Senior Sales Manager
Location: Rijkevoort | Creamy Creation
38 hours per week
Creamy Creation is a global market leader in the development and production of emulsified alcoholic beverages such as cream liqueurs and cream-based cocktails. For more than 40 years, we have been developing and producing innovative products for globally renowned beverage brands as well as regional players. From our state-of-the-art production facilities in the Netherlands (Rijkevoort) and the USA (Batavia, NY), we are able to provide customers around the world with the service and quality they require.
Creamy Creation has more than 100 employees worldwide and is part of the STOCKMEIER Group, which has approximately 2,500 employees.
Your role
As Senior Sales Manager, you drive our commercial growth and further strengthen our position as a market leader. You actively focus on approaching and convincing new prospects while creating an excellent customer experience for both existing and new customers. Within our organization, you share the latest trends, insights and best practices so that we continue to learn as a team and make a difference together.
What will you do?
In this role, you are the driving force behind all sales activities for your customer portfolio and region within Europe. Your main objective is to grow sales to existing and new customers while maintaining and further developing customer relationships. You evaluate existing sales strategies, analyze results and ensure that improvements are implemented. You translate market developments into opportunities and growth. Your primary focus is on customers and the market, and to achieve strong results you work closely with other departments within Creamy Creation, such as R&D, Customer Service, Supply Chain, Marketing, QA and Finance.
The Senior Sales Manager supports the Chief Commercial Officer in a wide range of sales department activities, including account management, business development, opportunity pipeline management and market analysis. You will be part of an enthusiastic and driven sales team working across Europe, Africa and Asia.
What do you bring?
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Science, preferably in Food Technology or Chemistry, and/or Business Management.
- Extensive commercial experience in B2B sales, preferably within the Food & Beverage industry
- A successful track record in value-added B2B sales driven by strong customer intimacy, preferably in the Specialty Food Ingredients industry or the (alcoholic) beverage industry
- Strong commercial skills, such as value-based selling, negotiation and (key) account management
- Excellent communication skills
- Proactive, results-oriented and hands-on
- Entrepreneurial and creative
- Team player
- Languages: fluent in English and preferably a second international language such as Spanish or German; Dutch is an advantage
- Willingness to travel internationally on a frequent basis
As a person, you have strong analytical skills and you like to take responsibility. You show initiative and take a structured approach to your work. You strive for high-quality work and expect the same from those around you. You are energized by opening new doors, building strong and lasting customer relationships, creating trust and achieving success together with customers and colleagues. You enjoy being part of a team and know how to motivate others in an enthusiastic, confident and engaged manner. You are particularly adept at working cross-functionally and coordinating activities internationally.
What do we offer?
At Creamy Creation, you can count on a pleasant, informal and open atmosphere and a dynamic, international working environment. Your colleagues are driven and customer-focused. We do it together. We offer a good salary, a pension and a range of other attractive benefits. And, of course, a varied role with responsibility, excellent future prospects and room for personal development.
Contact
Please send your application, including your CV and cover letter, to HRM personeel@creamycreation.com. For more information, please contact Simone Bouman, Chief Commercial Officer – EMEA & APAC (telephone number 06 2521 0688, email simone.bouman@creamycreation.com)
