Job Opportunities in Switzerland

In this role you will be responsible for advising our customers and selling our products in the the three categories Petcare, Confectionery and Food in the regions of Geneva and Lausanne.

This is a full-time position (40 hours/week) and works directly with the customers every day (Field Sales).

We offer a permanent contract, base salary and bonus, company car, pension fund, life insurance, and more.

What are we looking for?

• Completed apprenticeship, vocational training or studies.
  
• Several years of experience in a comparable Sales position within the FMCG industry, ideally in retail.
  
• Confident appearance, persuasiveness, negotiation skills.
  
• Dynamic, enthusiastic and can-do approach.
  
• Resident in the above area or willing to move to this region.
  
• Good computer skills.
  
• Fluent in French and good knowledge of English and German (both, spoken and written) required. Team meetings are held in German, company email communication is coming through in English.
  

What will be your key responsibilities?

To put it simply, our main goal is to remain the preferred supplier for our customers. In more words this entails:

• professional support of direct and indirect customers,
  
• consulting and sales of our market leader products in the pet food, confectionary and food sectors,
  
• ensuring the availability of our products at the point of sale,
  
• pre-sales of promotions and novelties,
  
• acquisition of new customers,
  
• regular work at the point of sale, e.g. shelf conversions and exhibitions.
  

What can you expect from Mars?

• Work with over 150,000 diverse and talented Associates, all guided by the Five Principles.
  
• Join a purpose driven company, where we’re striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.
  
• Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.
  
• An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.
  

Sounds like a deal? Then APPLY NOW!

Mars is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request.