Applications Manager — Food Color Systems & Training

Exberry / GNT Group; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

GNT USA Inc. is seeking an Applications Manager to lead the Americas application team and support Technical Sales on customer projects. The role includes training new personnel, developing application sheets and training material, and collaborating with global centers to leverage technical support.

Ideal candidates have 7+ years in the food industry, a Bachelor's in Food Science, strong verbal/written communication, and experience with analytical methods. Travel availability is required.

Qualifications

• 7+ years experience in the food industry.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Food Science.
• Excellent technical verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong understanding of analytical methods.
• Organizational and time management skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office, CAP 2.0 & Qlikview.
• Willingness to travel.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Sales to coordinate and execute projects that meet customer needs for color matching, troubleshooting and stability etc.
• Support proactive promotion of EXBERRY® via tradeshow demos, handouts for meetings, and marketing content
• Support trials on site/virtually, technical trainings, workshops, and calls to support customer success with EXBERRY®
• Answer customer and sales questions as needed.
• Collaborate with Sales and Marketing to develop technical presentations, guides, webinars & workshops.
• Build stability data and validation on new categories, where required, to identify business opportunities.
• Drive research including but not limited to the manufacturing process, ability to replicate the product, formulations and ingredients needed.
• Implement and optimize solutions developed in the technical development team for customer projects.
• Develop processes, guidelines, and training documents to streamline project work for the application team.
• Continue to develop technical and creative skills of the application team with ongoing internal and/or external training and project support.
• Maintain ongoing documentation of projects, including but not limited to, project reports and application sheets.
• Work collaboratively with global leads of the Application Team to share learnings and best practices.
• Attend industry tradeshows and represent GNT USA Inc.
• Utilize food science experience to produce quality products in line with industry standards.
• Coordinate and train new colleagues on EXBERRY® properties and technical considerations.

Skills

Food industry experience

Technical communication

Analytical methods

Organizational & time management

Independent & team work

Willingness to travel

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Food Science

Tools

Microsoft Office

CAP 2.0

Qlikview

Job description

GNT USA Inc. is seeking an Applications Manager to lead the Americas application team and support Technical Sales on customer projects. The role includes training new personnel, developing application sheets and training material, and collaborating with global centers to leverage technical support.

Ideal candidates have 7+ years in the food industry, a Bachelor's in Food Science, strong verbal/written communication, and experience with analytical methods. Travel availability is required.