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Account Manager - Taste

Account Manager - Taste

DSM-FirmenichZA
4 days ago
Job description

Job title : Account Manager - Taste

Job Location : South Africa,

Deadline : October 24, 2025

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  • Join us as an Account Manager – Technical Sales and become the strategic force behind growing key client partnerships in the world of perfumery, flavors, and ingredients. At dsm-firmenich, you’ll drive impactful projects, shape the future of taste, and sell with purpose. If you’re passionate about innovation, relationships, and results — this is your moment.

Your key responsibilities

  • Define account objectives and develop commercial strategies to achieve sales and profitability targets
  • Build and maintain strong client relationships to secure briefs for profitable projects
  • Identify business opportunities and competitive dynamics, and translate insights into actionable plans
  • Lead client projects by translating needs into internal briefs for creation and development teams
  • Ensure accurate and up-to-date commercial documentation and data management
  • Develop annual sales budgets, monitor performance, and contribute to quarterly sales forecasts

    • We offer

  • Unique career paths across perfumery, flavors and ingredients- explore what drives you and get the support to shape the future of taste
  • A science led company, cutting edge research and creativity everywhere – you’ll work on what’s next
  • Growth that keeps up with you – you join an industry leader that will develop your expertise and leadership
  • A culture that lifts you up – with collaborative teams, shared wins, and people who cheer each other on.
  • Customer-first approach, turning ideas into impactful solutions

    • You bring

  • A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Economics, Science, or a related field
  • 3–5 years of experience in flavor, fragrance, or ingredient sales, ideally within the FMCG industry
  • Strong relationship-building and negotiation skills, with the ability to position dsm-firmenich as a key business partner
  • Passion for products and deep knowledge of market, consumer behavior, and technical applications
  • Strategic thinking and the ability to define and implement action plans based on business opportunities and success factors
  • A collaborative mindset and ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams including creation, development, and support
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