JOB DESCRIPTION

Business Development Manager – Vitamin E - Any ADM US office
Position Summary: Business Development Manager for Vitamin E is responsible for driving global growth with main focus on Vitamin E, and some support for Sterols, Isoflavones, and Fibersol.
Responsible for executing daily business needs to support revenue and volume growth targets. Identify needs to further expand the global Vitamin E business.

Strategy

• Successfully expand the opportunities for global Vitamin E product portfolio
• Development of 5 year growth plan focusing on key customer target, market expansion, and application targets
• Establish goals and objectives and guide the business during stable or changing market conditions and collaborate in order to reach those goals
• May have some direct sale responsibility

Returns

• Drive profitability optimization of product line by partnering with sales and marketing areas to ensure revenue is maximized for branded products
• Identify and understand key drivers for markets and how we can further expand sales

Market

• Develop intimate understanding of competitive market dynamics at supplier, customer and consumer level
• Identify and understand key drivers for markets in which the product line serves
• Secure and communicate market information/intelligence to help understand the global marketplace of the product lines
• Analyze market information and report trends.
• Identify new opportunities through new product ideas and market expansion
• Execute special projects that develop as the market changes and expands

Team

• Coordinate product value propositions development with marketing and analysis to support positioning
• Support development of new products, and collaborative efforts in and outside of ADM
• Drive sales through successful collaboration with ADM sales force, operations, technical services as well as R & D
• Support innovation projects related to the product line (R&D)

Customer

• Drive new value-added partnerships
• Increase brand equity by building consumer and customer awareness

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree
• Strong Leadership and project management skills
• 5 or more years of sales and business development experience
• Excellent written and verbal communications
• Preferred experience specific to the Vitamin E market
• A basic understanding of the ingredient business and/or the willingness to learn the scientific aspects of the products.
• Proficient in using Microsoft Office.
• A strong work ethic
• Travel about 40% across North America.

Excited about this role but don’t think you meet every requirement listed? We encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this role or another one of our openings.
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