Key Account Manager Export Sales

Lantmännen Functional Foods AB is a company within Lantmännen Biorefineries, focusing on the development and sales of healthy ingredients for food as well as nutraceuticals. The company is characterized by an entrepreneurial spirit within the framework of a large corporation. For our most important ingredients, PrOatein oat protein and PromOat oat beta-glucan, we are in the process of increasing sales worldwide and build up a network of distributors. We, therefore, want to strengthen our team with a person experienced in building and managing distributors globally.

This is what you will do

Working with international sales, you will be an essential part of taking care of existing business as well as building new. Our customers are both manufacturers within foods, beverages, food supplements and distributors all around the world. You will have sales responsibility for existing customers, but your focus will be to convert new leads to customers as well as identify and manage distributors. Usually, the position includes some international traveling to customers and trade-shows. Lantmännen Functional Foods has, however, successfully switched into a digital strategy. You are reporting to the Managing Director of Lantmännen Functional Foods and your location is at Lantmännens headquarters in Stockholm.
This is what you need to succeed

You have:

- An interest in the area of food, food ingredients and functional food.
- Experience regarding how to build and manage distributor networks around the world.
- A desire to build a global business.
- A proven successful track record of at least three years of experience from structured and systematic sales, preferably of ingredients, food supplements or foods internationally.
- Minimum some kind of relevant post-secondary education.
- Strong communication skills, written and spoken, in both Swedish and English. A third language is of value.

You are:

- A person with a high energy level and drive, who takes initiatives, and sets and reach goals.
- Curious and innovative. You enjoy exploring new solutions and approaches, which you also know how to structure and realize when needed.
- Analytical and solution-oriented with a problem-solving mindset.
- Trustworthy and communicative. You are great at collaborating in teams and building long-lasting relationships, both internally and externally.

You share our values ​​- Openness, Holistic view, Drive - and our promise of taking responsibility from Field to Fork.

What we offer you

We are a large international Group with diverse activities throughout the entire grain value chain –from the very sprout in the field to the food on our tables. With a wide range of businesses within food, agriculture, machinery, bioenergy and real estate, we offer career opportunities in every direction across industries, countries, companies and areas of expertise.

Sounds interesting?

We hope so! As the screening process is ongoing, we kindly ask you to submit your application as soon as possible. The recruitment process will include several interviews and psychometric tests, and the final candidate will go through a background check. Considering the current situation and everyone’s well-being, some of the interviews will be conducted over telephone and video.

If you have any questions regarding the position or the recruitment process, please contact Julia Minges, Acting Talent Acquisition Manager at julia.minges@lantmannen.com.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Lantmännen is an agricultural cooperative and Northern Europe’s leader in agriculture, machinery, bioenergy and food products. Owned by 20,000 Swedish farmers, we have 10,000 employees and an annual turnover of SEK 50 billion. With research and operations throughout the value chain, we take responsibility from field to fork. www.lantmannen.com.

Lantmännen Biorefineries is the only large scale producer and supplier of grain-based fuel ethanol in Sweden and is owned by Lantmännen. The company offers attractive, profitable and sustainable protein, ethanol and carbon dioxide products that are produced in a responsible way. The plants are located in Norrköping and Lidköping. Biorefineries has approximately 200 co-workers and an annual turnover of SEK 2,5 billion.