Sales Manager France (m/f/d) | Animal Nutrition & Feed Additives

Place of work: Remote (France)

• Drive market development and commercial growth in France by creating customer pull with farms, integrators, renderers and other professional customers, supporting distributor partners and activating relevant professional networks
• Plan and implement seasonal campaigns, for example for heat stress management, hygiene and disease prevention
• Identify market opportunities and translate them into concrete sales initiatives, distributor activities or direct customer development measures
• Identify, qualify and develop suitable customers and/or distributor partners based on clear strategic and commercial criteria
• Focus on market access through farms, integrators, renderers, veterinarians, professional livestock producers and relevant distribution channels
• Establish structured collaboration models with customers and partners, including clear expectations, training needs and commercial targets
• Manage and further develop sales partners, distributor structures and/or direct customer accounts according to market potential and strategic fit
• Conduct regular business reviews and agree on clear actions to strengthen sales performance, market coverage and customer engagement
• Define priorities for growth accounts, strategic partners and underdeveloped market segments, and follow up on agreed development measures
• Manage pipeline, forecasts and channel performance in a structured and transparent way

Enablement & training

• Enable customers and partners to understand and sell Kaesler solutions through product training, simple sales arguments, ROI tools and demo programmes
• Translate technical product benefits into practical, convincing commercial messages
• Represent Kaesler at customer meetings, distributor events, trade fairs and industry conferences

What you bring to the table

Must-have

• Several years of successful experience in B2B sales, distributor management or channel development
• Experience in animal health, animal nutrition, agribusiness or related industries
• Network within the French feed industry
• Proven track record in building new markets, developing customer relationships and creating demand, not only managing existing business
• Good understanding of animal production, animal health and the practical needs of farms, integrators, renderers and other professional customers
• Strong commercial mindset combined with the ability to explain technical concepts in a practical way
• Fluent French (native or near-native level); fluent business English as the working language
• High willingness to travel regularly

Nice-to-have

• Experience with CRM systems such as Microsoft Dynamics 365 or Salesforce
• Degree in agricultural sciences, animal nutrition, veterinary medicine or comparable qualification

What we offer

• Attractive salary with performance-based bonus model
• Modern IT equipment
• Flat hierarchies and short decision-making processes
• High degree of creative freedom and great personal responsibility
• Individual induction and development opportunities
• Cooperation with international experts from sales, research and product management
• International and growth-oriented business environment