Overseas Market Specialist, Italy
Overseas Market Specialist, Italy
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Job Description
Do you enjoy taking responsibility and like working in a small team
Do you have an interest in Irish Food Drink and Horticulture
Are you looking to make a difference in what you do and have the relevant experience
Then youve come to the right place.
Overseas Market Specialist Italy
Reports To: Overseas Market Manager Italy Malta Cyprus Greece
Grade OSMS
Purpose
Bord Bia has a vision that customers around the globe recognise that Irish food and drink is world-class; that it is high quality distinctive and made by a diverse range of creative producers from a unique and fortuitous island location.
Our purpose is to bring Irelands outstanding food drink and horticulture to the world thus enabling growth and sustainability of producers.
In this role you will support the development implementation and measurement of Bord Bias client support services and activities to build and deliver sustainable business lead conversions for Irish food and drink exporters in the sectors of strategic priority within the region.
What youll do
Support and deliver assigned client services relevant to the local market (e.g. market information and activation) in line with the market strategy implementation plan and the Bord Bia Corporate and Sector strategies.
Become a regional market insights expert collating and disseminating relevant and timely market and sector information to Irish client companies via our client portal and sharing knowledge with colleagues in line with best practice set out by The Bord Bia Thinking House.
Proactively maintain and build a network of trade contacts in priority sectors across all channels and in various roles within priority customer accounts in Italy.
Localise and implement Bord Bias local marketing plans in Italy ensuring optimum reach frequency and impact for trade and consumer campaigns in line with central brand guidelines investment models and campaign performance reporting.
Contribute to the development and annual review of Bord Bias strategy implementation in market by developing local strategy plans and delivering on assigned KPIs.
Manage the performance of international graduates during their two year placements in Milan by determining and delegating priorities through regular review of personal development plans and informal feedback and coaching.
Effectively manage assigned budgets and master data management and analysis and in line with One Bord Bia processes and policies.
About You
Essential Knowledge Skills & Capabilities
Knowledge:
Generating and distilling market insights
Knowledge operating in a marketing or business development role
Successful implementation of trade and/or consumer marketing campaigns
Building professional relationships with suppliers trade customers media & government both in Ireland and the marketplace.
Skills & Capabilities:
Digital first mindset
Comfortable with an agile culture focused on continuous improvement
Influencing and negotiating skills adapted to the local culture
Fluent written and spoken English and Italian.
Excellent communication & presentation skills with strong verbal and report writing abilities
Proficient business use of the full Microsoft Office suite
Desirable Knowledge Skills & Capabilities
Knowledge:
Degree level qualification or equivalent in a relevant discipline e.g. Business Marketing etc.
Knowledge of the Irish Food Drink & Horticulture industry
Membership of relevant professional bodies
Skills & Capabilities:
Experience in the use of Salesforce or equivalent CRM and video conferencing systems.
Experience operating professionally in different cultures
Closing Date/Time: :Tuesday 24 June 2025 @ 12:00pm (GMT/UTC 1)
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Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full-Time
