Sales Specialist For Food

Manuchar Kimya San.ve Tic. A.Ş- Manuchar Turkey

Manuchar, headquartered in Antwerp, Belgium is a leading distributor of chemicals in emerging markets since 1880s. We complement our Chemical Distribution business with International Trade Services in steel, polymers and several other raw materials.

In 2023 we handled 10.4 million metric tons of goods, generating over 3 billion USD in sales. Our local operations are in over 40 countries and 160 locations. Manuchar employs 2.800 professionals worldwide.

Manuchar Turkey continues to grow and seeks an experienced trader/sales representative to expand its team. We are looking to hire an enthusiastic and commercially minded colleague, to join our dynamic sales team for local sales of food chemicals. Your main role will be to expand our current sales activities in Turkish market and develop new products/markets. Thanks to our diversified footprint in Turkey, you may based in our offices located in Asian part of İstanbul or İzmir.

• At least a Bachelor degree, preferably in Foreign Trade, Economy, Business Administration, Food/Chemical/Industrial Engineering or related majors
• You understand the complexities of the export & import supply chain and have the ability to unravel them.
• Good knowledge of international trade terms, requirements and documentation
• Having customer portfolio for Turkish market in following sectors; food & beverage 
• Capability and motivation to sell commodity chemicals at food&beverage industries
• Has minimum 2 years work experience at Food&Beverage chemical product sales
• Ability to be at the field and give regular customer visits within Turkey
• A self-starter, dynamic and motivated to go the extra mile
• You definitively have a commercial mindset with strong communicative abilities enabling you to establish long-term relationships with the business partners and colleagues
• You are result driven, organized & flexible and with a talent for negotiations.
• Compatible and cooperative team-player !
• Excellent knowledge of Word, PowerPoint and particularly Excel
• English and other foreign languages will be a big plus !
• Ability to work independently and take responsibilities which will allow you to grow in your career within a large international company

JOB DESCRIPTION

• Selling broad range of commodity and specialty chemicals to food industry
• Implementing market development strategy in your field under the leadership of Group Product Manager for Food
• Proactively identifying and developing new sales prospects to provide value- added solutions, focusing efforts at all levels in the customer’s organization.
• Building relationships with new customers and developing sales of new products in line with the company’s strategy
• Monitoring chemical raw materials’ price trend, understand logistics dynamics and stay in close relationship with your suppliers and customers
• Collecting and analyzing market information in order to identify new business opportunities
• Preparing management reports in your field on weekly bases