Sales Director

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Posted:

24.03.2025

Expiry Date:

08.05.2025

Job Description:

• Manage P&L of the Italian company;
• Plan and supervise commercial activities and establish priorities;
• Cooperate with the Board in order to establish KPIs;
• Define and implement successful business strategies to support business growth through sales promotion activities, directly dealing and negotiating with strategic customers;
• Liaise with all the other company functions, including operations and warehousing, finance, customer service, purchasing and back office;
• Define short, medium and long-term business strategies for all product lines and brands within the company portfolio, in accordance with Group policies;
• Set and control budgets and optimize expenses where possible, ensuring the achievement of profit;
• Prepare regular reports for the Board;
• Ensure successful project management processes, aiming to meet client expectations;
• Demonstrate strong leadership skills through supervision, collaboration, coaching and mentoring of the human capital;
• Look to the future of the business and promote investment recommendations;
• Seek out opportunities for expansion and growth by developing new business relationships, particularly for the plastic division, suggesting and validating changes and implementing best practices;
• Grow and develop into the next role of MD of the Italian business.

Qualifications:

• Laurea con ottimi voti; MBA or advanced degree is desirable;
• Proven experience in a sales management position within the consumer goods / food manufacturing or food industry with operational, commercial or procurement background;
• Strategic mindset and strong leadership skills;
• Strong ability in working relationships (colleagues, clients and suppliers);
• Goal oriented, high achiever with strong analytical skills;
• Excellent interpersonal and verbal reasoning skills;
• Potential to grow into a senior role to be appointed MD of the Italian entity.