Global VP, Food Ingredients Growth

Gfic; United States; Remote; USD 250,000 - 350,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Job summary

Join is seeking a Global VP Food Ingredients to drive accelerated growth of its global Food & Beverage business. As a member of the Executive Leadership Team, you will operate in a matrix with regional leaders and own a global virtual P&L that intersects with regional P&Ls.

You will shape and execute the global strategy, lead principal management, drive commercial excellence and ROI-driven capital allocation, identify M&A targets, and build high‑performing global and regional teams.

Qualifications

• 20+ years of leadership in distribution with P&L responsibility.
• Track record developing end-market strategies in a global distributor environment.
• Experience in M&A, portfolio management and integration.
• Ability to align global strategy with regional execution in a matrix organization.
• Expertise in distributor dynamics: supply chain, pricing and value-added services.
• Deep Food & Beverage knowledge: trends and customer needs.
• Strong financial acumen and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the global Food & Beverage strategy, balancing principal relationships and customer needs.
• Own the global virtual P&L and deliver sustainable double-digit growth in EBITA, GP, GP%, sales and volume.
• Lead global principal management; develop new global and regional principals.
• Provide strategic and commercial direction to regional Food teams; drive commercial excellence, cross-selling and pricing/margin optimization.
• Identify, evaluate and integrate M&A targets and prioritize investments by ROI.
• Build, develop and retain high-performing global and regional teams, including succession planning.
• Represent the business with key global accounts, in industry forums and to the Executive Leadership Team.

Skills

Global leadership

P&L ownership

M&A experience

Strategic thinking

Matrix organization

Food & Beverage knowledge

Financial acumen

Stakeholder management

Change leadership

Job description

Join is seeking a Global VP Food Ingredients to drive accelerated growth of its global Food & Beverage business. As a member of the Executive Leadership Team, you will operate in a matrix with regional leaders and own a global virtual P&L that intersects with regional P&Ls.

You will shape and execute the global strategy, lead principal management, drive commercial excellence and ROI-driven capital allocation, identify M&A targets, and build high‑performing global and regional teams.