Job Description
Technical Sales Specialist for Animal Nutrition Market We are seeking a skilled Technical Sales Specialist to promote Kerry's Taste & Nutrition, Animal Health and Nutrition platforms to the European Animal Nutrition Market. Kerry is the world's leading taste and nutrition company for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. Our vision is to be our customers' most valued partner, creating a world of sustainable nutrition. **Key Responsibilities:** • **Customer Relationships:** Establish Kerry as a long-term supplier at national accounts by developing, maintaining and expanding strong customer working relationships at multiple levels and functions. • **Sales Budgets:** Participate in development of annual sales budget targets for assigned accounts and take appropriate actions to achieve targets. • **Account Maintenance:** Ensure that appropriate resources and actions are recommended to address customer-based issues including competitive threats, product and service complaints and sales erosion. • **Sales Growth:** Pursue and support long-term divisional growth through the development of overall strategies for assigned accounts. Identify and recommend new technologies and new market opportunities related to customer base. • **Project Management:** Develop project opportunities and ensure communication flow between customers and relevant cross-functional areas. **Qualifications and Skills:** • Animal Nutrition background, B.S. Animal Science or higher. • Preferably someone with previous working experience with Animal Nutrition additives, specifically enzymes. • Must speak English and be able to write in English. • Proven experience in technical sales to the Animal Nutrition Industry. • Experience in Animal Nutrition or Production strongly recommended. • Strong computer, written and verbal communication skills. • Requires a minimum of 50% travel throughout Europe. • Willing and able to travel by car and plane. **About Kerry:** Kerry is the world's leading taste and nutrition company for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. Every day we partner with customers to create healthier, tastier and more sustainable products that are consumed by billions of people across the world.