Job Overview
Job description
- Location:
- Cairo, Egypt
- Work arrangement:
- On-site
Role Summary
Cargill is a family company committed to providing food and agricultural solutions to nourish the world in a safe, responsible, and sustainable way. We sit at the heart of the supply chain, partnering with producers and customers to source, make and deliver products that are vital for living. By providing customers with life's essentials, we enable businesses to grow, communities to prosper, and consumers to live well.
This position is in our Food Enterprise where we are committed to serving food manufacturers, food service customers, and retailers with a complete range of innovative ingredients and branded products. Our portfolio includes poultry, beef, egg, alternative protein, salt, oils, starches, sweeteners, cocoa and chocolate.
Job Purpose and Impact
The Sales Manager will focus on a few of the company's large or very complex customers and will be responsible for a wide range of Cargill food ingredients in Egypt, Libya, Lebanon and Syria (for example: cocoa ingredients, sweeteners, and starchers). In this role, you will handle critical or complex products that require excellent client relationship skills to maintain competitive positioning.
Responsibilities
- Manage the related requirements of defined direct customers and distributors.
- Develop a plan to establish and maintain account relationships and meet personal sales targets.
- Build a business plan for each account.
- Coordinate use of resource to provide value added services to accounts.
- Develop strong client relationships that provide significant input to planning product, price and service strategies.
- Support supervisor and other sales professionals in developing new market opportunities in the designated territory or market.
- Independently handle complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating only the most complex issues to appropriate staff.
- Fully responsible for the assigned customers from both a commercial and a payment‑collection perspective.
- Other duties as assigned
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
- Minimum 5 years of experience in B2B sales within the food ingredients market, covering both commercial and business development activities.
- Excellent command of the English language, both written and spoken.
- Proven track record of achievements and measurable milestones in the food ingredients sector.
Benefits
- Work in a truly international setting with diverse teams and customers.
- Medical insurance for you and your immediate family.
- Car allowance.
- We provide a fast paced stimulating international environment, which will stretch your abilities and channel your talents. We also offer competitive salary and benefits combined with outstanding career development opportunities in one of the largest and most solid private companies in the world.
- We welcome applications from people with disabilities and are committed to providing an inclusive, accessible recruitment process and workplace. We encourage candidates to let us know if they require any accommodations during the recruitment or interview process so we can support them appropriately.
- Interested? Then make sure to send us your CV and cover letter in English today:
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About the Company
At Cargill our team of 160,000 professionals in 70 countries draws together the worlds of food, agriculture, nutrition and risk management. For more than 150 years, we have helped farmers grow more, connecting them to broader markets. We are continuously developing products that give consumers just what they're seeking, advancing nutrition, food safety and sustainability. And we help our partners innovate and manage risk, so they can nourish the world again tomorrow.
We combine 156 years of experience with new technologies and insights to serve as a trusted partner for food, agriculture, financial and industrial customers in more than 125 countries. Side-by-side, we build a stronger, sustainable future for agriculture and help the world thrive.
Job Purpose and Impact
To perform the tasks of Production Relief Operator, to operate and maintain the seed processing facility in a safe, efficient and result oriented manner.
- Role:
- Sales Manager
- Job Type:
- Senior Level | Sales
Company profile
Cargill
cargill.comCargill, Incorporated is an American multinational corporation that trades, purchases and distributes grain and other agricultural commodities, trades in energy, steel and transport, raises livestock and produces feed. It also makes food ingredients such as starch, glucose syrup and vegetable oils and fats for food manufacturers, food service and retailers, and runs a financial services arm that manages commodity market risks. Headquartered in Minnetonka, Minnesota, it was founded in 1865 by William Wallace Cargill and, as of 2023, was the largest privately held company in the United States by revenue.
- Company Size
- 100,000 - 200,000 employees
- Headquarters
- Minnetonka, Minnesota, United States
- Founded
- 1865
- Founders
- William Wallace Cargill