Versele-Laga is an international leading brand of pet food and snacks for pets. Versele-Laga is a growing, innovative and internationally operating European enterprise, with headquarters in Belgium, producing and commercializing quality food, food supplements and care products for pets. To support our sales in Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan we are looking for an: AREA MANAGER.
Function:
• You are responsible for our commercial activities in Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan.
• Implementing our commercial strategies aimed to develop and to increase business opportunities with existing customers and finding new customers, is your responsability.
• You follow and analyze market evolutions and trends in pet food, evaluate competitors’ products and maintain accurate records of all pricings, and make activity reports.
• On annual basis you set up sales and marketing plans for the area, and implement them.
• Being permanently in contact with the distributors’ brand managers to implement the marketing plan.
• You treat negotiations with key account customers.
• Setting up and following up media plans, taking contact with the press.
• For sales personnel of distributors you lead product training sessions.
• You organize and participate in professional exhibitions and consumer shows.
• Performing regular store-checks together with merchandizers of distributors or on your own.
• Reporting to the Commercial Manager at HQ.
Requirements:
• You have a university degree (or similar).
• Sales experience within a multinational company is a plus.
• You are interested in the pet food market.
• You make easy contact, and you have good negotiation skills.
• Good knowledge of English is a must. Russian is your mother tongue.
• You are looking for a long-term employment.
• Travelling frequently for short trips is part of the job.
Offer:
• Working in a dynamic, interesting and stable work-environment.
• Being able to sell a wide range of high-quality products.
• An adequate training and permanent formation and support.
• Remuneration according to your competences and obtained results.
AREA MANAGER
If you think you fit this position, then please send your full and detailed CV, in English, with picture and motivation letter, with reference VL – 1314 to: hrm@verla.be
Or by post to: HRM service, Versele-Laga, Kapellestraat 70, B-9800 Deinze – Belgium.