Sales Manager — Food Ingredients (GCC)

Apply in confidence: career.logicon.aeAll applications are treated with strict confidentiality. Company identity disclosed to shortlisted candidates.Build a business, not a territory.A well-established UAE industrial group with over 25 years of manufacturing and distribution across the GCC is launching a dedicated Food Ingredients & Nutrition division, representing a world-class international ingredients portfolio. We are looking for the person who will own this line from day one.The roleYou will take an established portfolio of functional food ingredients — phosphate systems, minerals for fortification and nutrition, sodium-reduction and specialty solutions — into the GCC's major food, beverage, and dairy manufacturers. You know these accounts already. Now represent a portfolio with genuine technical depth, exclusive positioning, and the backing of a group with real manufacturing, warehousing, and logistics infrastructure in the region.What you'll doOwn the P&L for the food ingredients line across the UAE and wider GCCOpen and develop accounts with regional food, dairy, beverage, and bakery manufacturers — from first technical trial to recurring container businessWork directly with customer R&D and NPD teams to get products specifiedBuild the account map, pipeline, and forecast; report directly to group leadershipShape the division's growth plan, including future hires and product-line expansionWhat we're looking for5–10 years selling food ingredients (not finished goods) to GCC manufacturersA demonstrable record of getting specification products trialled and approved — you can walk us through deals by name, timeline, and volumeExisting relationships with technical and procurement decision-makers at major regional food and beverage producersFood science, chemistry, or equivalent technical fluency — you're credible in a customer's lab, not just their purchasing officeArabic an advantage; English essentialUAE-based or ready to relocate, with regular regional travelWhy this roleGround-floor ownership of an exclusive line with no legacy accounts to service. Competitive base with an uncapped, margin-linked incentive structure — designed so the person who builds this business shares in it.