Your Role
You develop and deploy the product line and product portfolio of Beverage Ingredients (from extracts to flavours) incl. the business development, supply chain, pricing, innovation and the overall growth initiatives
You manage the global assortment with the product organization and the respective internal stakeholders within our global matrix organization
You drive the sustainability approach for Beverage Ingredients along the whole Value Chain from Raw Material to finished products
You define a roadmap to drive the business (and revenue growth) in close alignment with the Team Leader Product Management
You attend regular meetings with the R\&D, Marketing, Pricing and Sales team to agree on the pricing strategy, product portfolio and supply chain topics with the respective teams
You actively monitor competitors to benchmark our portfolio and prepare a competitive analysis
You support the sales team by actively engaging in customer visits, projects and briefings to share specific product and market knowhow
You define success metrics and analyze customer feedback and product usage in order to feed that back into the product roadmap
You communicate up-to-date and aligned portfolio updates on all media incl. product portfolio displays within and outside of the organization
You ensure in-house trainings to foster a deeper understanding of the product portfolio and positioning
Your Profile
You successfully worked as a product or business development manager in the food and beverages industry
You have a degree in food technology, general business administration, biotechnology or a similar qualification
You have a proven track record creating and executing product roadmaps incrementally and sustainably
You have strong customer mind set with demonstrated ability to engage directly and honestly with customers and deliver positive experience by creating a partnership mentality
Your excellent organizational and project management skills help you to meet deadlines
You bring hands-on mentality and entrepreneurial thinking skills and you are capable of working well as part of a team as well as independently
You are able to deal with ambiguity, manage change and multiple priorities in a dynamic work environment
You are highly interested in technological processing of B2B ingredients
You are willing to travel globally approx. 20% of the working time
Your fluent English skills will be required. Other additional languages are highly beneficial