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Lesaffre

Fermentation specialist advancing food and health

Regional Sales Manager

Field SalesConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeKehl, GermanyRemote

About the Job

Requirements

  • A completed master craftsman qualification in the baking or confectionery trade, or a degree in food technology.
  • Initial practical experience in sales and customer acquisition.
  • Confident use of Microsoft Office and, ideally, customer relationship management systems.
  • A resilient, assertive, communication-oriented personality with initiative, creativity, and a convincing presence.
  • Strong sales orientation, organizational skills, teamwork, and an independent and reliable working style.

Responsibilities

  • Build sustainable customer relationships, promote the products, and continuously expand the customer base to increase revenue.
  • Present the portfolio and independently manage the full sales cycle, from acquisition and price negotiations through closing.
  • Strategically develop customers, identify opportunities, and initiate volume-growth projects with customers and internal experts in the Baking Center and Marketing.
  • Analyze the market and competitive situation, evaluate sales results, and derive actions.
  • Maintain excellent data quality in the customer relationship management system and support market presence through customer-focused marketing and trade-fair participation.
  • Coordinate closely with the manager, provide regular reporting, and actively support customer retention management in the assigned sales territory.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience with customer relationship management systems.

About the Company

Lesaffre

Fermentation specialist advancing food and health

Lesaffre is a global fermentation company with a long history and a turnover of €3.2 billion. It employs about 11,700 people from 100 nationalities and operates on all continents. The company develops and produces fermentation-derived ingredients and solutions for food, health, naturalness, and environmental sustainability, working with customers, partners, and researchers to harness the power of microorganisms. Its products come from fermentation processes that use microorganisms to transform raw materials into ingredients and additives for scale, safety, flavor, nutrition, and sustainability. Compared with competitors, Lesaffre combines global reach, large-scale production, and a deep, century-long expertise in fermentation, along with a strong network across customers, researchers, and regions. The company’s goal is to nourish 9 billion people in a healthy way by 2050 while making the most of the planet’s resources, using fermentation as a key solution to food and health challenges.

Company size
1,001-5,000
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
Marcq-en-Barœul, France
Founded
1853

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