Food & Beverage Sales Executive

Local Unit & Position Description:
The Food & Beverage Sales Executive shall ensure the development and the management of F&B sector within the assigned territory and its business activity in order to meet BA's and DNV F&B sector’s requirements.

**The main areas of responsibility are**:

- Ensure that the DNV F&B sector strategy and policies are implemented at local level and manage, limited to the pertinent area, organisational F&B structure and relative interfaces within the organization,
- Define and put in place, according to goals & target, plans and actions in order to meet target regarding sales, revenue, operating margin, retention, quality of service in the F&B sector,
- Develop local market and promote and improve relationships with Customers of assigned territory,
- Support Sales Manager France analysing F&B market trend information, related to selected territory, to recommend changes to practices and policies and improve market positioning,
- Ensure a continuous presence in the market of assigned unit,
- Cooperate with other colleagues, both inside food sector and outside, in a teamwork approach.

Position Qualifications:

- Educated to business or scientific university degree level,
- Previous experience of minimum 3 years working in sales and customer management and a strong business sense,
- Knowledge of certification services in Food Industry is must,
- Fluency in French and English (both written and spoken),
- Dynamic, goals-oriented, proactive approach,
- High level of business acumen, including an understanding of the customer’s business drivers, industry, economic trends,
issues and competition,
- Availability to travel.

**DNV offers**:

- Working in a dynamic team with a varied and challenging field of duties,
- Great potential for knowledge transfer by experienced engineers in a wide range of fields,
- Flexible place of work,
- Flexible working hours,
- Wide range of opportunities for individual further education, training and advancement,
- The opportunity to actively shape the energy transition.

Company & Business Area Description:
DNV is the independent expert in assurance and risk management, operating in more than 100 countries. Through our broad experience and deep expertise we advance safety and sustainable performance, set industry benchmarks, and inspire and invent solutions.

We are one of the world’s leading certification, assurance and risk management providers. Whether certifying a company’s management system or products, providing training, or assessing supply chains, and digital assets, we enable customers and stakeholders to make critical decisions with confidence. We are committed to support our customers to transition and realize their long-term strategic goals sustainably, and collectively contributing to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Equal Opportunity Statement:
DNV is an Equal Opportunity Employer and gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without regard to gender, religion, race, national or ethnic origin, cultural background, social group, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, age or political opinion. Diversity is fundamental to our culture and we invite you to be part of this diversity