(This is an in-office position 5 days per week, depending on travel schedule, etc.)

Fantastic opportunity for a junior Food Scientist who is eager to get into sales!

Technical Sales is responsible for providing ongoing support to customers by gathering information through communicating with client company’s cross-functional teams. Technical Sales main goal is to grow existing business and create new business.

Essential Functions:

• Develop an understanding of client company products
• Provide ongoing technical support to clients to ensure all R&D and commercialization related requests have been addressed appropriately
• Work internally with various client company teams to help customer projects move forward efficiently
• Submit requests to the Applications Team and work closely to ensure customer’s needs are met
• Facilitate interaction with customers via proactive email and phone follow-ups
• Work closely with the Applications Team to provide customers with recommendations for new samples
• Prepare marketing, technical, and regulatory related documentation based on individual customer requests
• Utilize client company’s CRM based system for analytical needs and to fulfill customer related requests
• Work with the Customer Service Team to ensure customer orders are processed as necessary
• Provide ongoing support to customers and clients to ensure all requests have been addressed appropriately
• Travel onsite to customers to give technical presentations and pitch ideas for future projects
• Establish weekly targets for customer communication and interaction
• Identify new business opportunities through the participation in industry tradeshows and conferences
• Represent client company through new business outreach, including research and follow-up meetings
• Develop an understanding of forecasting and operations
  
  

Additional Responsibilities:

• Visit the manufacturing plant in the Netherlands depending on customer needs
• Participate in local and global sales meetings
• Meet with client company management on a monthly basis for customer reviews, discussion of goals and next steps
• Seek new industry trends and opportunities by attending conferences and keeping well-informed of best practices
• If you’d like to hear more about this opportunity and others we are currently working on, please contact Kristine O’Sullivan at [email protected].
  
  

JO: 97.25KO

Salary

$90,000 plus bonus

Benefits

Health & Wellness benefits, 401K match, 500/year gym reimbursement; 4 weeks’ vacation; 80 hours of sick time; 12 paid holidays

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Food Science; Master’s degree preferred
• 1-3 years’ experience OR standout new grad
• Experience working in product development, applications, or technical sales
• Experience working in the food or beverage industry
• Consumer research and sensory analysis skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong presentation formatting and public speaking skills
• Organizational and time management skills
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Working knowledge of the following software programs: Microsoft Office, Excel, PowerPoint
• Willingness to travel 30%+ is a must
• If you’d like to hear more about this opportunity and others we are currently working on, please contact Kristine O’Sullivan at [email protected].
  
  

JO: 97.25KO