Principal Technical Service Account Manager (Principal Scientist)
About The Position
A Principal Technical Service Account Manager will provide technical support to new or existing customers to grow sales of Tate & Lyle ingredients. They will promote Tate & Lyle’s technical leadership position by ideating, formulating, manufacturing, and presenting new product ideas and technologies to existing and potential customers. This position will lead customer technical projects and provide technical expertise and support to develop high-quality, cost-effective solutions. This role requires a technical professional with 10+ years of experience in the food industry with deep technical knowledge of food industry, food systems, ingredient functionality, and processing across a broad range of food applications. Experience and knowledge of Soup, Sauce, Dressing and Meal products (formulating and processing) is required. The candidate must have strong communication and interpersonal skills and be comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with high-profile customers across a broad range of applications. The ability and willingness to be a self-starter and mentor others is expected. Contribution is measured through quality growth in the technical project pipeline, conversion of technical opportunities to sales and overall account growth. Willingness to travel up to 50%.
Requirements
- MS or BS in Food Science or other related field
- 10+ years of experience in the food industry.
- Food formulation experience and understanding of food systems and ingredient functionality required.
- Extensive industry experience including experience demonstrating leadership within the technical community
- Willingness to travel up to 50% (car and/or air)
Nice To Haves
- Experience and knowledge of Soup, Sauce, Dressing and Meal products (formulating and processing) is required.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with high-profile customers across a broad range of applications.
- Ability and willingness to be a self-starter and mentor others is expected.
Responsibilities
- Lead client users in formulating, troubleshooting and manufacturing a broad range of foods and beverages utilizing Tate & Lyle solutions
- Serve as technical advisor and subject matter expert on starches, hydrocolloids, sweeteners and fibers
- Utilize lab, pilot plant and commercial scale equipment to generate data and develop effective food ingredient solutions
- Execute scientific projects and contribute to internal and external technical networks
- Develop close working relationships with the technical community of new customers or existing customers. Identify, penetrate, and build relationships with key decision makers leading to new opportunities and projects.
- Work cross functionally within Tate & Lyle to ensure customer performance goals are met.
- Lead customer projects and provide technical expertise and support to develop high quality, cost-effective solutions.
- Partner with sales teams to build strong account plans and project pipeline by identifying and shaping new opportunities.
- Capture new technical leads/opportunities to build a strong project pipeline in CRM system. Independently review projects, growth, and ability to move projects through development stages.
- Responsible for understanding customer needs and using these insights to support solution design, pipeline development and technical strategies.
- Understand customer culture, capabilities, structures and processes utilizing these insights to support the development of fit for purpose solutions.
- Follow and share market intelligence and industry trends to contribute to solution development.
- Promote Tate & Lyle’s technical leadership position by presenting new product ideas and technologies to existing and potential customers.
- Support customers in using ingredients by leveraging understanding of Tate & Lyle’s ingredients portfolio and their applications.
- Create recognition for Tate & Lyle‘s ingredients/technologies by developing and fostering relationships within the industry.
- Build a strong and diverse internal network to be able to draw upon the right sources of expertise as required.
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, Vision coverages
- Paid time off package, including vacation, sick time, and 16 weeks of paid parental leave
- 401K with company match
- Company paid life insurance
- Lifestyle Spending Account
- Identity Theft protection
- Employee Assistance Program
- telemedicine
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
Associate degree
