Job Summary

Are you ready to take your skills to the next level and make a real impact? This role is for Saudi Nationals based in Riyadh KSA

IFF is a global leader in flavors, fragrances, food ingredients and health & biosciences, we deliver sustainable innovations that elevate everyday products.

Taste: Crafting unique, technology-enabled flavor designs that define the identity of food and beverage brands, shape trends in flavor building and fuel market success. Be part of a strategic, agile, and open-minded team where together we can achieve greatness and make a real impact. Your potential is our inspiration.

As an Account Executive you will receive and process customer orders, inquiries, and/or complaints covering items or products ordered. Maintain an ongoing relationship with select customers and sales staff.

This role is for Saudi Nationals based in Riyadh KSA

Where You’ll Make a Difference

•Support in building knowledge of specific market, customer environment and specific customer activities, strategies, brands, markets, consumers via all available sources
•Build relationships with customer decision makers/influencers by holding regular meetings
•Develop understanding of customer decision making criteria
•Timely and accurately document customer visits and insights
•Communicate client supply chain objectives, processes, organization, score
•Consult with customer service on key customer supply issues and agree on communication /implementation plan with support of line management for more complex issues/solutions
• Propose optimal working capital management (payment terms agreements, monthly awareness of AR status and support/intervene when required) with
Qualify business opportunities with input from Innovation, Creation and Design (IC&D) and Cost to Serve guidelines with support of line manager
• Promote bank/ product portfolio
•Provide detailed project insight (Customer/ Internal perspective) to the team in order to clearly define brief parameters and capture them in Project management system

What Makes You the Right Fit

• Bachelor’s degree preferably in Business, Marketing, Sciences or Engineering

• Ability to understand basic financial concepts/processes (pricing/margin/forecasting)

• Curiosity and passion with strong interests in sales, product development, consumers, and market understanding (Marketing/R&D/CI)

• Basic fragrance knowledge and olfactive skills. Where applicable, basic understanding of skin science and biology.

• Minimum 1-3 Years experience in sales, sales service, product development, account planning or marketing preferably fragrance, cosmetics, FMCG, flavors, chemical or ingredients industries

How Would You Stand Out?

Good communicator with negotiation and presentation skills
Ability to cross collaborate with internal & external teams
Self-driven with a track record for delivering results
Collaborative and demonstrated team player
Digital savvy with an ability to leverage online resources

Why Choose Us?

Professional onboarding process
Flexibility, agility in approach to project execution
Ability to work with multiple disciplines in a dynamic, global environment
Training opportunities
Learning and development programs from day one

We are a global leader in taste, scent, and nutrition, offering our customers a broader range of natural solutions and accelerating our growth strategy. At IFF, we believe that your uniqueness unleashes our potential. We value the diverse mosaic of the ethnicity, national origin, race, age, sex, or veteran status. We strive for an inclusive workplace that allows each of our colleagues to bring their authentic self to work regardless of their religion, gender identity & expression, sexual orientation, or disability.

Visit IFF.com/careers/workplace-diversity-and-inclusion to learn more

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