Job Summary
IFF is a global leader in flavors, fragrances, food ingredients and health & biosciences. We deliver sustainable innovations that elevate everyday products.
As Account Manager, you will have the opportunity to make immediate contributions to our sales growth initiatives and develop a unique skillset by serving as a trusted advisor to our customers.
The role is based in Lagos, Nigeria
Together we can achieve greatness and make a real impact. Your potential is our inspiration.
Where You’ll Make a Difference
- Support in building knowledge of specific market, customer environment and specific customer activities, strategies, brands, markets, consumers via all available sources
- Responsible for driving sustainable profitable sales and market share growth by identifying customers’ needs & opportunities, and risks
- Building long term customer relationships, leading, and executing activities and delivering relevant solutions aligned with corporate strategy
- Develop understanding of customer decision making criteria
- In collaboration with colleagues, understand customer regulatory requirements/changes
- Lead the strategic commercial negotiation (annual pricing, payment terms, rebate/cost savings, supply agreements)
- Communicate account plan and engage with internal stakeholders
- Manage reactive and proactive customers projects pipeline including country studies, consumer studies, etc.
What Makes You the Right Fit
- Minimum 3 - 5 years of Experience in the Fragrance industry
- Experience in working with international, cross cultural and cross functional teams
How Would You Stand Out?
- Open minded, strong agility and shows courage
- Ability to deliver in a fast-paced environment and deliver under pressure
- Commercial mindset, bottom line oriented
- Team player, ability to motivate others towards a common goal to achieve results
- Excellent influencing skills across all levels within the organization
Why Choose Us?
- Home office opportunity
- Training opportunities
- Learning and development programs
We are a global leader in taste, scent, and nutrition, offering our customers a broader range of natural solutions and accelerating our growth strategy. At IFF, we believe that your uniqueness unleashes our potential. We value the diverse mosaic of the ethnicity, national origin, race, age, sex, or veteran status. We strive for an inclusive workplace that allows each of our colleagues to bring their authentic self to work regardless of their religion, gender identity & expression, sexual orientation, or disability.
Visit IFF.com/careers/workplace-diversity-and-inclusion to learn more
What We Do
Meet IFF:
We boldly bring together science and creativity to create what the world needs.
An industry leader in food, beverage, health and biosciences, we create essential solutions – from global icons to unexpected innovations and experiences. Equal parts outspoken and analytical, our international collective of thinkers working with customers to bring scents, tastes, experiences, ingredients and solutions for products people crave.
With 24,000 employees across 65 countries, more than 110 manufacturing facilities, 100 R&D centers, and 33,000 customers across the world, we’re poised to make a difference on an unprecedented scale. Without our boundary-pushing passion and end-to-end expertise, the future wouldn’t be the same.
Visit us at www.iff.com to learn more about how our talented people and new technology are challenging the expected, championing creators and doing more good for people and planet.
Explore what sets us apart.
