Your Role and Responsibilities
Job Summary:
TDM will be primarily responsible for developing and growing the commercialization for components including excipients and active nutraceutical ingredients (ANIs) into the North American Nutraceutical industry.
Essential Job Functions/Responsibilities:
- Work with Brenntag's strategic supplier partners to learn their product portfolio, and understand the key technical attributes as it relates to their applications in supplements
- Work with Product and Industry Market Managers to identify and strategize entry into the potential target accounts in the geographies assigned.
- Meet customers with the commercial sales team weekly and engage with customer including their R&D, Marketing and/or Innovation teams to define customer's needs for portfolio development, innovation or solutions at the technical level.
- Engage with supplier partners and suggest best solutions to the customer.
- Engage with Food and Pharma innovation & applications labs to accelerate customer projects
- Follow up with the customers to drive the project and ensure successful commercialization of the products in scope
- Attend product trainings and extend training to the field account managers in their assigned regions as necessary
- Analyze existing portfolio for white spots and work with IMM team to find and develop supplier partners
Other Functions/Responsibilities:
- Conduct all functions of business with safety as the top priority
- Work with Management on organizational priorities, goals, and objectives
- Participate in all periodic team meetings and communicates activities for action/follow-up/execution as necessary
- Attend internal and external training sessions for continued development of product and industry knowledge
Required Skills/Abilities:
- Self-motivated and task oriented
- Logical, critical thinker with an inquisitive and strategic mind
- Proficiency in written and verbal communication
- Team player with collaborative and engaging work style
- Able to present ideas and solution concepts to colleagues, customers, as well as large industry audiences
Minimum qualifications:
- BS or MS in chemistry or related field.
- Min 10 years' experience in nutraceutical product development and or technical sales
- Understanding of commercial activities of customers as well unit operations and unit processes in various end applications including tablets, gummies, capsules, powders and lozenges products
Additional essential attributes:
- Well versed with current market trends and key players in the nutraceutical health industry
- Aware of the regulatory landscape as it related to nutraceutical products in North America
- Deep understanding of functional ingredient distribution in the nutraceutical health industry
Computer Skills:
- Functional knowledge of word processors, database software, sales tools, spreadsheets, presentation modules
Travel:
- Requires up to 25% travel in the assigned territory, as needed
Our Offer
We aim to create an environment where the best people want to work, where they can turn their passion into their job and realize their full potential.