Senior Manager, Commercial - Private Label

IFF; South Brunswick (NJ); Remote; USD 130,000 - 163,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision

401k

Vacation and holidays

Annual bonus plan

Job summary

IFF in New Jersey seeks a Senior Manager, Commercial - Private Label to expand the private label portfolio through headhunting and business development. You will lead cross‑functional teams across Commercial Support, Technical, Sensory, Marketing, Operations, Finance, and Procurement to drive profitable growth.

Based in South Brunswick, NJ, with remote options, you will own account planning, pricing strategy, and rolling forecasts while building lasting relationships with national and regional

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field and 5+ years of quota‑carrying sales experience.
• 3+ years in private label flavors or adjacent ingredients with customer credibility.
• Excellent communication, presentation, influencing and negotiation skills.
• Willing to travel up to ~50% as business requires.

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, first‑time‑right 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 high‑impact customer engagements—presentations, workshops, capability demos, and on‑site visits.
• Drive execution quality through weekly cross‑functional cadence, removing roadblocks and maintaining project timelines.

Skills

Relationship‑building

Sales leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Negotiation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Food Technology, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Business (Sales/Marketing), or related field

Tools

CRM/forecasting tools

Microsoft 365 (Excel/PowerPoint/Teams)

Job description

Job Summary

Are you a relationship‑builder who turns insight into growth? Join us to drive results across national and regional food brands by uncovering opportunities and partnering with cross‑functional 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, shape trends in flavor building and fuel market success.

The role is based in South Brunswick, NJ (remote).

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, "first‑time‑right" 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 high‑impact customer engagements-presentations, workshops, capability demos, and on‑site visits.
• Drive execution quality through weekly cross‑functional 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+ years of quota‑carrying sales experience with a track record of organic account growth in the flavors industry.
• 3+ years in private label flavors or adjacent ingredients with strong customer credibility.
• Confident engaging internal and external stakeholders
• Entrepreneurial, self‑directed, and resilient-comfortable owning outcomes in fast‑moving 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 in private label categories with demonstrated multi‑year growth at key accounts.
• Proven success leading cross‑functional, technical‑commercial core teams from opportunity to commercialization.
• Data‑driven 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 co‑create customer‑loved solutions.
• Broad, market‑leading 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 problem‑solving.
• 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 belie