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.

To be successful in this position, candidates are expected to meet the following essential requirement:

• 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

• Proven professional experience in food testing and analysis laboratories

• Proven experience in Quality within the food industry

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

• Experience in CERTIFICATION BODY

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

• 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

Strong TECHNICAL expertice must be complemented by excellent commercial skills, with a strong results-oriented mindset.

Security and compliance with statutory requirements in the countries in which we operate is essential for DNV. Background checks will be conducted on all final candidates as part of the offer process, in accordance with applicable country-specific laws and practices.