Key Account Manager

Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with passion and creativity, we deliver food innovations, craft inspired fragrances and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions. There’s much to learn and many to learn from, with more than 16,000 employees around the world to explore ideas and ambitions with. Every day, your talent, your innovative spirit, and your determination will shape our future, making a positive difference on billions of people. Every essence of you enriches our world. We are Givaudan. Human by nature.

Key Account manager, Local & Regionals – France – Your future position?

As a Key Account Manager for Local and Regional clients in France and Belgium, you aim to deliver sales and profit growth through direct customer relationship building, and to manage internal resources and fragrance development projects in line with the company strategy.

If you are passionate at delivering on the customer sales target and delivering new wins in all key categories, then this role will allow you to make an impact. 

This role will be based in Argenteuil, France.

In this exciting role, reporting to the Sales Director Local & Regional, you will:

• Deliver profitable business growth for a portfolio of local and regional clients in all key categories (fabric, home, personal care and oral care)

• Build and expand winning customer relationships with a variety of client stakeholders in the FMCG, retail and pharmaceutical industries

• Effectively manage projects, working closely with creative, development, sales teams and business partners within Givaudan. Planning and driving account activities including defending the existing business while attacking new opportunities.

• Explore new areas of growth based on proactive client opportunities, market trends, consumer insight analysis and in line with the regional strategic priorities

You?

Are you someone who wants to grow and shape your own world? Who thrives being in a culture where you can express yourself in a creative team environment? Who wants to collaborate and learn together with teams who are as passionate as you are? Then come join us – and impact your world.

Your professional profile includes: 

• Graduate from Business School or equivalent higher degree
• 5-7 years overall experience
• 3+ years commercial functional/technical experience in the fragrance and flavours industry
• Strong drive and determination to achieve
• Agility and entrepreneurship
• Native French speaker and fluent in English
• Project Management skills
• Strong interpersonal skills and experience in managing activities remotely
• Business and commercial insight
• Strategic and marketing thinking
• Excellent negotiation and communication skills

Our benefits

• Excellent compensation package including yearly bonus
• Health insurance
• Great career development opportunities

At Givaudan, you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch people’s lives.
You work within an inspiring teamwork culture – where you can thrive, collaborate and learn from other talented and passionate people across disciplines, regions and divisions.
Every essence of you enriches our world.
Diversity drives innovation and creates closer connections with our employees, customers and partners.
Givaudan embraces diversity and is committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone impacts our world.