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Industry Manager: Food and Nutrition
The IMCD Group is a
global leader in sales, marketing and distribution of specialty chemicals and
ingredients. With a network of global locations and warehouses in EMEA, America
and the Asia-Pacific region, IMCD offers its partners tailor-made solutions for
supra-regional distribution management. With its headquarters in Rotterdam,
IMCD operates in more than 60 countries
advising leading global manufacturers with their outstanding expertise.
IMCD South Africa is
looking for an experienced Industry Manager who will play a crucial role in our
ambition to become more technically insights driven
and market/consumer, trends/customer focused. The Industry Manager will be
based at the IMCD ‘s Randburg office reporting
into the BU Director: Food and Nutrition.
Person Profile: Targeted Skills & Capabilities
The ideal candidate will:-
• Have a relevant tertiary qualificationin Food Technology with between 5 - 10 years relevant sales experience.
• Experience and knowledge of regulatory requirements in the food industry.
• In-depth knowledge of Food Ingredients.
• Excellent written and verbal
communication skills.
• Be resilient,
and able to multi-task and work under pressure.
• Be solution-focused.
• Have high independence and
self-motivation.
• Be a
team player – supporting colleagues when needed and working as part
of a team is essential to our success.
• Being highly numerate –
giving quotes, placing orders, preparing reports or working with
spreadsheets. Being able to spot discrepancies, working with
percentages and in general be comfortable working with numbers.
• Be computer literate.
• Experience in a
multinational company on operational level will be an advantage.
• Enjoy travel.
The position is responsible for:
• Distribution of food ingredients.
• Maintaining the existing customer base, as well as identifying new opportunities.
• Development and expansion of product segments with strategic importance
• Creation and submission of offers, including price responsibility.
• Independent processing of customer inquiries including complaints.
• Technical advice to customers on the development of formulations, including appropriate sampling.
• Market analysis of customers, products, competitors and application markets
• Report maintenance and documentation in the CRM system (Salesforce)
• Responsibility for budget and requirements planning.
• Collaboration and participation in trade fairs and customer seminars as sales promotion measures
• Stock Management: Working closely with Principal Managers to
ensure an optimal stock holding
Expected Qualification/Education:
Degree in Food Technology, Chemistry or one of the other sciences. An additional business degree would be an advantage but not essential. Alternatively candidates can bring a business degree with relevant deep industry knowledge.
Work Experience:
Ideally more between 5 - 10 years of work experience with increasing responsibility in a reputed food ingredients business. Multi sector experience is appreciated.
Primary Job Location:
275 Oak Avenue, Ferndale, Randburg, South Africa
Travel:
Regional to visit
customers as well as international to attend supplier training.
IMCD Offers
• A market related CTC salary with attractive benefits and working conditions.
• A corporate culture
that promotes performance and is based on partnership with flat hierarchies.
Closing date for applications: 22 April 2026. If you have not heard from us within 2 weeks after closing date, please consider your application unsuccessful.