Key Account Manager Foodservice (m/f/d) / 100% for the Central Switzerland, Grisons and Ticino sales area

About the job

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Your main responsibilities:
- You will be responsible for the active development of markets in your sales sector and will monitor and develop customers from various catering segments - including gastronomy and hotels, staff in restaurants and schools, catering and chain networks, hospitals and care homes, wholesalers and recovery markets.
- You will regularly visit our customers in person and ensure constant and sustainable market development in your sales area.
- You will develop existing customer relationships in a targeted manner, identify additional sales potential and continuously expand your network within the various customer segments.
- You will actively acquire new customers, identify market potential and develop offers and solutions tailored to needs in collaboration with our wholesalers and the food service manager.
- You will be responsible for sales and sales development in your sales area, analyse monthly sales figures and derive appropriate measures to achieve your sales targets and budget.
- You will closely coordinate your commercial activities with sales support, the customer centre as well as internal and external partners, ensuring professional support for your customers.



What we are looking for:
- You have several years of sales experience and ideally in key account management, and you know the Swiss catering market and the relevant customer segments very well. An existing network in the sales area is an advantage.
- You are a strong commercial personality with a high level of customer orientation, a convincing appearance and personalised on-site customer service.
- Active market development and new customer acquisition are in your veins. You approach customers, identify opportunities and systematically translate them into concrete commercial activities and agreements.
- You think and act entrepreneurially, in a structured and customer-oriented manner, and know how to sustainably expand existing customer relationships and win new customers.
- You have very good written and spoken German. Knowledge of Italian is an asset.
- You are prepared to be regularly on the road throughout your sales area and to have initiative, flexibility and a high level of commitment.
- You are proficient in food handling and know the needs of professional kitchens and catering companies well.

Additional information:
- Contract type: Permanent full-time
- Start date: To be agreed
- Activity rate: 100%
- Location: Cressier, canton of Neuchâtel
- Language: French - Good level