Technical Sales Specialist

What we ask

What You Bring

• Bachelors degree in Food Technology, Food Engineering, Nutrition, or related field
• 10+ years of experience in food technology, applications, technical sales, or product development
• Strong technical expertise in dairy proteins and functional ingredients (e.g., proteins, hydrolysates, GOS/fibers)
• Knowledge of Adult Nutrition In Performance and Active nutrition markets
• Ability to combine scientific credibility with a commercial, customer-focused mindset
• Strong communication, influencing, and stakeholder management skills
• Comfortable operating independently while collaborating across global teams
• Willingness to travel approximately 30%

What we offer

How We Work

Trust & Autonomy
We trust your expertise and empower you to make an impact.

Authenticity & Purpose
We believe staying true to who you are helps unlock your full potential.

Balance & Flexibility
Hybrid working, flexible schedules, and respect for what matters outside of work.

Growth & Initiative
Your ideas matter. We encourage experimentation, ownership, and continuous learning.

Vacancy description

Technical & Commercial Partnership

• Provide first-line technical and application support to customers and sales teams
• Translate customer needs into ingredient solutions, product concepts, and innovation opportunities
• Prepare and participate in customer visits, offering expert guidance on formulations, specifications, and performance
• Deliver technical presentations, trainings, and product education internally and externally

Growth & Innovation

• Support the landing of new protein innovations and expansion of existing ingredients in the regional market
• Actively contribute to the end-to-end innovation process by sharing market insights with Marketing, Product Management, and R&D
• Help shape regional value propositions and train sales teams on technical and application benefits
• Challenge incoming leads, generate new opportunities, and support pipeline development using value-based selling principles

Market & Knowledge Leadership

• Monitor and interpret market trends, customer needs, competitor activity, and regulatory developments
• Convert insights into actionable product, application, and innovation ideas
• Serve as a regional knowledge hub and ensure learnings are shared with global teams

Stakeholder & Relationship Management

• Build trusted relationships with key customer contacts
• Collaborate closely with Sales, Applications, Regulatory, QA, Supply Chain, and global Technical Service teams
• Ensure regional needs are represented in global application and innovation roadmaps
• Track customer projects and opportunities using Salesforce