Sales Manager - Packaged Food

As a Sales Strategy & Planning professional, you will be responsible for developing and implementing effective sales strategies to achieve revenue and growth targets within the packaged food sector. You will lead, motivate, and mentor a team of sales representatives, ensuring they meet or exceed individual and team sales targets. Building and maintaining strong relationships with key clients, distributors, and retailers will be a crucial aspect of your role. Your duties will involve analyzing market trends, competitor activities, and consumer behavior to identify new business opportunities and adapt sales strategies accordingly. Additionally, you will prepare and present regular sales reports, forecasts, and performance metrics to senior management, collaborating with other departments to align strategies and ensure seamless execution. Ensuring high levels of customer satisfaction by addressing inquiries, resolving issues, and providing excellent service will be part of your daily activities. You will be responsible for managing sales and margin operating budgets efficiently, negotiating contracts and agreements with key clients and partners, and identifying training needs for the sales team while implementing development plans. To excel in this role, you should have a proven track record of success in sales, preferably within the packaged food industry or FMCG sector. Strong leadership, motivation, and coaching abilities are essential, along with excellent written and verbal communication, negotiation skills, and the ability to analyze sales data to develop data-driven strategies. A customer service orientation, organizational, planning, and prioritization skills are key, as well as a solid understanding of the food service industry, distribution channels, and market dynamics, particularly within Modern Trade, General Trade, and HORECA Sales channels. This is a full-time position with a fixed shift from Monday to Friday, requiring in-person work at the designated location. Proficiency in English is preferred for effective communication within the team and with clients.,