Technical Sales Manager- Colors

Michael Page; Valencia; Presencial; EUR 50.000 - 70.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

A leading company in the extracts and colorants sector is seeking a Technical Sales Manager to develop strategic business plans and provide technical support to maximize sales. The role requires a Bachelor's degree in Food Science, Chemistry, or a related field, along with professional experience in extracts or ingredients. The position emphasizes collaboration, customer focus, and continuous improvement in process management.

Servicios

Career opportunities

Professional development

Formación

• Professional experience with extracts, colorants, or ingredients.

Responsabilidades

• Develops and executes strategic business development plans.
• Manages and oversees the laboratory team.
• Establishes project goals and manages the project pipeline.
• Provides technical support and conducts customer presentations.
• Implements continuous improvement in application processes.
• Develops technical solutions to customer-driven food projects.
• Builds strong relationships with technical stakeholders.

Conocimientos

Sales strategy development

Technical support

Collaboration

Problem solving

Customer focus

Educación

Bachelor's degree in Food Science, Chemistry, or related field

Descripción del empleo

Overview

A leading company in the extracts and colorants sector is looking to hire a Technical Sales Manager.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Food Science, Chemistry, or related field
• Professional experience with extracts, colorants, or ingredients.

Responsibilities

1. Develops and executes strategic business development plans with clear sales objectives in conjunction with sales, , where technical support will result in increased sales.
2. Manages and oversees for the laboratory team, ensuring all performance criteria and goals are met.
3. Establishes project goals and priorities and manages application project pipeline by continuously collaborating with Formulation, Operations, Marketing and Sales.
4. Travels with the sales team as required and as part of business development plans, providing technical support and conducting customer presentations as needed.
5. Prioritizes and assigns necessary resources to complete tasks associated with duties and responsibilities to ensure internal and external project demands are met on time.
6. Oversees all application process and protocols and thrives for continuous improvement aligned with strategic business goals.
7. Retains full responsibility and develops technical solutions to customer-driven and marketing-driven food and beverage projects from bench-top to commercial scale levels. This requires being able to perform in laboratory, pilot plant, and plant processing environments
8. Demonstrates leadership and managerial skills while building a robust application team. Continuously works on improving the team's understanding of food science and processes, problem solving skills, collaboration skills and customer focus.
9. Manages career development plans of direct reports with guidance from direct manager.
10. Provides technical and application support to customers and builds insights based on development learnings that can be used to accelerate customer development timelines
11. Develops and maintains close liaisons with technical stakeholders at key customers by delivering superior customer service experience and value-added solutions in a timely manner.
12. Understands the chemistry and functionality of food ingredients in color and dehydrated products formulations and remains current with relevant food and beverage industry trends.

Oportunidades de carrera y desarrollo profesional.