Senior Customer Innovation Manager

AAK

  • Malmö
  • Permanent
  • Heltid
  • 3 dagar sedan
Senior CI Manager, CCFOur story goes back more than 150 years, to the chilly southern coast of Scandinavia. From our early success in Sweden and Denmark, we've grown into the world's leading specialist producer of plant-based oils, employing more than 4,000 people all across the globe.We work with our customers to make the products you love even better. The oils we produce go into making your chocolate extra-creamy or putting the crunch into your croissant. And it's not just food - we work across industries to make products that are higher quality, healthier and better for the planet.Everything we do is about Making Better Happen™.Responsibilities
  • Support business by driving pre- and post-sales support for selected customers in chocolate&
confectionery industry.
  • Reaching targets by identifying, initiating, managing and implementing customer co-development projects
according to customer needs and AAK strategy.
  • Support sales in finding new opportunities in selected markets, making market plans and Account Plans.
  • Visit and meet customers when needed to identify needs and build up relations.
  • Technical specialist for selected customers to provide solution implementation, trouble shooting, claims,
product specifications, questionnaires and other technical issues when needed.
  • Manage customer innovation days and develops selected pro-active concepts and kit-sets to drive new
customer opportunities.
  • Manages the documentation of technical data for knowledge sharing and reuses relevant data on products
and solutions.About you
  • A bachelor's or master's degree in food science, engineering, chemistry or related field.
  • Min 5 years' experiences in chocolate& confectionery R&D from food ingredients companies (B2B) or B2C,
have good experience on chocolate& confectionery area.
  • Familiar with production process, value-adding solutions developing experience with chocolate&
confectionery products.
  • Strong customer co-development sense to provide technical support.
  • Extrovert and be able to work independently and multiple innovation handling experience, demonstrate.
multi-work handling capability.
  • Proven project management capability.
  • Willingness to travel frequently as required by the role.
  • Good communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Good team player with problem solving skills.
  • Good oral and written English skill.
About AAKEverything AAK does is about Making Better Happen™. We specialize in plant-based oils that are the value-adding ingredients in many of the products people love to consume. We make these products better tasting, healthier, and more sustainable. At the heart of AAK's offer is Customer Co-Development, combining our desire to understand what better means for each customer, with the unique flexibility of our production assets, and a deep knowledge of many products and industries, including Chocolate & Confectionery, Bakery, Dairy, Plant-based Foods, Special Nutrition, Foodservice and Personal Care. Our 4,000 employees support our close collaboration with customers through 25 regional sales offices, 15 dedicated Customer Innovation Centers, and with the support of more than 20 production facilities. Listed on Nasdaq Stockholm and with our headquarters in Malmö, Sweden, AAK has been Making Better Happen™ for more than 150 years.AAK prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, religion, veteran status, and any other class of individuals protected from discrimination under state or federal law in any aspect of the access to, admission, or treatment of students in its programs and activities, or in employment and application for employment.

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