Hybrid Senior Technical Development Director – Food, Nutrition

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About the role

  • 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)

Job title

Senior Technical Development Director – Food, Nutrition

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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