Job Description

Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with passion and creativity, we deliver food innovations, craft inspired fragrances and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions. There's much to learn and many to learn from, with more than 16,000 employees around the world to explore ideas and ambitions with. Every day, your talent, your innovative spirit, and your determination will shape our future, making a positive difference on billions of people. Every essence of you enriches our world. We are Givaudan. Human by nature.
Sales Manager (Chandigarh) - Your future position?
Join Givaudan's South Asia Taste and Wellbeing team as a Sales Manager based in Chandigarh. In this role, you will focus on building strong relationships with distributors and food and pharmaceutical customers. You will be responsible for developing strategic initiatives to support and grow our flavors business in the assigned market, leveraging your expertise to drive success and foster long-term partnerships. You will be reporting to the Regional Sales Manager (SAMEA).
Sounds interesting? In this exciting role you also will be responsible in:

• Achieve monthly, quarterly, and annual sales targets for Givaudan in this individual contributor role.
• Build and maintain enduring relationships with key customers and distributors; conduct visits to existing clients and identify new opportunities through business reviews, negotiations, and product presentations.
• Provide regular updates to management on opportunities for Givaudan Taste & Wellbeing within the assigned territory, leveraging connections with R&D, manufacturing, procurement, QC/QA, and finance.
• Develop comprehensive account development plans that outline customer strategies and requirements, while maintaining a robust project pipeline with insights into key projects and their likelihood of success.
• Manage customer orders and service levels, negotiating prices in accordance with established sales policies.
• Maintain and update customer data, product portfolios, pricing, delivery terms, and payment conditions in the relevant database; follow up with clients on outstanding and overdue payments.

You?
Are you someone who wants to grow and shape your own world? Who needs a new challenge and bring excellent contribution to the company? Then come and join us - and impact your world.
Your professional profile includes:

• MBA in Business Management, Marketing, or relevant with Bachelor's Degree in Food Science, Food Technology, or related field.
• 8 to 12 years of relevant experience in B2B sales within the Flavours or Food industry.
• Strong knowledge of the Flavour & Food industries, with in-depth understanding of products and applications.
• Technical and commercial expertise related to flavours and their end-use applications, along with a solid grasp of market dynamics and consumer needs.
• Experience managing sales in the Chandigarh market is advantageous but not mandatory.
• Proven ability to build strong customer relationships and drive profitable growth in a competitive market environment.
• High learning agility and adaptability.
• Great business development skills to multifold the business.
• Strong independence, decision-making skills and proactiveness.
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills, coupled with tech-savvy skills too.
• Willingness and ability to travel frequently between Chandigarh and Gurgaon (approximately 50% of the time).

Our Benefits

• Attractive package with benefits.
• Excellent opportunities for progressive learning and development.
• A creative team environment that will inspire you.
• Comprehensive healthcare and retirement plan.

#LI-Onsite
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At Givaudan, you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch people's lives.
You work within an inspiring teamwork culture - where you can thrive, collaborate and learn from other talented and passionate people across disciplines, regions and divisions.
Every essence of you enriches our world.
Diversity drives innovation and creates closer connections with our employees, customers and partners.
Givaudan embraces diversity and is committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone impacts our world.
Remote working: On-site
At Givaudan, you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch people's lives.
You work within an inspiring teamwork culture - where you can thrive, collaborate and learn from other talented and passionate people across disciplines, regions and divisions.
Join us and Impact Your World
Diversity drives innovation and creates closer connections with our employees, customers and partners.
Givaudan embraces diversity and is committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone impacts our world.

Skills Required