Account Manager, Culinary

Are you ready to take your skills to the next level and make a real impact?

IFF is a global leader in flavors, fragrances, food ingredients and health & biosciences, we deliver sustainable innovations that elevate everyday products.

Taste: Crafting unique, technology-enabled flavor designs that define the identity of food and beverage brands, shape trends in flavor building and fuel market success.​

The role is based in Shanghai, China (hybrid role). Be part of a creative, solution-oriented team where together we can achieve greatness and make a real impact. Your potential is our inspiration.

Where You’ll Make a Difference

• Support in building knowledge of specific market, customer environment and specific customer activities, strategies, brands, markets, consumers via all available sources
• Build relationships with customer decision makers/influencers by holding regular meetings
• Develop understanding of customer decision making criteria
• Timely and accurately document customer visits and insights
• Communicate client supply chain objectives, processes, organization, scorecards to IFF Operations
• Consult with customer service on key customer supply issues and agree on  communication /implementation plan with support of line management for more complex issues/solutions

What Makes You the Right Fit

• Bachelor’s degree preferably in Business, Marketing, Sciences or Engineering
• 5+ Commercial or technical background from flavor, ingredient, processed meat, instant noodles or food additive industry.  
• China local account sales experience
• Broad Food & Beverage industry network
• Good verbal and written communication skills in English
• Willing to travel & customer visit

How Would You Stand Out?

• Ability to manage repetitive tasks efficiently
• Critical thinking

Why Choose Us?

• Professional onboarding process
• Training opportunities
• Learning and development programs

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 believe that your uniqueness unleashes our potential. 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.

Visit IFF.com/careers/workplace-diversity-and-inclusion to learn more