Vice President, Beverage BU

Symrise • Teterboro, NJ

20d

About The Position

The Vice President, Beverage BU is responsible for developing the North American Beverage Category Strategy and business, as well as ensuring the efficient and effective operation of the Beverage Applications Group. The role also oversees and coordinates development with the Califormulations Georgia team, drives the core listing process with Sales, negotiates favorable terms, and interfaces with Legal.

The position develops three-to-five-year category strategies and annual operating plans to meet divisional sales and margin objectives. It works with Sales, Technical, Naturals, Marketing, Innovations, and Category Management to execute plans and project pipelines, meet financial targets, prioritize resources, and achieve customer expectations for time, delivery, and cost. The role maintains a strong understanding of consumers, customer brands and strategies, and application and technology interactions, and provides senior management with updates on progress, barriers, and market dynamics.

The Vice President provides direction and management for the Beverage Applications Group, including team supervision, customer tastings and briefings, sample submissions, creative direction, skills development, and training. The role collaborates locally and globally with R&T to bring innovative flavor, ingredient, and non-flavor taste solutions to market, and supports the Global PADT training program.

Working with Sales, the role participates in customer presentations, negotiations, account planning, marketing initiatives, relationship management, and the development of new sales opportunities. It builds relationships with key client decision makers and positions Symrise with targeted brand, technical, and innovation managers. The position also coordinates with Califormulations teams in Laguna Beach, California, and Columbus, Georgia, to refine go-to-market strategies and drive the establishment of a Global Center of Excellence for Alcohol in Califormulations Georgia.

Requirements

• A bachelor's degree in Food Science, Chemistry, Engineering, Business, or an equivalent field is required.
• At least five years of commercial or business experience.
• Strong category understanding, including consumers, customer brands and strategies, and application and technology interactions.
• A leading role in the direction, development, and management of an applications group.

Nice To Haves

• A master's degree in Food Science, an MBA in Business, or higher is preferred.
• Ten or more years of experience in the flavor or food ingredient business is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop three-to-five-year category strategies and annual operating plans to meet divisional sales and margin objectives.
• Execute category plans with Sales, Technical, Naturals, Marketing, and Innovations, ensuring financial targets are met.
• Provide senior management updates on progress, barriers to success, and market dynamics affecting the category plan.
• Develop and maintain superior understanding of consumers, customer brands and strategies, and application and technology interactions.
• Work with Marketing and Technical to develop and execute customer-, consumer-, and brand-relevant go-to-market presentations that support successful submissions and differentiate Symrise from competitors.
• Direct, develop, and manage the Beverage Applications Group, including supervision, advice, creative direction, and development of team skills and training.
• Participate in tastings, customer briefings, and sample submissions, and provide creative ideas and direction for winning submissions across the Taste, Nutrition & Health platform.
• Collaborate with local and global R&T to bring innovative flavor, ingredient, and non-flavor taste solutions to market.
• Work with Category Management to prioritize workflow and maximize resource deployment and project success.
• Ensure customer expectations for time, delivery, and cost are met or exceeded and project management processes operate efficiently.
• Engage globally with counterparts and develop or support the Global PADT training program.
• Work with Sales on key reactive and proactive account activities, including customer presentations, negotiations, marketing initiatives, relationship management, and account plans.
• Help shape and define new sales opportunities and interface with key client decision makers and targeted brand, technical, and innovation managers.
• Drive the core listing process with Sales, negotiate favorable terms, and interface with Legal.
• Coordinate with Califormulations teams in Laguna Beach, California, and Columbus, Georgia, to develop and refine go-to-market strategies.
• Drive establishment of a Global Center of Excellence for Alcohol in Califormulations Georgia.

Benefits

• Opportunity to develop a career in an open and transparent culture.
• A discretionary annual bonus may be available based on individual and company performance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive