Job Description

• Managing and strategically growing a portfolio of bakery products strategically into markets in SA and Southern Africa
• Managing a portfolio of key account customers and suppliers
• Growing customer base year on year in terms of volume, revenue, and margins.
• Identify new market and product opportunities.
• Multi-level relationships and price negotiations at customers.
• Negotiate sales contracts with customers.
• Management of customer pricing margins.
• Assist in management of working capital within company targets.
• Assist in driving working platform pipeline and key projects across the business.
• Prepare annual sales budget, monthly forecasts, and monthly sales reports.
• Provides timely reports and information as required by management.
• Ensure the visit reports and customers details are entered and updated into the CRM system or similar.
• Promotion of company products and image.
• Meeting tight deadlines across the business.
• New business development together with NPD
• Technical presentations at customers & ensuring appropriate joint calls.
• Work with all support functions (business coordinators, internal sales, finance, technical) to ensure smooth operation of the business.
• Maintenance of Zero Harm principles across areas of responsibility

Qualifications & Experience

• Matric 
• BSC / N Dip in Food Science or Technology OR
• N Dip in Sales and Marketing
• 3-5 years’ product management experience in the Bakery industry
• Syspro or SAP experience would be an advantage.