Senior Technical Service Representative

Corbion; Lenexa (KS); On-site; USD 125,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus potential

401K with company match

Medical, dental, vision and basic life

Flexible spending accounts

Education assistance

Short- and long-term disability

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Lifestyle and wellness benefits

Job summary

Corbion seeks a Sr. Technical Service Representative with strong wholesale bakery manufacturing experience in breads and cakes. The role requires traveling 75% to key accounts to help solve bakery operational problems and aid in formulations.

You will leverage extensive bakery operations management experience, collaborate with client teams, and assist R&D with testing and new technologies, including plant trials and seminars.

Qualifications

• AIB Graduate and/or 10+ years' experience in baking preferred.
• Extensive large wholesale baking background with management experience in operations.
• Strong understanding of ingredient functionality and fully automated baking processes.
• Ability to build a formula from scratch and develop new formulations.
• Experience leading product development, R&D testing, and plant trials.
• Proven collaboration with multiple internal teams and customers.
• Excellent problem solving and troubleshooting skills.
• Experience delivering seminars and training to others.
• Self-motivated with strong written, electronic, and verbal communication.
• Willingness to travel domestically 75% and internationally occasionally.

Responsibilities

• Provide business insights to current customers and identify new opportunities.
• Execute customer account plans and collaborate with client management.
• Support testing and development of new technologies with R&D.
• Develop sales through testing and demonstrations of Corbion products.
• Review client procedures and provide technical solutions.
• Participate in plant start-ups requiring extended travel.
• Coordinate with Corbion’s key account team on opportunities and risks.

Skills

Wholesale bakery operations

Bakery product development

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving & troubleshooting

Seminars and training delivery

Communication skills (written, verbal)

Travel readiness (75% domestically)

Project initiation to plant trials

Team collaboration with internal and客户

Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook

Education

AIB Graduate and/or 10+ years' baking experience

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Outlook

Job description

At Corbion, we exist to champion preservation in all its forms, preserving food and food production, health, and our planet.

Corbion is seeking a Sr. Technical Service Representative with strong wholesale bakery manufacturing experience, in both breads & cakes. In this role, you will travel 75% of the time to key accounts and aid customers in solving bakery operational problems and formulations. The qualified candidate will have previous bakery operations management experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide business insights to current customers and identify and develop new opportunities
• Execute customer account plans
• Collaborate with client's management team
• Communicate effectively with Corbion’s key account team
• Assist Corbion’s RDA with testing and development of new technologies
• Serve on internal customer teams to collaborate regarding risks and opportunities
• Develop sales through testing and demonstrating Corbion products
• Review procedures and processes in client facilities providing technical solutions to existing problems
• Participate in plant start-ups that often require two weeks of continuous travel
• Other duties as required

Qualifications

• AIB Graduate and/or 10+ years' experience in baking preferred
• Extensive large wholesale baking background with management experience in operations
• Excellent understanding of ingredient functionality, formulation, fully automated baking processes, and operation of the equipment
• Solid understanding of formulation and how to build a formula from scratch
• Ability to start a project from conception, product development, R&D testing in our labs, and then implement through plant trials
• Successful collaboration with multiple internal teams and customers
• Excellent process problem solving and troubleshooting skills
• Experience developing and delivering seminars and training programs both internally and to customers
• Must be self-motivated with excellent written, electronic, and verbal communication skills
• Ability to travel extensively, both domestically 75% and internationally occasionally
• Must be competent in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook

Our offer

The anticipated compensation range for this position is $125,000 to $135,000. The final pay offered to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to the type and years of experience within the job, the type years of and experience within the industry, education, etc. Please note, Corbion is a multi-state employer, and this pay scale may not reflect positions that work in other states or locations. In addition to the base compensation, we offer the following benefits*:

• Bonus potential
• Paid time off, including company holidays
• 401K with company match
• Medical, dental, vision and basic life insurance coverage are offered to employees and eligible dependents (provided they meet eligibility requirements)
• Flexible spending accounts
• Education assistance
• Short- and long- term disability
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Lifestyle and wellness benefits

*Please note, this is intended to provide a general description of benefits and other compensation and is not a substitute for applicable plan documents or company policies. Eligibility requirements for these benefits will be controlled by applicable plan documents.

About Corbion

Corbion is a sustainable ingredients company dedicated to preserving what matters, including food and food production, health, and the planet. We specialize in lactic acid, lactic acid derivatives, food preservation solutions, functional blends, and algae ingredients, using our deep application and product knowledge to propel nature's ingenuity through science. With more than a century of experience, we continue working side-by-side with our customers to make our cutting-edge technologies work for them. Leveraging our advanced capabilities in fermentation and preservation technology, we help customers differentiate their products in diverse markets ranging from food and animal nutrition to home & personal care, pharmaceuticals, electronics, medical devices, and bioplastics. In 2025, Corbion generated annual sales of € 1,267.4 million with a workforce of 2,408 FTEs. Corbion is listed on Euronext Amsterdam. For more information: www.corbion.com

Corbion is an equal opportunity employer and committed to a diverse workplace. All applicants will be considered equally without regard to race, color, ethnicity, veteran status, religion, national origin, marital status, political affiliation, age, sex, sexual orientation, handicapping condition, membership in an organization or any other non-merit factors.

Corbion provides reasonable accommodation to applicants.

EOE/M/F/Vet/Disabled

Corbion does not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third party recruiting agencies in response to job postings. No fee will be paid to third parties who submit unsolicited candidates directly to our hiring managers. All candidates must be submitted by approved Corbion vendors who have been expressly requested to make a submission by our Talent Acquisition team for a specific job opening. No placement fees will be paid to any firm unless such a request has been made by the Corbion Talent Acquisition team and such candidate was submitted to the Corbion Talent Acquisition Team.

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