Key Account Manager Flavours, Germany

Job Summary

Looking for a role that challenges you while making an impact on products people use every day?
IFF is a global leader in flavors, fragrances, food ingredients and health & biosciences, we deliver sustainable innovations that elevate everyday products.
Taste: Crafting unique, technology-enabled flavor designs that define the identity of food and beverage brands, shape trends in flavor building and fuel market success.
IFF is growing and we are looking for a Key Account Manager Flavours (Germany) to join our IFF business. We're looking for an experienced candidate who has a proven industry record of accomplishment. Location for the role is Oberhausen in Germany, you can be either home-based or hybrid.

Where You'll Make a Difference:

· Develop solutions to customer-driven projects from bench-top to commercial scale levels.

· Identify and evaluate new market trends/opportunities and develop these opportunities into new business to grow the company's market share.

· Being First Choice - cultivate and develop relationships with targeted existing and potential customers to promote IFF as the preferred supplier.

· Work collaboratively in a matrix organization to ensure delivery of company sales targets.

· Develop long term sales plans for key customers and accounts, monitor and adapt sales activities that these objectives are met in accordance with IFF Flavour category strategies.

· Prepare sales forecast, monitor sales volume, revenue and resource spend against forecast to identify problem areas and create plans to regain market share.

· Actively promote the company profile at conferences, tradeshows and industry seminars to foster/maintain client relationships in order to ensure an increase in the awareness and corporate identity of the company as the leading supplier of food ingredients and solutions.

· Keep close contact to all internal stakeholders like e.g., Innovation, Creation & Design, Marketing and Business Units on relevant projects, pricing, market developments etc.

What Makes You the Right Fit

• Experience in food ingredients business with a strong knowledge on Flavors and Flavor sales.
• Structed approach to customers
• Degree in Economy, Business or Food Technology / Food Engineering preferred.
• Fluent German and English language skills, a 3rd language will be a benefit.
• Minimum 2-3 years of working experience within Food Ingredients & Flavors business.
• Located and experienced with the German Food/Flavor market would be of benefit.
• Demonstrated business and commercial acumen.
• Well-developed set of selling and account management skills, ability to adapt working style across the customer base.
• Well-developed negotiations skills.
• Proven project management skills where full ownership of driving new business opportunities is clearly demonstrated by coordinating all team members to achieve business objectives.

How Would You Stand Out?

• Positive attitude – achiever, self-motivated, persistent in following up and willingness to develop skills required for personal development.
• Highly developed verbal and written communication and presentation skills to build meaningful rapport at all levels both internally and externally.
• Team player with a can-do mentality

Why Choose Us?

• Home based working/flexibility
• Professional onboarding process
• Health insurance
• Multinational and supporting environment
• Training opportunities
• Learning and development programs from day one

We are a global leader in taste, scent, and nutrition, offering our customers a broader range of natural solutions and accelerating our growth strategy. At IFF, we believe that your uniqueness unleashes our potential. We value the diverse mosaic of the ethnicity, national origin, race, age, sex, or veteran status. We strive for an inclusive workplace that allows each of our colleagues to bring their authentic self to work regardless of their religion, gender identity & expression, sexual orientation, or disability.

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