Europe General Manager Food Ingredients m/f/d

This is a B2B job,

This job is not suitable for candidates coming from FMCG, Horeca, Hotels, or Restaurants.

We are searching for an international Food Ingredients Company with a global network of plants, sales offices, and R&D centers.

Location: Northern Italy onsite

This is a Business to Business job. Please apply only if you have experience in Flavours, Colours, Extracts, dried fruits and vegetables, and other value-added Food Ingredients, not FMCG or HORECA.

• You will be in charge of Sales, Marketing, Customer Service, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, R&D, NPD.
• You are a specialist in Food Ingredients.
• Develop strategies and formulate an annual business plan, market share objectives.
• You are able to lead a larger team: Finance, Operations, Sales Business Development, R&D, NPD, etc.
• Develop, lead, and manage all commercial activities of the business, implementing an innovative, growth-focused commercial strategy.
• Focus primarily on new product areas and emerging markets.
• Ensure profitable business growth and commercial success.
• Require MBA from a reputed institute, with 15-20 years of experience in the Food B2B industry.
• Responsible for driving the entire business operations for the Food Business, focusing on top-line and bottom-line performance.
• Increase revenues and augment profitability.
• Fluent in English and Italian.

Tasks

This is not an FMCG job, nor for GMs of Hotels.

Requirements

Please apply only if you have experience as a GM in Europe for Food Ingredients.

You are a multicultural personality, handsome to avoid problems, and willing to travel 50% of your time.

GFIC is a boutique recruitment consultancy located south of Munich, founded by Alfred Geiger in 2006. GFIC specializes in consulting for FMCG, Food Ingredients, Starch, Glucose, Sweeteners, Flavours, Fruit Preparations, Beverages, Dairy, Nutraceuticals, Pharma, Colours, Cosmetics, Hydrocolloids, and more. GFIC provides recruitment services for full-time, interim positions, and advisory board members, recruiting globally, including C-Level candidates.