Sales Manager

As our **Belux Sales Manager** (North region), you ensure Puratos’ growth in terms of sales, profits & customers base in the segments of ARTISANS. You manage a team of highly-driven and passionate regional Sales Representatives. You develop the Artisans sales in the assigned region in line with the Artisans strategy and Group’s guidelines, actively promote the Group’s product lines, and develop your own customer portfolio.

**Key Accountabilities**:

- You are a member of the Artisans team, contribute actively to the Artisans Belux overall objectives. Participate to Artisan Sales meetings and lead Regional Sales Meetings with team.
- You **build, manage, inspire, help motivate & develop your team**: (1) recruitment of talented and motivated members when needed, (2) coaching, training, monitoring of results, (3) management by clear objectives using the WIG, (4) cooperation Sales / R&D / marketing, (5) management and use of information + organization of meetings, etc.
- You **plan and lead the execution of short, medium & long term plans** for the Artisans segment, in line with the Artisans strategy, in order to achieve the following targets: volume/ sales/ net profits/ market share/ expenses in your region and portfolio.
- You articulate market conditions, competitive activities, customer’s product and service needs.
- You **coordinate and ensure implementation** of the Artisan Sales Process and its supporting tools.
- You ensure **digital adoption** by team (from rep to consultant) and customers.
- You visit all major customers once a year, with the salesperson in charge.
- You lead the development of the Bakery Chains: Project & Category Management.
- You exchange information about best practices with colleagues.
- You coordinate and ensure fast, efficient and effective exchanges with Belux management in order to ease decision making.
- You promote “MyPuratos” usage including: Webshop, services supporting customer development (BOL / online trainings) and generating new revenue streams.

**Who are we looking for?**
- You have a bachelor degree in sales management and/or have min 2-3 years’ experience in sales. Experience in the food sector is a big plus.
- You have experience in managing, coaching and inspiring people in your team or close to you.
- You are passionate and driven to grow our artisans’ sales with consistent enthusiasm and collaboration with your clients.
- You are a dynamic person that is able to challenge, plan and organize.
- You have strong communication skills and can build a good collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.
- You are fluent in Dutch, any other languages are a plus
- You are open to cover the region: Vlaams-Brabant, Antwerpen and Limburg.

**Why would you join Puratos?**

You will join a fast-growing, stable family business that has become an international market leader with a corporate culture in which innovation and entrepreneurship are part of our main priorities. You will benefit from a great deal of freedom in your work, with plenty of room for initiative. A great work environment with lots of challenges is what you can expect:

- Responsibilities and the possibility to take ownership of your work
- Training and career opportunities to build your career within our company

You can count on a competitive salary with company car, bonus system, insurances,

**Are you looking for the right recipe for your career?**

The secrets behind Puratos’ global success and consistent growth are taste and quality. We would like to welcome you within our enthusiastic, committed and passionate team of more than 9000 employees. We are an international player and, what is more, a Belgian family business. Our people make the difference every single day. How? By developing, producing and distributing a unique and high-quality range of ingredients for bakers, pastry-chefs and chocolatiers, since 1919.

A century later, our products and services are available in more than 100 countries around the world. Our passion for innovation, closeness to our customers, and their customers, as well as our core values form the basis of our passion to improve.
This is what makes working at Puratos so magical

Shall we meet soon?