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Lesaffre

Fermentation specialist advancing food and health

Industrial Sales Manager

Account ManagementConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeEl Sheikh Zayed City, Giza Governorate, EgyptNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree is required; Engineering or Commerce is preferred.
  • At least 10 years of experience in ingredient sales within the industrial segment is required.
  • Ingredients business expertise is required, with baking preferred and broader food-industry applications relevant.
  • Deep knowledge of industrial baking customers, customer needs, market dynamics, and industry trends is required.
  • The candidate must be fluent in English.
  • A proven track record in leading teams, driving performance, and achieving strategic objectives is required.

Responsibilities

  • Negotiate the annual agreement with each customer.
  • Present and submit proposals for annual agreements to the manager.
  • Coordinate with the Technician team to provide technical support to clients.
  • Understand the local market's capacity and demand for the company's products.
  • Understand each customer's needs and recommend solutions.
  • Follow up on customer complaints and assign them to the concerned department.
  • Check sales volume per customer and monitor customer growth based on sales orders, tracking changes closely.
  • Collect market data and assess the company's product position relative to other market players.
  • Initiate new product sales leads to increase the customer database.
  • Strengthen relationships with clients' purchasing departments.
  • Organize training plans for clients at the baking center or at their locations.
  • Participate in creating new ingredient products.
  • Prepare and report a business development plan for each client.
  • Resolve client problems quickly and respond to them.
  • Monitor industrial market trends.
  • Propose credit policies for each segment and ensure the team follows approved policies.

Desired Qualifications

  • Baking expertise is preferred within the ingredients sector.
  • A bachelor's degree in Engineering or Commerce is preferred.

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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