Job Description
What we ask
What You Bring
- Bachelors degree in Food Technology, Food Engineering, Nutrition, or related field
- 10+ years of experience in food technology, applications, technical sales, or product development
- Strong technical expertise in dairy proteins and functional ingredients (e.g., proteins, hydrolysates, GOS/fibers)
- Knowledge of Adult Nutrition In Performance and Active nutrition markets
- Ability to combine scientific credibility with a commercial, customer-focused mindset
- Strong communication, influencing, and stakeholder management skills
- Comfortable operating independently while collaborating across global teams
- Willingness to travel approximately 30%
What we offer
How We Work
Trust & Autonomy
We trust your expertise and empower you to make an impact.
Authenticity & Purpose
We believe staying true to who you are helps unlock your full potential.
Balance & Flexibility
Hybrid working, flexible schedules, and respect for what matters outside of work.
Growth & Initiative
Your ideas matter. We encourage experimentation, ownership, and continuous learning.
Vacancy description
Technical & Commercial Partnership
- Provide first-line technical and application support to customers and sales teams
- Translate customer needs into ingredient solutions, product concepts, and innovation opportunities
- Prepare and participate in customer visits, offering expert guidance on formulations, specifications, and performance
- Deliver technical presentations, trainings, and product education internally and externally
Growth & Innovation
- Support the landing of new protein innovations and expansion of existing ingredients in the regional market
- Actively contribute to the end-to-end innovation process by sharing market insights with Marketing, Product Management, and R&D
- Help shape regional value propositions and train sales teams on technical and application benefits
- Challenge incoming leads, generate new opportunities, and support pipeline development using value-based selling principles
Market & Knowledge Leadership
- Monitor and interpret market trends, customer needs, competitor activity, and regulatory developments
- Convert insights into actionable product, application, and innovation ideas
- Serve as a regional knowledge hub and ensure learnings are shared with global teams
Stakeholder & Relationship Management
- Build trusted relationships with key customer contacts
- Collaborate closely with Sales, Applications, Regulatory, QA, Supply Chain, and global Technical Service teams
- Ensure regional needs are represented in global application and innovation roadmaps
- Track customer projects and opportunities using Salesforce
Job Tags
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