Industry Manager - Sweet Goods Bakery and Confectionery

Bayfield Food Ingredients; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Bayfield Food Ingredients in Bengaluru seeks an Industry Manager - Flavours (Sweet Goods) to drive business growth and shape the sweet goods flavour portfolio across biscuits, cakes, confectionery and dairy desserts. You will collaborate with sales, R&D and suppliers to translate customer briefs into compelling flavour solutions.

The role combines hands-on development, portfolio management and market analysis, with clear targets and opportunities to lead regional initiatives in the expanding

Responsibilities

• Business development: Identify opportunities with biscuit, bakery, confectionery, dairy and beverage manufacturers.
• Flavour portfolio management: Manage flavours for biscuits, cookies, cakes, wafers, chocolates, fillings, creams and confectionery.
• Application & technical support: Work closely with flavourists and application technologists; conduct flavour evaluation in finished products.
• Customer interaction: Conduct customer presentations, technical discussions and product trials.
• Market & competitor analysis: Track competitor flavour technologies and monitor consumer trends.
• Commercial responsibility: Prepare business plans and sales forecasts; manage project pipelines; support pricing and profitability decisions.
• There will be targets

Job description

Industry Manager - Flavours (Sweet Goods) in the flavour/chemical industry is typically responsible for developing the business and technical portfolio for bakery, biscuits, confectionery, dairy desserts and related sweet applications.

Key responsibilities

• Business development
  Identify opportunities with biscuit, bakery, confectionery, dairy and beverage manufacturers.
  Develop new customers and grow existing accounts.
  Understand customer requirements and translate them into flavour solutions.
  Support sales teams with technical and application expertise.
• Flavour portfolio management
  Manage flavours for biscuits, cookies, cakes, wafers, chocolates, fillings, creams and confectionery.
  Identify market trends and develop new flavour concepts.
  Maintain and optimize the sweet-goods flavour portfolio.
• Application & technical support
  Work closely with flavourists and application technologists.
  Conduct flavour evaluation in finished products.
  Recommend flavour dosage, flavour type and processing suitability.
  Troubleshoot issues such as baking loss, flavour release, masking, off-notes and flavour stability.
• Customer interaction
  Conduct customer presentations, technical discussions and product trials.
  Participate in sensory evaluations and product-development meetings.
  Convert customer briefs into commercially viable flavour solutions.
• Market & competitor analysis
  Track competitor flavour technologies and products.
  Monitor consumer trends such as natural flavours, clean label, indulgent profiles, ethnic flavours and reduced-sugar products.
  Identify gaps in the company s portfolio.
• Commercial responsibility
  Prepare business plans and sales forecasts.
  Support pricing and profitability decisions.
  Manage project pipelines from customer brief flavour development application trial approval commercialization.
• 7 - There will be targets

Typical sweet-goods flavour categories

• Biscuits/cookies
  • Butter, vanilla, milk, caramel, chocolate, coconut, nuts, spices
• Cakes
  • Vanilla, chocolate, cream, fruit, caramel
• Wafers
  • Vanilla, chocolate, hazelnut, coffee, cream
• Confectionery
  • Fruit, mint, caramel, toffee, cola
• Chocolate
  • Cocoa, vanilla, caramel, coffee, nuts
• Dairy desserts
  • Vanilla, strawberry, mango, caramel, cream
• Indian sweets
  • Mawa, ghee, cardamom, saffron, rose, pistachio

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