Account Manager, Taste

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Seoul, KOR
In-Office
Mid level
Biotech • Manufacturing
The Role
Manage and grow B2B taste/flavor accounts by winning new business, maintaining relationships, and driving profitable sales. Own quotes, pricing negotiations, forecasts, project pipeline, and cross-functional coordination with Marketing, R&D, Supply Chain and Commercial Support. Lead customer workshops, represent the company at events, and promote product innovation and market-driven initiatives.
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Job Summary

Looking for a role that challenges you while making an impact on products people use every day?

IFF is a global leader in flavors, fragrances, food ingredients and health & biosciences, we deliver sustainable innovations that elevate everyday products.

Taste: Crafting unique, technology-enabled flavor designs that define the identity of food and beverage brands, shape trends in flavor building and fuel market success.

The role is based in Seoul, Korea (hybrid role). Be part of a motivated, passionate, and open-minded team where together we can achieve greatness and make a real impact. Your potential is our inspiration.

Where You’ll Make a Difference

  • Achieve profitable sales growth targets by winning new business and maintaining current sales accounts
  • Manage quotes and pricing negotiations, optimize order patterns, provide accurate sales forecasts
  • Manage the project pipeline and all information related to the projects and opportunities
  • Build and manage relationship with customers/accounts, organize customer visit/workshop, and keep customer up to date on project progress
  • Initiate Innovation and Proactive activities relate to product promotion to respective accounts referring to market dynamic and company’s capability
  • Accountable for all communications between the customer and internal stakeholders (Marketing, Sales, Technical/R&D and Supply Chain) on order delivery timeline, specifications, and all matters related to legal and quality
  • Take ownership in driving sales project across Commercial Support, Technical and Marketing support team to ensure sales and business goals are delivered
  • Participate in sales or industry events and exhibitions
  • Manage internal system for pipeline/forecast/pricing etc.

What Makes You the Right Fit

  • Bachelor’s degree
  • Comfortable working in a B2B environment with a positive, self-driven or action-oriented attitude.
  • Ability to interact across levels in customer organizations, including Owners or Senior Management team.
  • Strong and effective communication skill in English, both verbal and written.
  • Proficient in Ms. Office (Word/Excel/PowerPoint) and Salesforce.
  • Good presentation skills for sales or brand concept delivery to senior stakeholders.
  • Ability to influence and a strong negotiator.
  • High drive and self-motivated, positive mindset and a great team player.

How Would You Stand Out?

  • Expertise in Flavors products and knowledge on market trends.
  • Applies creative approaches to complex challenges with a focus on impactful outcomes.

Why Choose Us?

  • An inspiring and dynamic international environment.
  • Join a dynamic team that fosters collaboration, embraces innovation and supports ongoing leaning.

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

Skills Required

  • Bachelor's degree
  • Experience working in a B2B environment with a self-driven, action-oriented attitude
  • Ability to interact with senior management and across customer organization levels
  • Strong verbal and written English communication skills
  • Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint
  • Proficient in Salesforce
  • Presentation skills for sales or brand concept delivery to senior stakeholders
  • Ability to influence and strong negotiation skills
  • High drive, self-motivated, positive mindset, and team player
  • Expertise in flavors products and market trend knowledge
  • Applies creative approaches to complex challenges with focus on impactful outcomes

IFF Family of Companies Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about IFF Family of Companies and has not been reviewed or approved by IFF Family of Companies.

  • Fair & Transparent Compensation Pay is considered competitive in many roles and locations, and compensation is often described as good.
  • Parental & Family Support A global minimum of 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave for all new parents is in place. This policy is positioned as a notable component of the overall package.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth Core offerings include paid time off, sick days, holidays, and sabbatical leave. Flexible scheduling options such as compressed workweeks and hybrid/remote arrangements are available where feasible.

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The Company
HQ: New York, NY
13,014 Employees

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.

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