Sales Manager/Key Account Manager

  • Job Position : Sales Manager
  • Location : North America
  • Expiry Date : June 1, 2024

Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature.

Together, with our customers, we deliver food innovations, craft inspired fragrances, natural colours 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.

At Sense Colour we develop, market and produce a wide array of colour solutions from our 17 colour manufacturing sites globally. Stretch your skills, create and get inspiration from passionate colleagues. Every day, your energy, your thirst for knowledge, and your creativity will shape our future, making a positive difference on billions of people. Every colour sale enhances the visual appeal for food and beverages. We are Givaudan. Human by nature.

Our comprehensive knowledge of natural colours, global footprint and strategic insights ensure close partnerships with our customers. With a customized approach to product creation, recent strategic alignment, and the launch of our 2025 strategy, the Sense Colour Taste and Wellbeing Division is a powerhouse of knowledge, innovation, and creativity equipped to surprise customers and consumers with fresh, unique ideas and solutions. We create natural colour experiences that touch emotions across segments including beverages, sweet goods, savory and snacks, and food service.

Ensures that our customer strategy is executed and successfully achieved through effective leadership of direct customer sales

 You?

Located in Louisville, KY.

  • Supports our Vision in their daily actions and decisions
  • Sales Revenue:  Is responsible for developing revenue and maximum profit from selling activities by winning new business and growing existing business.
  • Builds strong relationships with target customers across their functions both individually and in collaboration with other DDW functions – principally S&I and Marketing.
  • Accountable for pricing decisions as well as maintain agreed upon service levels across our customer base.  Dealing with any issues effectively as they arise.
  • Follows our customer segmentation strategy for guidance when planning their sales activities.  This plan should align with the basic sales objectives and policies established by the Regional Sales Director
  • Expected to make proposals around new ideas designed to improve the revenue and profitability of their account base
  • Self-Development:  participates in relevant, continuing self-development, education and training designed to improve their performance and promotability
  • Performance Evaluation: evaluates the performance of their customer base and any partners/distributors under their supervision considering established standards, taking into consideration particular marketing conditions prevailing in individual areas.  Initiates corrective action as necessary.  Recommends improvements where performance is unsatisfactory
  • Expected to research, plan and execute strategies to engage our key customers and uncover new sales opportunities

Benefits include health, dental, vision, paid holidays, vacation, 401K, paid life insurance, short term medical, long term medical, and tuition assistance.

At Givaudan, you contribute to delightful colour, 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.

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