Baking Ingredients BD Manager - Asia Pacific Growth

Lesaffre; Petaling Jaya; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Lesaffre Asia Pacific invites a dynamic Business Development Manager in Baking ingredients APA to drive growth across the region, balancing strategic vision with practical execution and collaborating with Marketing, R&D, and Baking Center to translate insights into local product concepts.

You will lead cross-regional initiatives with China and APA teams, engage clients, support technical sales, monitor pipelines, and ensure production compliance, while growing the regional footprint.

Qualifications

• Degree/Master in Food Science, Food Engineering or related field.
• Around 5 years of solid experience in business development and food ingredients in SEA.
• Ability to collect information, analyze and make proposals.
• Proactive and able to work under tight deadlines.
• Result oriented, good coordination and teamwork.
• Immediate candidates are preferable.

Responsibilities

• Growth, innovation, and cross-regional execution.
• Marketing integration – turn insights into tailored product concepts, value propositions, and pricing strategies for local markets.
• Pipeline activation – identify and warm up high-potential accounts via pre-sales and build a qualified handover pipeline.
• Technical sales – provide expert support to industrial customers and sales teams.
• Cross-team leadership – align marketing, R&D, and Baking Center on innovation and strategy.
• Regional collaboration – drive projects with China and other APA teams for business expansion.
• Client engagement – support managers and partners on innovation and cross-border opportunities, co-leading presentations and negotiations.
• Performance tracking – monitor sales pipelines, project progress, and team performance.
• Production oversight – ensure compliance across APA production facilities.
• Group liaison – serve as the APA point of contact for global marketing and production teams.
• Other relevant tasks to support the growth and innovation of baking ingredients.

Skills

Info collection & analysis

Proactive & deadline-driven

Teamwork & coordination

Presentation & negotiation

Education

Degree/Master in Food Science or Food Engineering

Job description

Lesaffre Asia Pacific invites a dynamic Business Development Manager in Baking ingredients APA to drive growth across the region, balancing strategic vision with practical execution and collaborating with Marketing, R&D, and Baking Center to translate insights into local product concepts.

You will lead cross-regional initiatives with China and APA teams, engage clients, support technical sales, monitor pipelines, and ensure production compliance, while growing the regional footprint.