Technical Service Manager (Fats, Oils, Lecithins & Proteins) Portugal

Lisbon - Portugal

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 22 days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Location :Lisbon Porto Corsini

City :Lisboa

State :Lisboa (PT-11)

Country :Portugal (PT)

Requisition Number :42005

Bunge is looking for a Technical Service Manager (Fats Oils Lecithins & Proteins) - Portugal. This role provides leadership in driving growth by identifying evaluating and prioritizing customer opportunities through proactive engagement needs anticipation and value creation. You will serve as a subject matter expert facilitating knowledge transfer within the organization and contributing to the development of unique selling propositions (USPs) for our product portfolio.

Main responsibilities:

Manage the technical relationship with key customers (value-added and premium accounts) in Portugal Italy Spain and other countries providing selective support to standard service seekers.

Proactively scout and identify new opportunities for customer developments and translate customer needs into concrete offerings leveraging Bunges portfolio across food feed and non-food categories.

Develop manage and deliver customer projects (N15-30 total value 3-6Mn CM) including sample supply evaluation and implementation ensuring successful conversion into new business.

Collaborate with sales R&D product management quality production and marketing teams to guide projects internally and externally fostering excellent cooperation.

Ensure adequate speed of response time-to-market and clear communication to manage customer expectations effectively.

Negotiate and manage product specifications with customers and operations proactively resolving any out-of-spec situations.

Organize and conduct customer workshops and trainings and represent the company at exhibitions and fairs showcasing the entire portfolio.

Support the building and demonstration of product Unique Selling Propositions (USPs) in application driving application development.

Build and maintain a strong presence and visibility within the local technical community and network participating in expert groups and advisory boards.

Contribute to collective technical knowledge by sharing experiences and insights across the team.

Actively share observations and insights on market and competitor intelligence with marketing sales and product management teams.

Build and maintain strong relationships with customers striving to be a top-of-mind partner.

Education / Experience:

BSc or MSc degree in Food Science Food Technology or Food Innovation.

Minimal 2 years preferably 5 years of working experience with at least 2 years in oils & fats application food product & process development (confectionery bakery plant-based B2B/B2C multi-national food ingredients companies).

Proven track record of successful customer project management product/application development and customer satisfaction.

Excellent communication diligence active listening understanding teamwork and results-orientation.

Native Spanish and/or Portuguese speaker; Italian language is a plus. Fluent English language is essential.

Willingness and ability to travel nationally and internationally (at least 25% of time).

Proficiency in MS Office (Word Excel PowerPoint) CRM (Salesforce) and ERP (SAP).

Strong behavioral skills: customer-oriented self-starter pro-active mindset advanced communication and presentation skills commercially focused team player strong project management and organizational skills.

At Bunge people dont just come here to work they come here to grow solving challenges that directly impact the world with a diverse team of thinkers and doers.

If this description reflects your profile or ambition were looking forward to seeing your application and motivation in English by hitting apply!

In case of questions please reach out to Aitor Alonso (Talent Acquisition at ).

Acquisition by agencies is not appreciated we do not use agencies at this moment for our recruitment. Open proposals of candidates are at own risk.

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We Are Bunge

Bunge is a global agribusiness with one mission we connect farmers to consumers to deliver essential food feed and fuel to the world. We have unmatched global scale and deeply rooted relationships which allow us to bring innovative ingredients and knowledge to some of the worlds biggest brands many of which are likely in your home right now.

We know that to achieve our mission and deliver the best results to our customers each other and the world we need to worktogether so we hire talented people who arepassionateboldanddrivento work as One Bunge. This dedication is deeply embedded in our culture and reflected in the way we work.

Every day our people exemplify these values which represent Bunge at its core:

Act as One Teamby fostering inclusion collaboration and respect.

We Lead the Wayby being agile empowered and innovative.

Do Whats Rightby acting safely ethically and sustainably.

If this sounds like youjoin us! We value and invest in people who believe in our purpose and are excited to live it every day people who are#ProudtoBeBunge.

Bunge is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity gender expression transgender status national origin citizenship age disability or military or veteran status or any other legally protected status.

Required Experience:

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Location :Lisbon Porto CorsiniCity :LisboaState :Lisboa (PT-11)Country :Portugal (PT)Requisition Number :42005Bunge is looking for a Technical Service Manager (Fats Oils Lecithins & Proteins) - Portugal. This role provides leadership in driving growth by identifying evaluating and prioritizing custo...