Technical Developer - Distribution

Job description

Roquette is a family-owned global leader in plant-based ingredients, a pioneer of plant proteins and a leading provider of pharmaceutical excipients.

What makes us proud?

Using plant-based resources, we collaborate with our customers and partners to imagine and offer ingredients to better feed people and treat patients.

Each of our ingredients responds to unique and essential needs, and they enable healthier lifestyles.

Technical Developer

What We Need

We are looking for a Technical Business Developer to support Food distribution growth, through technical support, training, and collaboration with our preferred distributors.

What We Offer

·  Enjoy a highly collaborative team environment with ample room for exponential career growth.
·  Competitive pay, annual performance bonus, comprehensive benefits, 6.2% company retirement contribution, and professional development opportunities.
·  Generous paid time off and 12 annual paid company holidays.
·  12 weeks 100% paid maternity leave, and up to 4 weeks 100% paid parental leave (including adoption/surrogacy/foster care leave) for non-birthing parents. Student loan repayment assistance and tuition reimbursement program.
·  Annual wellness benefit and wellness centered programs focused on your health needs.

What You'll Do

·  Lead technical support for the Americas Distributors, collaborate closely with Americas Distribution team and regional commercial team, lead with a strong technical knowledge and go-to market approach.
·  Ensure technical competencies of our preferred distributors, defining and leading technical training to the Americas Distributors; closely collaborate with the regional application team.
·  Lead, participate, and define the technical action/ go-to market plan linked to Roquette’s global commercial Distribution strategy: Lead, nourish and grow the technical relationship with the Distributors in the Americas Region.
·  Identify new project opportunities through relationship building, networking, educational opportunities (like Lunch and Learns), trade shows and training events. Support and grow the Distribution Sales Funnel
·  Ensure the technical competencies accuracy of our distributors to develop our regional business growth (Food Specialty, CORE and Protein Businesses).
·  Define, manage, and conduct technical training to our preferred distributors. Collaborate closely with Roquette’s Customer Technical Service network in the region as part of the Global Distribution strategy.
·  Support Roquette’s promotional global and regional Marketing campaigns to regional distributors coordinating with Distribution, Application, and Marketing Teams.
·  Contribute to Roquette’s regional and global Distribution strategy. Collaborate closely with the Global Technical Business Development Manager.
·  Coordinate the relationship between the regional Roquette and distribution food application team(s)in the region.
·  Support the development of the online distribution portal: ensure information is up to date and relevant.
·  Participate in and support technical discussions within the food industry; keep informed on upcoming technologies, customer/ industry trends and food regulations.
·  Support innovation process through collaboration with distributors’ technical team (s)

What You'll Need

·  MS in Food Science, Food Engineering, Food Chemistry, or equivalent.
·  8 to 12 years of industry food product development experience or food ingredients technical sales experience with strong people skills and commercial sense.
·   Understanding of ingredients and usage; interactions and processing
·  Strong business acumen: understanding the food ingredients distribution market & understanding the drivers for financial and business growth.
·  Strong collaboration skills: ability to work effectively in a transversal team environment including external stakeholders.
·  Effective communication skills
·  Delivers messages in a clear, compelling, and concise manner.
·  Actively listens and checks for understanding.
·  Ability to effectively present information to groups and respond to questions from external counterparts.
·  Excellent verbal and written technical communication skills e.g., delivering presentations.
·  Domestic and international travel (up to 30%) required.
·  Proficiency in Microsoft Office (word, excel, power-point,).
·  Bilingual English-Spanish speaker preferred.

If you identify yourself in this position, please apply by uploading your resume and let's start the journey together !

Roquette is proud to be a global company where you can find personal and professional growth through multiple diverse experiences. 

Roquette believes Diversity, Equity and Inclusion must be woven into everything we do, from the products we make, through the relationships we build with our partners, and most importantly within the teams we create and how we interact together.

As we continue to grow, Roquette understands that to be successful we must always be inclusive in our approach, by creating a workforce that represents the world we live in, and the communities and customers we serve.

To find out more about our products, values and sustainable development ambitions visit us at www.roquette.com and at www.sustainability.roquette.com