Food & Beverage Sales Area Manager

Food & Beverage Sales Area Manager shall ensure the set up and the development of F&B sector in the assigned area in order to meet BA's and DNV F&B sector’s requirements. Belonging to Business Assurance Area Italy & Croatia organization, the candidate will be responsible for implementing and developing the F&B business plan for the assigned area.

• Ensure that the DNV F&B sector strategy and policies are implemented at local level and managed, limited to the pertinent area;

• Define and put in place, according to goals & target, plans and actions in order to meet target regarding sales, revenue, operating margin, retention, quality of service in the F&B sector;

• Develop local market and promote and improve relationships with Customers of assigned territory;

• Support F&B Sales Manager Italy in analyzing F&B market trend information, related to selected territory, to recommend changes to practices and policies and improve market positioning;

• Facilitate credit collection from customers;

• Ensure a continuous presence in the market of assigned unit;

• Cooperate with other colleagues, both inside food sector and outside, in a Teamwork approach;

• Salary range 42.000,00-50.000,00 as gross salary per year.

The successful candidate should have:

• Educated to business or scientific university degree level

• Previous experience of minimum 3 years working in sales and customer management and a strong business sense

• Knowledge of certification services, especially in Food Industry will be considered a preferential requirement

• Italian mother tongue and Fluent English (both written and spoken)

• Experience in CERTIFICATION BODY

• Strong commercial attitude, dynamic, goals-oriented, proactive approach

• High level of business acumen, including an understanding of the customer’s business drivers, industry, economic trends, issues and competition

• Availability to travel