Senior Technical Manager - Health & Wellness - Erlanger, KY

Job Description

Senior Technical Manager – Health and Wellness – Food & Beverage – North America
Erlanger, KY or Cranbury, NJ

MAIN FUNCTION: Food and Beverage Creative, Design, and Development (CD&D) technical support for Microbiome Solutions and other functional ingredients in the Health and Wellness (H&W) portfolio. Product Development and project management experience for the North American Food & Beverage (F&B) market Segment. Be the technical representative on the CD&D Leadership H&W team to support the strategy and business plans to meet growth targets.

KEY SKILLS & COMPETENCIES:

• Product Development Skills with four (4) of more years of experience in food and beverage product development and process know-how, knowledge on functional ingredients especially probiotics, prebiotics and postbiotics.
• Sales talent/experience technical to technical
• Collaboration – The position requires excellence in project management, problem-solving, and interpersonal skills with cross-functional teams.
• Communication – The position requires well developed communication skills, ability to communicate at all levels and good presentation skills
• Market Experience – able to demonstrate knowledge and technical understanding of different food and beverage market segments
• Travel – 15-20% primarily domestic travel

• Member of the H&W team to help support strategic business, product, and account development plans to grow the business
• Identify and solve technical gaps in the use H&W portfolio ingredients commercially
• Oversee the customer projects and provide technical expertise in development, scale-up and commercialization
• Participate on NA H&W food and beverage projects as a technical expert
• Support the integration of H&W portfolio in the Nutrition team and drive commercial differentiation
• Provide input into the development and optimization of processes and best practices in all areas related to ingredient application in different formats
• Develop prototypes with H&W ingredients and analyze the ingredient compatibility
• Work on new format development and innovation projects proactively with extended CD&D teams
• Develop customer relationships and opportunities that yield sales growth in the H&W F&B category
• Track customer project trials and results, and update data to key stake-holders
• Collaborate with H&W sales teams to engage new opportunities for build the pipeline.

• Science Degree or higher (chemistry /Food Science/ Food Technology/ Nutrition preferred) at a reputable educational establishment
• Four (4) or more  years of product development experience with ability to develop functional food and beverages (fermentations, probiotics, botanicals etc.).. alternatively comparable sales and marketing experience within this segment,
• Good knowledge of food and beverage manufacturing processes and ideally enumeration methods.
• Good team building and communication skills
• Highly developed project management skills including a working knowledge of Microsoft office (Excel, PPT, WORD etc.)

City

Erlanger

State

KY - Kentucky

Location Country

United States

About ADM

At ADM, we unlock the power of nature to provide access to nutrition worldwide. With industry-advancing innovations, a complete portfolio of ingredients and solutions to meet any taste, and a commitment to sustainability, we give customers an edge in solving the nutritional challenges of today and tomorrow. We’re a global leader in human and animal nutrition and the world’s premier agricultural origination and processing company. Our breadth, depth, insights, facilities and logistical expertise give us unparalleled capabilities to meet needs for food, beverages, health and wellness, and more. From the seed of the id