Senior Manager, Commercial - Private Label

International Flavors and Fragrances; South Brunswick (NJ); Remote; USD 130,000 - 163,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401k

Paid parental leave

Annual bonus

Job summary

IFF, a global leader in flavors, fragrances, and food ingredients, seeks a Senior Manager, Commercial - Private Label, based in South Brunswick, NJ (remote). You will lead cross-functional teams across Commercial Support, Technical, Sensory, Marketing, Operations, Finance, and Procurement to expand the private label portfolio by pursuing new opportunities and maintaining strong relationships.

You will own account planning, pricing strategy, and forecasting to drive profitable revenue and ensure

Qualifications

• 5+ years quota-carrying sales experience in flavors or related sectors.
• 3+ years in private label flavors or adjacent ingredients.
• Strong stakeholder engagement, negotiation, and presentation skills.
• Proficiency with MS 365 and CRM/forecasting tools.

Responsibilities

• Grow profitable revenue by opening new opportunities across national and regional private label customers.
• Lead account planning and execution, aligning stakeholders across Technical, Commercial Support, Marketing, Sensory, and Operations.
• Build robust opportunity pipelines and ensure timely project entry and updates.
• Manage pricing strategies and negotiations to achieve targets for volume and gross profit.
• Provide reliable rolling forecasts and translate market signals into demand/supply actions.
• Lead cross-functional engagements: presentations, workshops, capability demos, and site visits.
• Drive execution quality by removing roadblocks and maintaining timelines.
• Optimize order patterns and portfolio health to enhance customer experience and IFF profitability.
• Serve as the primary contact, ensuring clear communication between customer and IFF functions.

Skills

Sales experience

Account management

Cross-functional leadership

CRM/Forecasting

MS 365

Travel

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Tools

CRM

Forecasting tools

Job description

Job Summary

Are you a relationshipbuilder who turns insight into growth? Join us to drive results across national and regional food brands by uncovering opportunities and partnering with crossfunctional experts to deliver value and elevate the customer experience. Leading a focused core team across Commercial Support, Technical, Sensory, Marketing, Operations, Finance, and Procurement, you'll steer pipeline, pricing strategy, and accurate forecasting to deliver profitable, sustainable growth. As a Senior Manager, Commercial - Private Label, your goal is to expand our portfolio through headhunting and business development. In addition to fostering established relationships and managing existing sales, you will identify new opportunities, grow sales, and expand your network. You will work in close cooperation with cross-functional team members, including Operations, Innovation Creation and Design, Finance, Procurement, Sensory, and Marketing departments within IFF. To excel in this role, you should enjoy an entrepreneurial approach to your work and thrive on developing new opportunities. In this role you will be a part of a dynamic and driven sales team and report into the North American Commercial Director.

IFF is a global leader in flavors, fragrances, food ingredients and health & biosciences, we deliver sustainable innovations that elevate everyday products.

Taste:Crafting unique, technology-enabled flavor designs that define the identity of food and beverage brands, shapetrends in flavor building and fuel market success.

The role is based in South Brunswick, NJ (remote). Be part of a open-minded, passionate, and growth-oriented team where together we can achieve greatness and make a real impact. Your potential is our inspiration.

Where You'll Make a Difference

• Grow profitable revenue by opening new opportunities across national and regional private label customers.
• Lead account planning and execution, aligning stakeholders across Technical, Commercial Support, Marketing, Sensory, and Operations.
• Build robust, "firsttimeright" opportunity pipelines and ensure accurate, timely project entry and status updates.
• Manage pricing strategies and negotiations to achieve volume, mix, and gross profit targets.
• Provide reliable rolling forecasts; translate market signals into actions for demand, supply, and innovation roadmaps.
• Orchestrate highimpact customer engagements-presentations, workshops, capability demos, and onsite visits.
• Drive execution quality through weekly crossfunctional cadence, removing roadblocks and maintaining project timelines.
• Optimize order patterns and portfolio health to enhance customer experience and IFF profitability.
• Serve as the accountable point of contact, ensuring clear, proactive communication between customer and IFF functions.

What Makes You the Right Fit

• Bachelor's degree in Food Technology, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Business (Sales/Marketing), or related field
• 5+ yearsof quotacarrying sales experience with a track record oforganic account growth in the flavors industry.
• 3+ yearsin private label flavors or adjacent ingredients with strong customer credibility.
• Confident engaging internal and external stakeholders
• Entrepreneurial, selfdirected, and resilient-comfortable owning outcomes in fastmoving environments.
• Excellent communication, presentation, influencing, and negotiation skills.
• Proficient with Microsoft 365 (Excel/PowerPoint/Teams) and CRM/forecasting tools.
• Valid driver's license; willing to travel~50%as business requires.

How Would You Stand Out?

• Expertise selling value inprivate labelcategories with demonstrated multiyear growth at key accounts.
• Proven success leading crossfunctional, technicalcommercial core teams from opportunity to commercialization.
• Datadriven pipeline management (e.g., stage gates, conversion analytics) that improves forecast accuracy and win rates.

Why Choose Us?

• Impactful role growing strategic accounts that shape what consumers taste and enjoy every day.
• Close partnership with innovators across R&D, Sensory, and Marketing to cocreate customerloved solutions.
• Broad, marketleading portfolio that enables consultative selling and differentiated value propositions.
• Learning mindset and career mobility across commercial and technical pathways.
• Inclusive culture that values diverse perspectives and collaborative problemsolving.
• Competitive total rewards with tools and support for success in the field.

Compensation ($130,000.00 - $163,020.00 base) is based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to work experience, skills, certifications, and location. Our benefits package includes medical, dental, vision, 401k, vacation, holidays, paid parental leave (maternity and paternity), and an annual bonus plan, among other employee perks.

We are a global leader in taste, scent, and nutrition, offering our customers a broader range of natural solutions and accelerating our growth strategy. At IFF, we believe that your uniqueness unleashes our potential. We value the diverse mosaic of the ethnicity, national origin, race, age, sex, or veteran status. We strive for an inclusive workplace that allows each of our colleagues to bring their authentic self to work regardless of their religion, gender identity & expression, sexual orientation, or disability.

Visit IFF.com/careers/workplace-diversity-and-inclusion to learn more

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