Area Sales Manager (m/f/d) - Bern-Mittelland Region, 100 %

• 31 October 2026
• 100%
• Indefinite duration
• Bern

Join Ricola as an Area Sales Manager in Bern-Mittelland.

Tasks ##

• Manage and develop your own sales area effectively.
• Establish and strengthen lasting customer relationships.
• Successfully implement sales and marketing strategies.

Skills ##

• Commercial training and 1-2 years of sales experience required.
• Excellent persuasion skills and autonomy in work.
• Mobility in the region and knowledge of digital tools.

You don't just want to work, but also participate in creation? Then you are exactly in the right place with us.

Interested in becoming (immediately or by arrangement)

Area Sales Manager (m/f/d) - Bern-Mittelland Region, 100 %

and being part of Ricola?

Here is what you can accomplish with us.

You ensure that our brands are visible, successful and grow sustainably in your sales area. In this role, you combine autonomous work in the field with a rigorous implementation of our sales and marketing strategies, and actively contribute to the development of our business in Switzerland.

Your mission:

• You autonomously manage your sales area and ensure that our products are placed optimally with our customers
• You purposefully develop existing customer relationships and conquer new customers for our brands
• You consistently implement marketing and commercial activities in the field and quickly identify trends as well as new opportunities
• You observe market developments and derive measures to strengthen our market position
• You manage a varied customer portfolio (wholesale, food retail branches, department stores, kiosks, service stations, pharmacies and bakeries)
• You represent our brands at fairs, exhibitions and events of our commercial partners
• You actively participate in regional and national sales events and get involved in the team
• If necessary, you assume additional tasks and support other sales areas

The ingredients of your common success.

You like being in the field, you act autonomously and know how to build and develop customer relationships sustainably. You convince through your pragmatic mentality, your flexibility and your sense of sales opportunities.

For this, you bring the following qualifications:

• Basic commercial training with specialization or continuing education in sales
• At least 1 to 2 years of experience in external sales, ideally in the food industry or FMCG
• Strong persuasion skills as well as a creative, flexible and autonomous way of working
• High personal responsibility and ability to make decisions quickly and pragmatically
• Fluent mastery of German (level C2) as well as good knowledge of French are an advantage
• High mobility within the Bern/Mittelland region
• Valid category B driver's license
• Good IT affinity and mastery of digital tools
• Residence in the Bern/Mittelland region

What you can expect.

Together, we achieve great things - sustainably and with vision. Join our team and live the Ricola spirit with us. More information on what makes us a unique employer at ricola.com/chancen.

Contact

Ricola Schweiz AG

Melanie Nogués

+41 61 765 48 69

melanie.nogues@ricola.com

We only process online applications.