Key Account Manager

Location: Germany

SIRE Life Sciences® is the market leader in life science recruitment. We believe the recruitment market needs to gear up in technology and continues innovation. We like technology, in a life science market driven on science, we couldn’t stay behind; we drive Recruitment Science. Investing a majority of our turnover in technology enables us to use unique Resource Technologies. By using highly advanced algorithms, we enable our team of Resource & Data Strategists© to maintain the most advanced, detailed and complete Life Sciences network in Europe. This big data enables us to work Reverse Recruitment©: we first analyze the market in-depth before we go out to the market. Because we analyze the whole market, we can compare facts and data. This enables us to do Facts & Big Data Recruitment©, making sure we, or better yet, you find the right career!

THE COMPANY

Our client is a professional Food organization, based in Germany.

A global leader in the Ingredients sector based in Bayern, is undergoing serious growth in the DACH market and is looking to expand their team by hiring an expereinced Key Account Manager for their Dairy business unit. This role will allow you to develop your experience working across a broad portfolio of ingredients and flavours by liaising by liaising with your customer base.

ROLE DESCRIPTION

If you are from the Ingredients or Flavours industry with regional or international experience in the Dairy industry and want to work in a market leading innovation centre, this is a perfect opportunity for a tenacious individual that is looking for a new challenge. Reporting to the Head of Sales Europe you will be primarily responsible on working with DACH Accounts for their Key customers.

RESPONSIBILITIES

- Identifying new sales opportunities with existing accounts to develop new flavours and products for the targeted audience.
- Managing briefs through production and launch whilst playing a pivotal role in negotiating pricing agreements in line with expectations.
- Maintaining frequent contact with the relevant point of contact and working with key stakeholders in the decision making process.
- You will be interacting with technologists, participating in the manufacturing of specific flavours working towards targeted briefs.
- Managing large commercial pipelines through the implementation and execution of brand strategies, co-ordinating key information with the
Regional Account Managers

REQUIREMENTS

Experience in the Food Ingredients or Flavours industry is essential to this role
Ideally you will be degree educated, either in Business/Finance or Food Science/Technology
Bilingual; you will speak both German and English to a strong business level any other European Language is a plus
You will have experience across the Dairy sector or perhaps the Savoury sector selling functional ingredients, dairy powders (milk, butter, cheese variants), stocks, sauces, boillions, gravies or flavours across the applications.
Competitive by nature, you will possess excellent commercial acumen and will be a perpetual learner
You will operate at a sophisticated level across numerous internal and external stakeholders and will be able to demonstrate key achievements throughout your career
Resilience, passion, entrepreneurial and driven, you will embrace change and challenge and will have a desire to work for a business that rewards star performers regularly.

Are you interested and do want to apply for this role, please fill out your application via the apply button below and contact Erik Weiss.