Food Applications Manager
- New Jersey
- Permanent
- Full-time
We are an international leading company for functional ingredients for humans and animals. Our production sites are located in Germany, Belgium, Chile and Italy. We market our products in over 75 countries with an international sales Network. BENEO is a member of the Südzucker Group.
Your Tasks
- Oversee regional food application center, including equipment and ingredient management
- Leverage creativity and food science to drive innovation in concept development and technical support
- Provide technical information and advice to customer inquiries, sales and sales network partners with regards to the use of BENEO ingredients in food applications (presentations, application files, recipes) in line with product line strategy in order to build trust and more understanding of the ingredients.
- Provide technical training on applications and lead technical discussions to internal and external customers in order to keep them updated on BENEO ingredients and share knowledge on information related to the applications.
- Follow up on technical customer meetings and projects, to ensure these are delivered within time, quality objectives and expectations.
- Investigate, analyze and solve application problems at (existing) customers, in order to provide the correct solution and increase client satisfaction.
- Surface and communicate relevant information to relevant stakeholders (e.g. reporting on new trends and technologies, inputs/ideas for new applications, reporting to Sales/Commercial on independent communications with the customer).
- Application specialist: Transfer technical data from BTC-CRDS and communicate this to internal and external customers, using understandable technical presentations, recipes, application files, in line with product line strategy.
Your Profile
Education, Experience, Skills and Competencies
Thinking Level and/or Experience required for the role:
- Bachelor or Master (food science, engineering, or related)
- 1-2 years of experience
Technical Skills (including language(s)) required for the role:
- English spoken and written
- Creative and hands on
- Organization & planning
- Highly developed problem solving attitude
- Able to simplify scientific language for broader understanding
- Customer oriented
- Team Player
- Profit oriented
- Diplomatic but decisive
- Initiative
- Responsible
- Role modelling the BENEO Values of Care, Inspiration, and Improvement
We Offer
- Interesting tasks and responsibilities in a growing Business environment
- Attractive pay scheme and benefits
- Open communication and flat hierarchies
- Value-driven company culture
Interested?
If you are interested we appreciate your online application. For more information please contact:
Jamie Matthews
phone: