Opportunity Details

The Sales Director - Food Ingredients role is with a global leader in bakery ingredients, serving a wide range of customers from large food manufacturers to small bakeries. The main responsibilities include driving commercial sales, managing key product lines, building strong customer relationships, and leading market growth initiatives. The successful candidate will need to have strong FMCG B2B sales expertise, be customer-focused, strategic, results-oriented, experienced in team management, and have a good understanding of food ingredients and applications.
The ideal candidate for this role will have experience in sales or commercial leadership within the baking or food ingredients sector. They should be able to grow accounts, manage distribution channels, and drive market expansion. Strong relationship-building skills and the ability to provide tailored technical and commercial solutions to customers are essential. The candidate should also be strategic, results-oriented, experienced in team management, and have a good understanding of food ingredients and applications.
This is a home-based role with extensive travel across the UK, requiring resilience, flexibility, and strong communication skills. The package includes a competitive salary, performance-related bonus, and executive benefits. The client is looking for a dynamic and customer-focused individual to lead their commercial team and drive growth in the B2B bakery market.