocolate lab, La Rousse Foods can provide bespoke solutions at short notice to cater to our customers' ever-changing needs.

Our demonstration kitchen hosts workshops, discovery lunches as well as suppliers' presentations and tastings. As a sponsor of Euro-Toques' "Chef Development Initiative", we support their educational role by organizing master classes for both students and industry chefs.