About the Role
As an Account Manager at IFF, a global leader in flavors, fragrances, food ingredients, and health & biosciences, you will support sales growth initiatives and serve as a trusted advisor to customers. This role is crucial for driving sustainable innovations and elevating everyday products.
Responsibilities
- Support building knowledge of specific market, customer environment, and customer activities, strategies, brands, markets, and consumers.
- Drive sustainable profitable sales and market share growth by identifying customer needs, opportunities, and risks.
- Build long-term customer relationships and deliver solutions aligned with corporate strategy.
- Develop an understanding of customer decision-making criteria.
- Collaborate with colleagues to understand customer regulatory requirements and changes.
- Lead strategic commercial negotiations, including annual pricing, payment terms, rebate/cost savings, and supply agreements.
- Communicate account plans and engage with internal stakeholders.
- Manage reactive and proactive customer projects pipelines, including country and consumer studies.
Requirements
- Minimum 5 years of experience in the Fragrance industry.
- Experience working with international, cross-cultural, and cross-functional teams.
Skills
- Open minded
- Strong agility
- Courage
- Ability to deliver in a fast-paced environment
- Ability to deliver under pressure
- Commercial mindset
- Bottom line oriented
- Team player
- Ability to motivate others towards a common goal
- Excellent influencing skills across all levels within the organization
Location
- London, United Kingdom
Work Type
- Home office opportunity
Experience Level
- Minimum 5 years
Benefits
- Training opportunities
- Learning and development programs
About the Company
- IFF is a global leader in flavors, fragrances, food ingredients, and health & biosciences.
- We deliver sustainable innovations that elevate everyday products.
- We are a global leader in taste, scent, and nutrition, offering our customers a broader range of natural solutions and accelerating our growth strategy.
- At IFF, we make joy through science, creativity and heart.
- As the global leader in flavors, fragrances, food ingredients, health and biosciences, we deliver groundbreaking, sustainable innovations that elevate everyday products – advancing wellness, delighting the senses and enhancing the human experience.
Equal Opportunity
- We value the diverse mosaic of the ethnicity, national origin, race, age, sex, or veteran status.
- We strive for an inclusive workplace that allows each of our colleagues to bring their authentic self to work regardless of their religion, gender identity & expression, sexual orientation, or disability.
- We value an inclusive, creative workplace where all individuals can thrive and do their best work.
- We consider all qualified candidates equally and based on merit, without regard to religion, ethnicity, national origin, race, age, veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation or disability.
