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