Sales Leader, Nutrition & Plant Base (Nutrition)

Location: Hybrid role based in Shanghai Hongqiao, China

Company

hirify.global is a global provider of flavors, fragrances, food ingredients, and health and biosciences solutions, with this position belonging to the Food Ingredients business unit.

What you will do

• Achieve individual and team sales targets for selected accounts.
• Identify customer needs, develop opportunities for new and existing products, and present market trends, analysis, cost benefits, and brand-enhancement cases.
• Establish and execute account-management strategies, forecasting, planning, and budgeting.
• Lead projects involving internal and external stakeholders, including commercial, marketing, creative, and formulation teams, while meeting customer requirements and deadlines.
• Manage supplier-customer relationships, resolve commercial issues, prepare sales reports and account analyses, and drive business growth.
• Manage, mentor, onboard, and coach junior team members and peers.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Microbiology, Biotechnology, or a relevant field.
• More than 8 years of industry-related experience, including at least 3 years in a sales or commercial manager role and 3 years of people-management experience.
• Strong leadership, coordination, project-management, communication, interpersonal, and influencing skills.
• Marketing knowledge and the ability to drive and rally cross-functional teams.
• Strategic vision, innovative thinking, business acumen, and the ability to manage sales-team performance and implement best sales practices.
• Strong proficiency in financial concepts and processes, including pricing, margin, forecasting, and cash flow.
• Ability to create and nurture senior-level relationships and develop growth opportunities.
• Fluent written and spoken English.

Nice to have

• Expertise in nutrition or food-ingredient products and knowledge of market trends.
• Creative approaches to complex challenges focused on impactful outcomes.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid working in an international environment.
• Collaborative, open-minded, and dynamic workplace.
• Culture that supports innovation and ongoing learning.
• The Food Ingredients business unit is expected to transition to CVC Capital Partners after the planned sale closes, subject to regulatory approvals and other closing conditions.