Givaudan Careers Key Account Manager Beverage

Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier healthier lives with love for nature. Together with our customers we deliver food innovations craft inspired fragrances and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions. Theres much to learn and many to learn from with more than 17000 employees around the world to explore ideas and ambitions the USA we develop market and produce a wide array of solutions from our 25 most innovative sites based across the country. Stretch your skills create and get inspiration from passionate colleagues. Every day your energy your thirst for knowledge and your creativity will shape our future making a positive difference on billions of people. Every essence of you enriches our world. We are Givaudan. Human by nature.

From coffee at breakfast to cocoa before bed and every meal snack or drink in between our solutions add magic to everyday moments while bringing health and wellbeing benefits too. We help with every type of food beverage or nutraceutical application. Whether we are creating a new product or adding a fresh twist to a favorite recipe our flavorists chefs and applications teams specialize in co-creating winning solutions that blend flavor with functionality. With enchanting Flavors captivating colors powerful botanicals clean-label ingredients and co-creation expertise we provide multi-sensory experiences consumers love.

Reporting to a Regional Sales Director you will have opportunity to grow specific accounts in our beverage category. This is considered a home-based office (remote) with high travel potential. Cincinnati/MidWest location preferred.

• Account Management: You will lead and influence strategic account planning. Develop comprehensive action plans for main accounts. Develop thoughtful understanding of customer potential through analysis of brand strategies positioning strengths and weaknesses and competition data. Manage brief pipeline (quality and quantity of projects) to achieve growth plans.

• Negotiate and Collaborate: You will manage large commercial projects in collaboration with Flavor Creation and Application. Ensure visibility and exposure for us at customers by maintaining and guiding appropriate call frequency withessential product demonstrations and technical to technical interface. Follow up on customer submissions and manage wins through to production and launch. Negotiate pricing agreements following company guidelines.

• Business Development: You will grow our business with designated accounts by managing top and bottom lines and by generating a broad base of new business opportunities. Cultivate customer relationships with important decision-makers positioning us as preferred supplier and ensuring we are positioned to participate in targeted briefs and on core supplierlists.

You

• Bachelors degree preferably in Business Management Marketing or Food Science
• 5 years experience in sales marketing or customer relationship role in food or related industry
• Experience with the flavor industry including consumer and industry trends
• Knowledge of customer strategies projects commercial needs and product launch processes and competitor activity

Benefits include comprehensive medical dental and vision plans and a high matching 401k

Job Title and Base Salary are partly determined by education and experience and our compensation program guidelines.

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Givaudan takes into consideration a wide range of factors that are utilized in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets experience and training qualifications/certifications and education and internal equity.

At Givaudan you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch peoples lives.

You work within an inspiring teamwork culture where you can thrive collaborate and learn from other talented and passionate people across disciplines regions and divisions.

Every essence of you enriches our world.

Diversity of perspectives fuels innovation and fosters deeper connections with our employees customers and partners. At Givaudan we are dedicated to cultivating an inclusive environment where every individuals voice is valued and has the power to shape our world. Join us in making a difference together.