About the role
**🇹🇷 Turkey Country Sales Manager – Food Ingredients (Hybrid, Istanbul)**
**GFIC – Executive Search | Global Food Ingredients Producer**
Our client, a **leading global food ingredients manufacturer**, is seeking an experienced **Country Sales Manager** to drive commercial growth across Turkey. This is a **hybrid role based in Istanbul** and requires a strong track record in **B2B food ingredient sales**.
Tasks
**What You Will Do**
- Lead and grow the **Turkey sales portfolio** across food & beverage manufacturers
- Manage key accounts including **multinationals and major regional players**
- Drive sales of **flavours, colours, extracts, powders, natural ingredients,**
- Develop and execute the **country sales strategy**, including forecasting and budgeting
- Identify new business opportunities and market segments
- Lead negotiations, pricing, and long‑term agreements
- Collaborate with regional **R&D, technical, and marketing teams**
- Represent the company at customer visits, events, and industry fairs
- Travel extensively across Turkey
Requirements
**What We’re Looking For**
- **10+ years** of successful B2B sales experience in **food ingredients**
- Strong network within the Turkish **food & beverage industry**
- Proven success selling to **multinationals** (dairy, beverage, bakery, confectionery, savoury, snacks)
- Experience with **flavours, colours, extracts, natural ingredients, powders**
- Excellent negotiation and relationship‑building skills
- Fluent in **Turkish and English**
- Based in **Istanbul** (hybrid work model)
- Degree in **Food Technology, Food Engineering, Chemistry, Biotechnology**, or similar
MBA is a plus
Benefits
**Education:**
Degree in Food technology, Food engineering, MBA or similar
**🇹🇷 Turkey Country Sales Manager – Food Ingredients (Hybrid, Istanbul)**
**GFIC – Executive Search | Global Food Ingredients Producer**
Our client, a **leading global food ingredients manufacturer**, is seeking an experienced **Country Sales Manager** to drive commercial growth across Turkey. This is a **hybrid role based in Istanbul** and requires a strong track record in **B2B food ingredient sales**.
Tasks
**What You Will Do**
- Lead and grow the **Turkey sales portfolio** across food & beverage manufacturers
- Manage key accounts including **multinationals and major regional players**
- Drive sales of **flavours, colours, extracts, powders, natural ingredients,**
- Develop and execute the **country sales strategy**, including forecasting and budgeting
- Identify new business opportunities and market segments
- Lead negotiations, pricing, and long‑term agreements
- Collaborate with regional **R&D, technical, and marketing teams**
- Represent the company at customer visits, events, and industry fairs
- Travel extensively across Turkey
Requirements
**What We’re Looking For**
- **10+ years** of successful B2B sales experience in **food ingredients**
- Strong network within the Turkish **food & beverage industry**
- Proven success selling to **multinationals** (dairy, beverage, bakery, confectionery, savoury, snacks)
- Experience with **flavours, colours, extracts, natural ingredients, powders**
- Excellent negotiation and relationship‑building skills
- Fluent in **Turkish and English**
- Based in **Istanbul** (hybrid work model)
- Degree in **Food Technology, Food Engineering, Chemistry, Biotechnology**, or similar
MBA is a plus
Benefits
**Education:**
Degree in Food technology, Food engineering, MBA or similar
About the company
GFIC
Geiger Food Ingredients Recruitment & Consulting GFIC is a boutique recruitment consultancy situated to the south of Munich, founded by Alfred Geiger in 2006 GFIC is consulting in FMGC FoodIngredients Starch Glucose Sweeteners Flavours FruitPreparations Beverages Dairy Nutraceuticals Pharma Colours Cosmetics Hydrocolloids and more GFIC is consulting in Recruitment (Full Time, Interims Positions, Members for the Advisory Board) GFIC is consulting global GFIC is recruiting also C-Level candidates
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