Cocoa Sales Manager – Soft Commodities, Switzerland, Europe recruitment

They are currently looking for a talented individual to join their cocoa sales desk in their Switzerland office, focusing on the Western European cocoa markets.

Responsibilities:

Reporting to the European Cocoa Sales Director, you will plan, organize, coordinate and control all sales activities in the Western European area in order to achieve short and long term overall area and business commercial objectives.

Therefore you will be predominantly working on:   

• Actively participate in the Western European sales strategy for cocoa products and its application.

• Develop and participate in the maintenance of the relationships with strategic customers

• Functional responsibility on the chocolate sales teams in the region in order to set and meet/exceed commercial Cocoa goals.

• Coordinate and control all interaction with all relevant functional areas (quality, service, pricing, production/availability, sales, sourcing and sales support) in order to achieve the maximum impact of all the Company’s strengths and resources.

• Actively gather market information on all customers in the region and establish a complete map of the customers, products and price levels.

Pre-Requisites:

• University/masters degree in economics/business or has a similar educational background.

• You must have a minimum of 5 years work experience in sales

• It is vital that you have experience within the cocoa sales sector

• You must have solid knowledge on Cocoa Terminal markets and cocoa products

• Knowledge of cocoa powder would be highly beneficial as the role will be focused on his product

• You must have excellent communication skills

It is essential you have the relevant experience and the desired motivation to succeed in such a role.

Languages: You must speak English fluently and be able to read and write the English language also to apply for this position, knowledge or fluency in French, Dutch or German would also be beneficial but not essential.

Location: The role will be located in Switzerland. 

Please provide the following information with your application:

-Current base salary

-Current notice period; this role is to start as soon as possible

-Current location/Visa situation etc.

To apply for Cocoa Sales Manager – Soft Commodities, Switzerland, Europe; please send a word copy of your CV to:

comm@selbyjennings.com

+44 (0) 207 019 4193
Selby Jennings Limited