
Account Manager, Taste
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Ensure financial targets are met and business performance is constantly monitored and reported; develop and maintain sustainable relationships with internal and external customers; prepare account plan and report relevant market information; collaborate with internal departments to explore innovations and new concepts related to customers’ products and on-going projects; monitor market development in terms of competitors, products, and trends; partner with operation team to ensure customer satisfaction in terms of service, quality, and supply.How you will contribute and lead:
- Understand specific market and customer ecosystem including activities, strategies, brands, markets, consumers via different sources
- Develop multi-level cross-functional customer relationships with key customer decision makers/influencers
- Contribute/lead commercial negotiation(e.g., core listing, annual pricing, payment terms, rebates/cost savings agreements, supply contracts)
- Maximize potential advantage to IFF while delivering optimal solutions to customer (GP improvement, catalogue optimization, complexity reduction, etc.)
- Ensure customer supply chain requirements, processes and KPIs are well communicated to IFF Operations to ensure we meet customer needs
- Understand customer regulatory requirements/changes and update data to GRA and input to project management system
- Acts as the main customer point of contact in all matters
- Demonstrate IFF Culture Principles and live our values
- Influencing stakeholders to align on shared objectives
- Lead projects through effective communication, and collaboration with key external and internal stakeholders(CI/Marketing/Creative Teams/formulation etc.)
- Ensure objectives are aligned to the business and personal development plans are in place
- Develop commercial strategy for allocated customer portfolio
- Build and execute account plans successfully
- Define and suggest the required account resources, investment, and relevant service model to support the account
- Effectively communicate the account plans with stakeholders including internal and external team members
- Conduct retrospective reviews on projects wins and losses
- Influence customer brief definition to IFF’s advantage
- Liaise with Global/Regional/Category stakeholders on overall plan, strategy, and deliverables
- Evaluate and decide on final submissions with Scent Design Group and Creative teams
- Effectively promote the most appropriate IFF product solutions / portfolio aligned with the brief
- Prepare presentation materials and staging submissions with stakeholders that maximizes IFF commercial advantage and resources
- Defend and grow accounts whilst actively scouting for new customers, transforming leads into profitable business opportunities
- Accurately forecast and update sales forecast tool (SFT) to capture performance vs budget, business risk & opportunities, new wins
- Monitor & Provide Account sales performance (monthly / quarterly / annually) and provide strategic project updates to Manager
Experience:
- Approximately 3-5 years of experience in sales, sales service, product development, or marketing preferably fragrance, cosmetics, FMCG, flavors, chemical or ingredients industries
- Strong track record at a similar level with a passion to succeed in commercial
- Customer centric with B2B management experience
- Analytical with the ability to deal with financial concepts/processes(pricing/margin/forecasting)
- Strong interests in product development, consumers, and market understanding(Marketing/R&D/CI)
- Sound fragrance knowledge and olfactive skills or skin care and biochemistry knowledge, where applicable
- Creative and innovative thinking
- Project management with effective collaboration and orchestration skills
- Strong communication, presentation, storytelling, and negotiation skills
- Understanding of digital marketing and ecommerce environment
- Effective business English with a global mindset and ability to work with different cultures
- Digital savvy with an ability to leverage online resources
- Ability to gather and leverage competitive market intelligence
Ensure financial targets are met and business performance is constantly monitored and reported; develop and maintain sustainable relationships with internal and external customers; prepare account plan and report relevant market information; collaborate with internal departments to explore innovations and new concepts related to customers’ products and on-going projects; monitor market development in terms of competitors, products, and trends; partner with operation team to ensure customer satisfaction in terms of service, quality, and supply.How you will contribute and lead:
- Understand specific market and customer ecosystem including activities, strategies, brands, markets, consumers via different sources
- Develop multi-level cross-functional customer relationships with key customer decision makers/influencers
- Contribute/lead commercial negotiation(e.g., core listing, annual pricing, payment terms, rebates/cost savings agreements, supply contracts)
- Maximize potential advantage to IFF while delivering optimal solutions to customer (GP improvement, catalogue optimization, complexity reduction, etc.)
- Ensure customer supply chain requirements, processes and KPIs are well communicated to IFF Operations to ensure we meet customer needs
- Understand customer regulatory requirements/changes and update data to GRA and input to project management system
- Acts as the main customer point of contact in all matters
- Demonstrate IFF Culture Principles and live our values
- Influencing stakeholders to align on shared objectives
- Lead projects through effective communication, and collaboration with key external and internal stakeholders(CI/Marketing/Creative Teams/formulation etc.)
- Ensure objectives are aligned to the business and personal development plans are in place
- Develop commercial strategy for allocated customer portfolio
- Build and execute account plans successfully
- Define and suggest the required account resources, investment, and relevant service model to support the account
- Effectively communicate the account plans with stakeholders including internal and external team members
- Conduct retrospective reviews on projects wins and losses
- Influence customer brief definition to IFF’s advantage
- Liaise with Global/Regional/Category stakeholders on overall plan, strategy, and deliverables
- Evaluate and decide on final submissions with Scent Design Group and Creative teams
- Effectively promote the most appropriate IFF product solutions / portfolio aligned with the brief
- Prepare presentation materials and staging submissions with stakeholders that maximizes IFF commercial advantage and resources
- Defend and grow accounts whilst actively scouting for new customers, transforming leads into profitable business opportunities
- Accurately forecast and update sales forecast tool (SFT) to capture performance vs budget, business risk & opportunities, new wins
- Monitor & Provide Account sales performance (monthly / quarterly / annually) and provide strategic project updates to Manager
Experience:
- Approximately 3-5 years of experience in sales, sales service, product development, or marketing preferably fragrance, cosmetics, FMCG, flavors, chemical or ingredients industries
- Strong track record at a similar level with a passion to succeed in commercial
- Customer centric with B2B management experience
- Analytical with the ability to deal with financial concepts/processes(pricing/margin/forecasting)
- Strong interests in product development, consumers, and market understanding(Marketing/R&D/CI)
- Sound fragrance knowledge and olfactive skills or skin care and biochemistry knowledge, where applicable
- Creative and innovative thinking
- Project management with effective collaboration and orchestration skills
- Strong communication, presentation, storytelling, and negotiation skills
- Understanding of digital marketing and ecommerce environment
- Effective business English with a global mindset and ability to work with different cultures
- Digital savvy with an ability to leverage online resources
- Ability to gather and leverage competitive market intelligence