Junior Field Sales Support TSC

Job description

**Who We Are:** Founded in Italy in 1919, IRCA Group is a leading international B2B provider of high-quality semi-finished ingredients for the food industry, including chocolate, creams, decorations, inclusions, nuts and pistachios, pastry mixes, gelato ingredients, and other specialty solutions. Today, IRCA Group employs more than 2,200 people, operates 20 manufacturing facilities worldwide, and generates approximately €1 billion in annual revenues. ----------------------- **What We Offer** - A dynamic, inclusive and international environment with exposure to multiple functions and senior stakeholders, with opportunities to work on global projects and collaborate with colleagues worldwide. - Career growth opportunities, with a highly visible role combining commercial activities, product promotion and customer engagement. - The opportunity to work closely with customers, distributors and sales teams, building strong professional relationships across the market. ----------------------- **The Role:** We are looking for a commercially driven team player with a passion for premium products and customer engagement. This role combines field activities and commercial support, with approximately 50% of the time spent travelling across Italy alongside agents and distributors to promote The Signature Collection portfolio, and 50% dedicated to event management, marketing materials and samples coordination, analysis and reporting. ### What will you do: **Field Activities (50%)** - Support agents and distributors across Italy during customer visits, product presentations and commercial initiatives. - Promote The Signature Collection portfolio through product samples, tastings and brand storytelling. - Support events, activation and promotional initiatives to increase brand visibility and drive business growth. **Sales Support & Coordination (50%)** - Manage promotional events and commercial activities in collaboration with Sales, Marketing and Events teams. - Coordinate and distribute marketing materials, promotional leaflets and product samples to agents and distributors. - Prepare sales reports and analyze commercial data to support business decisions and sales effectiveness. ### Requierements: - **Education:** Degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Economics, Business Analytics, Management Engineering, or related disciplines. - **Experience:** Previous internship or work experience in sales, marketing, trade marketing, customer-facing or other commercial-related roles is considered a plus. - **Professional Skills:** Strong commercial mindset, customer orientation, and interest in sales development and brand promotion. - **IT Skills:** Proficient in Microsoft Excel; knowledge of data analysis tools is considered a plus. - **Languages:** Fluent Italian and English are required. - **Soft skills:** Excellent communication and relationship-building skills, with the ability to influence and engage different stakeholders. Proactive, pragmatic, agile, and hands-on, with a strong sense of ownership and a results-oriented approach. ### Other details: - **Location:** Gallarate (VA), Italy, with availability to travel across Italy approximately 50% of the time. - **Working hours**: Full time, 40h/week, from Monday to Friday - **Contract**: CCNL Alimentare Industria - **Level**: Impiegatizio - **Meal vouchers**: €8 for each day spent in the office - **Remuneration**: starting from RAL 30.000€