Requirements: English, Mandarin
Company: ABL Recruitment
Region: The Hague , South Holland
This a HEAD OF SALES role is based in The Netherlands (Holland). If you speak fluent MANDARIN and ENGLISH this is a lovely role in which you will join a growing specialist food business that sells high-end Chinese foods into the UK, Europe and Holland There are excellent career opportunities in this expanding sector at the moment and this role will suit someone who is looking for their next step within food services and who has some people management experience . In this role you will lead-from-the-front and nurture and encourage your team to hit their sales targets, whilst also managing a small number of crown jewel clients yourself . There are Board level financial reporting elements in this role and genuine high earnings potential as well as decision making autonomy . TITLE : MANDARIN HEAD OF SALES LOCATION: The Hague area in The Netherlands SECTOR : Food Service Distribution TEAM: Chinese food flavours WORK STYLE : Office based role SALARY: Eu 115,000- EU 125,000 +performance bonus LANGUAGES NEEDED : Fluent English Mandarin (ideally also with conversational Cantonese. Dutch is useful) ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS : food sector , sales , team management and languages SPONSORSHIP Yes. Sponsorship extension may be provided if you already have a visa RELOCATION PACKAGE OFFERED : No Company details : This is a well-established food import/export business that specialises in importing specialists food products from China and supplies supermarkets and restaurant chains. The company has gone through a recent explosion in growth because of the increased interest in home-cooking that started during Covid. People are now experimenting with new flavours and new dishes and this company has been able to expand strongly to accommodate increasingly sophisticated and international dishes. In this role you will manage a high performing team of 15 and will also look after a portfolio of high value customers. This role is an ideal stepping stone for someone looking to take their next step from Senior Sales into a Head of Sales position Duties : This is a key strategic appointment and covers 4 main duties 1) team management 2) VIP Client relationship Management 3) Creation of a sales strategy 3) Reporting 1)TEAM Management All aspects of managing a team of 15 sales and sales admin support staff Coaching ,mentoring and training staff Agree team performance targets Undertake performance reviews Recruitment of new joiners 2) VIP CLIENT RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT Management of a high value portfolio of key crown jewel customer accounts /relationships Regularly checking-in with key clients to ensure that they are happy with service and product quality 3)SALES STRATEGY Create and implement the company-wide strategic sales objectives for the year Undertake market and trend analysis to support strategic aims Researching prices of competitors 4)REPORTING Create board level reports on a weekly and quarterly basis REQUIREMENTS: Fluent Mandarin and English (Cantonese and Dutch would be useful ) Food sector or food distribution experience is a must Experienced in Team Management Happy to be in The Netherlands