Technical Service Representative Bakery
| Company | International Flavors & Fragrances |
|---|---|
| Location | Olathe, KS, USA |
| Salary | $Not Provided – $Not Provided |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | |
| Experience Level | Mid Level, Senior |
Requirements
- AIB graduate or Industry experience equivalent.
- Extensive Wholesale Baking with Management experience with an operations background in large wholesale industrial bakeries.
- Excellent comprehension regarding ingredient functionality, large scale automated baking processes, to include sweet goods, bread, and rolls.
- Excellent process problem solving, and formulation trouble shooting skills.
- Must be a self-starter with excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to travel extensively up to 75%.
- Must be competent in Word, Excel, and Outlook.
Responsibilities
- Identifying and developing new opportunities at customer locations
- Having a desire to develop positive business relationships with customers
- Working closely with all bakery account managers to execute on customer account plans
- Ability to interact/collaborate with customer’s management team to drive positive results
- Communicating effectively with all other team members on the IFF bakery industry team
- Assisting the IFF R&D team with testing and development of new technologies and providing feedback of how those technologies will perform in large scale bakeries
- Serving on internal customer teams to collaborate on risk and opportunities
- Driving sales growth through testing and demonstrating IFF products at customer sites
- Reviewing formulation and processes in wholesale bakeries and provide technical solutions to the problems customers may be facing
- Participating in plant start-ups that may require up to two weeks of continuous travel
- Providing business insights
- All other duties that may be required
Preferred Qualifications
- Bilingual is a plus.