Job Summary
We are seeking a Manager, Regional Business Development to join our Systems Business Unit (BU) at Campus Brabrand, Denmark and become part of the core team driving growth of one of the key BU’s in the Food Ingredients Division. The successful candidate will have a solid technical background combined with strong business acumen ensuring thorough understanding of how key market trends and customer needs translate into food ingredient concepts with solid value propositions. The ability to drive the agenda of the Systems BU in the region and work collaboratively with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders is a must. Position will report into the Senior Manager, Global Business Development.
Key Responsibilities
- Drive regional execution of a key new growth platform in the Systems BU incl. global & regional support on capability build across the value chain and hands-on regional customer execution with Sales, Applications and Regional Product management.
- Develop new, regional business opportunities to accelerate growth and secure a strong pipeline (medium & long-term) by:
- Working with the SMGBD and fellow MRBDs to drive cross regional fertilization of local concepts and solutions between regions and across applications
- Translating the global strategy into regional strategic initiatives and actions
- Identify and translate needs in core & adjacent segments into new competitive value propositions, concepts and ingredient building blocks to guide R&D and Application development efforts
- Be the Commercial Lead for Systems on longer-term innovation projects
- Support development and periodic reviews of the Systems strategy
Job Qualifications
- Engineering, technical or science degree combined with a degree in business management
- Solid technical understanding combined with strong business acumen & strategic mindset
- Minimum 5 years’ experience within application, innovation, business development or product management
- Experience in food & beverage
- Excellent communication & influencing skills
- Personal attributes:
- Team player who collaborates well across functions and businesses
- Takes ownership of individual & team goals and work streams
- Willingness to learn from others and open to new ideas
- Curious, solution oriented, high energy individual who is comfortable with uncertainty and passionate about the food industry
Travel Required: 50-80 days per year
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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What We Do
Meet IFF:
We boldly bring together science and creativity to create what the world needs.
An industry leader in food, beverage, health and biosciences, we create essential solutions – from global icons to unexpected innovations and experiences. Equal parts outspoken and analytical, our international collective of thinkers working with customers to bring scents, tastes, experiences, ingredients and solutions for products people crave.
With 24,000 employees across 65 countries, more than 110 manufacturing facilities, 100 R&D centers, and 33,000 customers across the world, we’re poised to make a difference on an unprecedented scale. Without our boundary-pushing passion and end-to-end expertise, the future wouldn’t be the same.
Visit us at www.iff.com to learn more about how our talented people and new technology are challenging the expected, championing creators and doing more good for people and planet.
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