DISTRICT MANAGER FOOD RETAILING /AREA MANAGER

Area of ​​responsibility : Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Greater Bremen, Lower Saxony, especially Hannover area, Braunschweig area, Wolfsburg area, Osnabrück area 

• Sales and turnover expansion in Nielsen Area 1 (Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Lower Saxony, Bremen) (70% in the field) 
• Regular presence (once a month) at the HQ in Düsseldorf for team meetings with the National Key Account Manager Germany and for marketing campaigns.
• Systematic market development and implementation of sales and marketing concepts 
• Consulting/support for existing and loyal customers and acquisition of new customers in the field of food retailing, including MBU (Multi-owner) support 
• Responsibility for target specifications, shelf layouts, product positioning concepts and product assortment recommendations 
• Observation of competitors and the market 
• Supervision in the regional sales office 
• Support, realisation of customer events, internal trade fairs 
• Analysis and evaluation of sales activities 
• Preparation of presentations for customers and preparation of documents for annual meetings 
• Professional representation of the company 
• Preparation of meaningful visit reports
• With a lot of personal responsibility and organisational talent, the employee plans his/her own appointments and implements strategic guidelines

Requirements for candidates

• At least 2 years professional experience in sales
• At least 2 years experience with FMCG (consumer goods)
• Experience with food retail trade
• Excellent communication and networking skills
• Excellent organisational skills
• High willingness to travel and flexibility
• Success-oriented behaviour
• Team player
• Goal and customer-oriented thinking and action
• Proactivity and autonomy
• Resilience and reliability even in stressful situations
• Independent and structured way of working
• Excellent written and spoken knowledge of German C1
• English knowledge of advantage
• Good knowledge of MS Office
• Driving License B