Drive the growth of the flavours and Ingredients strategy by meeting and exceeding quarterly and annual sales targets. Foster lasting relationships with key stakeholders within the industry. Identify potential business opportunities and turn them into successful partnerships, utilising your understanding of the market, industry trends, and customer needs.

Collaborate cross-functionally with the Lake Innovation and Manufacturing teams to develop and promote innovative solutions that meet customer requirements and deliver Ultimate Customer Value. Provide technical advice and support to customers, leveraging your knowledge in food technology to help customers solve problems and improve their products.

Customer Sales

• Make 140 customer and prospect visits a year developing ca. 50 key accounts.

• Daily add sales information to Customer Relationship Management software

• Develop key markets

Manufacturer Relationships

• Manufacturers of all key organic product groups

• Obtain marketing information

• Ensure adequate UK stock

• Communicate with supplier partners (reports, sales figures, market information, product development)

• Cultivate new Supplier Partners

Responsibilities:

• Seasoned technical salesperson conversant in and knowledgeable of the UK food ingredients & flavour market.

• Experienced and known to UK companies and customers.

• Excellent communicator at all levels.

• Able to fulfil customer purchasing requirements.

• A completer/finisher.

• A hunter.

• Technical education to BSc or equivalent industrial experience.

• Determination, energy, tenacity, enthusiasm, and loyalty.