Lead commodity management for sourcing, qualification, and relationships with suppliers at Celestica. Oversee daily operations and strategic procurement initiatives for semiconductor equipment.
About the role
- Leading Technical Development Managers in Food & Nutrition to drive commercialization of functional ingredients. Collaborating with suppliers and clients in the North American food industry.
Responsibilities
- Lead and direct a team of TDM’s 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 Brenntag’s 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 KPI’s 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 customer’s R&D to define customer’s 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
Requirements
- BS or MS in food science
- Min 15 Yrs’ experience in food product development and or technical sales in the food industry
- Deep understanding of functional food ingredients and functionality in food systems
- Understanding of unit operations and unit processes in various end applications included but not limited to beverage, dairy, bakery, and prepared foods industries
- Functional knowledge of word processors, database software, sales tools, spreadsheets, presentation modules
- Ability to travel up to 50%
Benefits
- Paid parental leave
- Education assistance program
- Employee assistance program
- Various healthcare plan options
- 401(k)
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