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Sales Manager Pharma & Nutra (m/f/d)

HARKE Italy
Full-time
Permanent employee
35,000 - 60,000 € per year

Welcome to the HARKE TEAM

Are you successful in sales because customers trust you, you spot opportunities early on and consistently close deals? Are you confident in an international environment and would you like to actively develop your own business rather than just managing orders? If so, we should get to know each other.

Key Responsibilities

  • Managing and strategically developing existing customers and suppliers in the Pharma and Nutra ingredients sector
  • Actively acquiring new business partners and expanding existing business relationships
  • Independently developing new market segments and researching new business opportunities 
  • Managing client projects – from the sample phase through to quotation preparation and the successful conclusion of sales
  • Responsibility for turnover, margin and sales volume targets within your client portfolio
  • Analysing market and competitive trends to identify new potential
  • Client visits
  • Attending national and international trade fairs and conferences
  • Reporting on your activities

Your profile

  • Completed vocational training or a degree in business or pharmaceutical /nutraceuticals sector
  • Several years’ experience in B2B sales, ideally in the Pharma or Nutra ingredients sector
  • A strong customer focus, combined with a friendly and professional manner
  • Ability to work well in a team, resilience and a service-oriented approach
  • Negotiation skills and a passion for building long-term partnerships
  • A structured, independent and target-oriented approach to work
  • Good written and spoken English, as well as fluent Italian
  • Willingness to travel (approximately 35%)

Why us?

An exciting sales role
with plenty of scope to shape your own approach in an international environment.

Long-term prospects
within a financially sound, internationally positioned and continuously growing family-run business.

A collegial working atmosphere
with flat hierarchies, an open-door policy and a culture of mutual respect.

Performance-related remuneration package
comprising an attractive fixed salary and group profit-sharing. The gross annual salary for this position ranges from 35,000.00 to 60,000.00 euros on a full-time basis, depending on qualifications and professional experience. A company car, also for private use, rounds off the package.

Flexible working hours
40 hours per week, the option to work remotely.

Corporate Benefits Programme
Special terms with well-known manufacturers and brands.

Further benefits
personalised training and development opportunities, good transport links.

Your Contact

We look forward to receiving your application via our online portal. 
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Ms Julia Even (+49208/ 30692840). 

A job advertisement from HARKE Italia S.R.L., a member of the HARKE GROUP.

HARKE Italia s.r.l. 
Via Nino Oxilia 22
20127 Milan

About us

The HARKE GROUP can look back on almost 60 years of company history, characterized by growth, diversification and internationalization. The company was founded in 1965 under the name SYNTANA Handelsgesellschaft E. Harke GmbH & Co. KG and has developed into a globally active family business. With around 250 employees in eleven countries, both in Europe and worldwide, the HARKE GROUP pursues a clear vision for sustainable success.

As an international distributor, the company offers a wide range of products from the chemical, plastics, pharmaceutical and food sectors. These include pharmaceutical raw materials, food additives and ingredients, food supplements, cosmetic raw materials, plastic raw materials and products as well as chemical raw materials. The Mülheim-based group of companies opens doors for its customers and suppliers to new, forward-looking sales and procurement markets in Europe and beyond. With in-depth specialist knowledge, personal customer service, reliable logistics and creative solutions in distribution, formulation and contract packaging, the HARKE GROUP brings its partners directly into the markets of tomorrow.