Senior Applications Technologist - Dairy (980-292)
| Sector: | Techniek |
|---|---|
| Niveau: | |
| Plaats: | Hilversum |
Beschrijving
International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. (IFF), is a leading creator and manufacturer of flavors and fragrances used in a wide variety of consumer products-from fine fragrances and toiletries, to soaps, detergents and other household products, to beverages and food products.
Job Description
As a Senior Application Technologist you will be responsible for application support on Dairy projects for customers in the EAME. You will be part of the application team and will work closely together with the creation team in Hilversum. Beside a focus on commercial projects, you will also be involved in mid-term development activities related to our Platform of Excellence initiatives. You will be in close contact with other colleagues in other sites, and support them during visits to the regional creative center.
Drive sales through a strong customer focus
- Responsible for close partnership with key clients
- Urgent response to complaints related to application and creation issues
- Work in partnership with R&D for strategic projects
- Translate new wins from other regions in the category
- Proactively identify opportunities to align with trends and technologies within the region
- Support customer visits to the creative center
- Responsible for presentations to strategic customers / prospects
Project leadership and execution of category strategy
- Strengthen IFF position within the category
- Identify and build IFF strength and position within the category and in the market
- Coordinate re-engineering of formulas
- Partner with sales to improve project portfolio and success rate
Team and self-development
- Participate, as necessary, in IFF training programs
- Be a strategic partner to the sales team for the region
- Drive for results in the region, ensure a higher technical level is required
Improve internal business processes (high level of discipline and focus on execution)
- Foster learning environment to enable proper understanding of taste within the region
- Ensure proper selection process in place to increase the amount of wins
- Set up and maintain local flavor bank
- Partner with account team to ensure end-use capabilities are within the functional strategies
