Area Manager

Barry Callebaut is the heart and engine of the cocoa and chocolate industry. We are looking for Area Manager Food Manufacturers Sweden. Our broad range of products and services span all aspects from cocoa sourcing to fine chocolate products, which are loved by people of all ages worldwide. We are passionate about our business and work hard every day to ensure that there is enough chocolate in the world. Nothing is more important to our success than the combined expertise of our 8,500 Barry Callebaut employees around the world. Our international focus in the fascinating world of cocoa-growing and chocolate are the colorful backdrop for our many functions across a wide range of disciplines. In addition to sharing a passion for chocolate, Barry Callebaut employees live our other corporate values every day - customer focus, entrepreneurship, integrity and team spirit. We are committed to making sure that they have the right skills, know-how and deep understanding of our customers and their needs. Engaging and developing our employees is the key to our success. Because our business focus is so broad, the scope of career opportunities within Barry Callebaut can cover many functional areas. Barry Callebaut has strengthened its presence in Scandinavia by acquiring ASM Foods AB in Sweden from Carletti A/S of Denmark. The transaction includes a specialty factory in Mjölby, focused on the production of specialty compound chocolate, fillings and inclusions, and this factory will serve as the hub for the Nordics. Barry Callebaut is now looking to strengthen their Nordic Sales Team with an Area Manager that will cover the Swedish (also Finnish) market and report to the Scandinavian Sales Manager. Main Duties & Responsibilities:

• You will use your entrepreneurial mindset and your expertise within B2B sales to achieve permanent growth in volume and margin within the area of small to medium-sized Food Manufacturers in Sweden, but also towards the Finnish market
• You maintain our existing B2B client portfolio and use your entrepreneurial mindset to actively develop these relationships and their account plans
• Your customers will be CEO’s and purchasing directors of industrial chocolate processing companies.
• You have a good financial background in order to estimate and anticipate the results of certain business decisions
• You are interested in the production process and the applications of chocolate and you keep your knowledge up to date in order to assist the customers with technical problems or in the development of their market. In these situations you can also count on the support of our internal departments (marketing, R&D, etc)

Profile:

• You have a university degree (field of economics, finance or commerce preferable but not a requirement)
• You have profound commercial experience in an industrial business to business environment (food sector preferred, not required)
• You are fluent in English and Swedish
• You are a true sales person, an “entrepreneur”, a result driven doer and motivated by challenging objectives and you strive for absolute customer satisfaction
• You are creative, analytical and believe hard work pays off
• Energy, drive and determination is a must – Barry Callebaut offers a great opportunity for the right candidate that wants to be a part of an international and forward-moving company with ambitious plans for the future

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