Senior Technical Development Director FoodNutrition

The Technical Development Director for Food & Nutrition North America will be responsible for leading a team of Technical Development Managers acting as a working manager to drive the commercialization for the sensory components such as sweet and savory flavors aroma and natural color in addition to our full line of functional ingredients in the North American food industry. The Technical Development Director will have specific customers and supplier relationships for certain strategic partners. The primary categories of focus include but not limited to beverages baked goods dairy confectionary meat and plant-based meat and dairy alternatives.

Essential Job Functions / Responsibilities :

• Lead and direct a team of TDMs to support the development of our functional and specialty ingredient pipeline and commercialization across North America.
• Develops and implements marketing and innovation strategies to increase sales and profitability.
• Work with Brenntags strategic supplier partners to learn their product portfolio and understand the key technical attributes as it relates to their applications in food products
• Work with product and marketing category managers to identify and strategize entry into the potential target accounts in the geographies assigned
• Secures additional suppliers or products which offer profitable opportunities or identifies opportunities within new industries which could lead to profits.
• Set up processes for prioritizing customer targets and project development along with developing KPIs to drive deeper penetration of our specialty portfolio and growth for our organization
• Visit the accounts with the commercial sales team weekly and engage with customers R&D to define customers needs for innovation or solutions at the technical level
• Engage with supplier partners and suggest best solutions to the customer
• Engage with the innovation & application team to accelerate customer projects through our own application kitchens as needed
• Follow up with the customers to drive the project and ensure successful commercialization of the products in scope
• Attend product trainings and extend training to the field account managers in their assigned regions as necessary

Other Functions / Responsibilities :

action / follow-up / execution as necessary

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Our Offer

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Required Experience :

Director

Key Skills

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Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1