Key Account Manager, Flavors South Africa
2 days ago
**About Us**
Symrise is a global supplier of fragrances, flavors, food, nutrition, and cosmetic ingredients. Its clients include manufacturers of perfumes, cosmetics, food and beverages, pharmaceuticals and producers of nutritional supplements and pet food.
Its sales of € 3.8 billion in the 2021 fiscal year make Symrise a leading global provider. Headquartered in Holzminden, Germany, the Group is represented by more than 100 locations in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, the United States and Latin America.
Symrise works with its clients to develop new ideas and market-ready concepts for products that form an integral part of everyday life. Economic success and corporate responsibility are inextricably linked as part of this process.
Symrise - always inspiring more
**Your Role**
Reporting to the Commercial Director Southern Africa, the **Key Account Manager, Flavors South Africa **will be responsible for achieving sustainable, measurable, and profitable sales growth for a diverse product portfolio of local and international clients within a dynamic and competitive industry. You will define and drive Sales strategies in accordance with the agreed budget to enhance and re-enforce Symrise’s reputation as an authoritative “world-wide and regional leader” in Flavors.
- Utilize commercial acumen to identify key strategic growth opportunities and go-to-market strategies with relevance to countries, agents, business units and key accounts
- Collaborate and work in close partnership with agents, supply chain, customer service and all relevant stakeholders, thus enabling sustainable EBITDA growth
- Monitor and control pricing strategies, profitability, and expenditure
- Anticipate and deliver on client needs
- Presentations to internal stakeholders and clients on industry trends, concepts, business unit information, etc.
- Processing brief information for new projects into technical department and back to client
- Planning and maintaining product portfolio between client and Symrise operations
- National and international travel dependent on customer location, business unit/other conferences
**About You**
- University degree in Marketing, Business Administration, Food Technology, or another relevant discipline
- At least 10 years of customer marketing experience in the Food, Flavors, or Ingredients industry; B2B market experience is advantageous
- Strong commercial thinking, entrepreneurial drive, and business acumen
- Proven ability to build sustainable relationships with team members and key stakeholders
- Cultural awareness and ability to work in a diverse, multicultural matrix environment
- Excellent interpersonal, presentation and communication skills
- High degree of self-motivation and mobility
- Computer literacy (MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint)
- Business fluent English, both verbal and written
**Our Offer**
Become part of our open and transparent culture. It will give you the opportunity to flourish and to develop inspiring experiences that contribute to the health and well-being of consumers in 160 countries around the world. Putting our employees in the focus fuels our strong company growth above market rates and makes us an excellent place to develop your career.
**Come join us and embark on a fascinating journey with Symrise.**
Job Reference: EA00064
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