Commercial
Sales Specialist — Middle East
Based in Toronto, develop ingredient sales and customer relationships across the Middle East, with a primary focus on GCC countries and Iraq. Bring your experience in the food, cosmetics and personal care sectors to conversations that connect customer needs with ingredient solutions.
Apply for this roleApplications close 2026-12-25 (Toronto time).
At a glance
- Location
- Toronto, Canada
- Employment
- Full-time
- Markets
- GCC countries & Iraq
- Experience
- 8+ years in sales
- Languages
- Arabic required · Kurdish preferred
Explore the role
What you’ll do
- Develop sales opportunities and build lasting customer relationships in GCC countries and Iraq, with broader coverage of Arabic-speaking markets.
- Understand customers’ ingredient needs and work with technical, sourcing and operations colleagues to support proposals and follow-through.
- Lead sales conversations, maintain an active opportunity pipeline and coordinate customer follow-up.
- Navigate local business culture, organizational relationships and purchasing processes, particularly in Iraq.
What you’ll bring
- At least 8 years of sales experience in the food, cosmetics and personal care sectors, including ingredient or raw-material sales.
- Arabic proficiency for professional sales conversations and customer communication.
- Familiarity with business culture, organizational relationships and commercial practices in Iraq and Arabic-speaking Middle Eastern markets.
- Experience developing customer relationships and sales opportunities relevant to GCC countries and Iraq.
- Ability to work full-time from Toronto, Canada.
An added advantage
- Kurdish language skills are an advantage.
