Food Service Sales Manager

Job description / Role

This is an exciting opportunity for a driven Food Service Sales Manager to drive forward an established business into a new sector of the market.

This role is a real opportunity for the right professional to grow a business unit under them and become a market leader. To assist you will have a establish brand name with a very high quality of products to offer.

Requirements

Applications should have excellent knowledge of food manufacturing, production and distribution specifically tailored towards the Food Service sector and excellent connections with restaurants, hotels, cafes and with catering companies in the UAE and ideally KSA.

This is an exciting opportunity for a driven Food Service Sales Manager to drive forward an established business into a new sector of the market.

Applications should have excellent knowledge of food manufacturing, production and distribution specifically tailored towards the Food Service sector and excellent connections with restaurants, hotels, cafes and with catering companies in the UAE and ideally KSA.

This role is a real opportunity for the right professional to grow a business unit under them and become a market leader. To assist you will have an establish brand name with a very high quality of products to offer.

ESSENTIAL SKILLS:
- MUST have at least 8 years of work experience in the UAE / KSA Food Service sector
- Be able to work on own initiative and manage own time effectively while being able to approach senior managers for help when required
- Understanding of food manufacturing and production
- Strong marketing and creative thinking skills
- Good stakeholder management skills and direct management experience
- Experience with a big name brand, either with an MNC or leading Regional business
- Degree educated in any subject, ideally to MBA standard
- Exceptional English communication, presentation and negotiation skills
- Ideally Arabic speaking, but Western educated candidates will also be considered

Candidates without the require skill set will not be considered for this role and therefore not contacted about the opportunity. Please review other opportunities on the Focus Management International Website if this role does not match your skill set.

About the Company

Why Focus International?

Firstly, we know our market and we deliver. Based in the UAE & The United Kingdom we have a track record of developing long term relationships with candidates & clients over the last 10 years who see the benefit of strategic Talent Management, from Graduates to Main Board appointments.

Our main areas of expertise lie within the following:

Functions:
Production & Engineering Food Technology Sales & Marketing Product Development Supply Chain & Logistics Human Resources
Finance
Purchasing

Channels: Manufacturing Retail Foodservice Distribution Ingredients Packaging
Hospitality
Equipment & Services

Categories: Bakery Dairy Grocery Added value chilled foods Frozen foods Fresh Produce Meat, Poultry & Fish Drinks and Beverages

To support our work, we have an extensive database of internationally based food, drink & FMCG professionals. We advertise on all relevant websites, we network constantly and with a team of experienced Search Consultants we know the people you will want to talk to.

We are the regions largest and only dedicated Food and Drink recruiter complimented by a number of excellent relations within many non food FMCG companies across the MEA who see the value our approach offers. Born out of a strategic vision from our parent group Focus Management Consultants Ltd to be closer to our international partners across the MEA region, we have rapidly become one of the premier FMCG recruitment consultancies working with both large multinational businesses and local operations. Supporting our consultative recruitment activity we utilise the most optimised and developed web and social media engagement techniques available in the market allowing our team of specialist consultants to engage with candidates & clients on many different media platforms. As innovative leaders of our sector, we are constantly investing in creative ways to source and attract candidates and add value to the recruitment process for our clients.

Our business approach is ethical and honest, and it is our clear objective to maintain integrity with both clients and candidates at all times.

The aim is to become your preferred recruitment contact who will work in partnership with you, assisting and advising at all times your search for that next career opportunity. We also desire to become the preferred partner of choice to FMCG businesses for your ongoing and long term recruitment needs. We will achieve this by delivering you highly effective solutions and committing to you for both your immediate and future business needs.