District Manager (m/f/d) - Food Service / Hospitality

Regional Manager (m/f/d) - Food Service / Hospitality

Important note: We are filling four field-based regional manager positions in the food service sector—one each for the greater Leipzig area, the Giessen/Offenbach/Hanau/Aschaffenburg area, Upper Franconia, and the northern Upper Palatinate, as well as the Ostalb district including Heidenheim, Aalen, and Schwäbisch Gmünd—and require that candidates for each position reside in the assigned territory or its immediate vicinity. Are you familiar with the foodservice industry, do you understand your customers, and are you eager to actively develop your own territory? Then we have a field sales role waiting for you that offers a great deal of autonomy and creative freedom. As a District Manager, you’ll work closely with our customers, identify local opportunities, and develop your territory with an entrepreneurial mindset. This involves more than just traditional customer service: We’re looking for someone who enjoys getting out and about, spots opportunities, and gets things moving—with sales talent, initiative, and a genuine interest in our customers.

We stand for authentic flavor.

Let us introduce ourselves: We’re Hügli—an international food company in Europe. We’re right in the thick of things and at the forefront when it comes to soups, sauces, seasonings, ready-to-eat meals, desserts, and gourmet specialties. Founded in Switzerland in 1935, we’re now one of Europe’s leading providers of shelf-stable convenience products.

Authentic flavor is always at the heart of what we do. With our passion for honest products, our efficient processes, and our future-proof organization, we are the perfect partner. For professional foodservice kitchens, brand owners, the food processing industry, and food retailers. Our solutions are as unique as your ideas.

What We Offer

• Health
  With HANSEFIT, all employees can take advantage of sports, leisure, and wellness offerings throughout Germany. In addition, our JobRad program offers the opportunity to stay mobile in an eco-friendly and healthy way
• Career Development Opportunities
  We offercareer development opportunities in an international environment. Through our training campus, we provide a wide range of continuing education programs and regular training sessions.
• Company Events
  A wide variety of company events foster a great sense of community and a family-like work atmosphere
• Fair Wages and Benefits
  Our attractive financial benefits include a company pension plan, vacation pay, a special annual bonus, employee profit-sharing, and anniversary bonuses

Your Responsibilities

• You’ll actively develop your sales territory and take responsibility for customer and revenue growth in your district.
• You’ll be close to our customers: A significant part of your week will be spent directly on-site with our customers—engaging in personal interactions with kitchens, businesses, and decision-makers.
• You’ll further expand existing customer relationships and acquire new customers and business opportunities.
• You’ll identify needs and sales opportunities and develop tailored solutions for your customers.
• You independently plan your customer visits and activities and efficiently organize your territory.
• You monitor market trends and use your insights to tap into new opportunities.
• You’ll work closely with retail, key account management, and the back office to ensure that opportunities are leveraged collaboratively.
• You take a holistic approach to sales: What matters most to you isn’t the channel through which a customer places an order, but how we can develop that relationship together and provide successful, long-term support.
• You contribute new ideas, challenge existing approaches, and actively help shape changes and new sales channels.

What You Bring to the Table

• You enjoy being on the go, approach people with an open mind, and can win others over to your ideas. At the same time, you work independently and take responsibility for your results.
• Experience in direct customer contact and a passion for selling, advising, and networking
• A background in gastronomy, institutional food service, catering, or the hospitality industry—or alternatively, experience in foodservice field sales
• Experience as a kitchen manager, assistant kitchen manager, sous chef, operations manager, or catering manager also provides an excellent foundation for this role
• A structured, independent, and solution-oriented approach to work
• Strong communication skills, a commitment to service, and a good sense of how to engage with different customers
• An entrepreneurial mindset and the drive not only to manage your territory but also to actively develop it
• Openness to change, new distribution channels, and collaboration with various sales partners

Do you have any questions?
I’d be happy to help

Then don’t waste any time—submit your compelling application through our online application portal.

Your contact:
Pietro Calvagna
Talent Acquisition Specialist

+41583263188

*For us, people come first—regardless of gender.