Komercialist / Sales Manager for Food Ingredients (f/m/d)

HSH Chemie is the No. 1 Chemical Distributor in Central and Eastern Europe, with over 35 years of expertise and a strong presence across 14 office locations in CEE. We're proud to be a leader in the chemical industry throughout this region.

Our headquarters in Hamburg, Germany, oversees the strategic management and planning for our entire European team. Our "HSH Chemie family" comprises more than 300 dedicated employees. As a 100% family-owned company, we place a high priority on values like unity, loyalty, trust, and reliability.

At HSH Chemie, we pride ourselves on innovation and are dedicated to continuous, sustainable growth. Therefore, we are always on the lookout for new talents who share our values and our vision, who want to develop personally as well as professionally and share the unique, entrepreneurial spirit of our HSH Chemie Group. Now, to strengthen our team to the earliest possible starting date, we are looking for a

(Senior) Komercialist / Sales Manager for Food Ingredients (f/m/d)
Your responsibilities:

• You are developing and maintaining our business in distribution of chemical raw materials related to our food product segment in Slovenia, focused on bakery, beverages, confectionary, meat, ice cream and others
• Thereby, you are expanding and managing our supplier as well as client relationships both commercially and technically through regular contact
• By identifying new markets and monitoring market developments, you identify new and promising raw materials and products as well as sales opportunities
• Based on your analysis, you set targets for new business development, implement strategies for profitable sales growth and extend our product portfolio
• Additionally, you create detailed market overviews and customer databases
• By constantly questioning the status quo and bringing in new perspectives, you will help us to constantly develop our business further
• You will also collaborate closely with your sales colleagues located in Central and Eastern Europe to further develop our business and our product portfolio jointly

Your profile:

• You have an university education with a focus on chemistry, food or sales, alternatively a commercial education with technical capabilities
• In addition, you have gained extensive experiences with chemical raw materials related to bakery, beverages, confectionary, meat, ice cream or other segments from a technical, trading or sales perspective and would like to increase your product knowledge
• Furthermore, you are characterized by a strong customer and solution orientation as well as a high degree of initiative, reliability and commitment through which you build strong, trustful stakeholder relationships
• Preferably, you have an analytical, entrepreneurial, structured and independent working style
• Additionally, you are a strong communicator in written and verbal Slovenian as well as English with profound negotiation abilities
• You hold a category B driving license and are able to travel regularly in Slovenia – sometimes also abroad

Our offer to you:

• Independent work, wide range of activities and short decision-making processes
• A flexible team with a pleasing work atmosphere and flat hierarchies
• A long-term cooperation in a family-run company
• Individual learning and development opportunities
• A modern workplace located close to the Airport Ljubljana
• An attractive compensation package including a company car (after probation period)
• Drinks and snacks are provided

Have we caught your interest?
Then please send your application to Melanie Wolter.