Business Development Manager – Food Safety Services DACH (m/f/d)
📍 Location: Germany / Austria / Switzerland
🌐 International scope | Travel required (mostly within the DACH region)
🌍 About Diversey / Solenis
We are Solenis Diversey Food Consulting – a trusted partner to the global food industry. We support food and beverage producers, processors, and retailers in delivering safe, high-quality products while meeting the highest standards in food safety, hygiene, and operational excellence.
With a presence in over 160 countries, our teams work closely with customers to improve food safety culture, enhance production efficiency, and help businesses meet evolving regulatory and consumer expectations.
Our expertise combines industry knowledge, practical consultancy, and digital tools to help customers protect their brands, ensure compliance, and create safe environments from farm to fork.
At Solenis Diversey Food Consulting, we are passionate about shaping the future of food safety—helping our partners deliver products consumers can trust every day.
🚀 Drive commercial growth in Food Safety consulting
Diversey Consulting is looking for a Business Development Manager (BDM) to lead growth across the DACH region.
This is a hybrid role combining technical expertise in food safety with commercial leadership. You’ll work closely with major food organizations, helping them design and implement world-class solutions—while driving revenue, partnerships, and market expansion.
If you’re a food safety expert ready to step into (or grow in) a commercial leadership role, this is your opportunity.
🎯 What you’ll be responsible for
- Drive business growth across the DACH region, owning pipeline, revenue and results
- Develop and execute a commercial strategy to expand Diversey Consulting’s footprint
- Identify and build strategic partnerships within the food industry
- Lead consultative sales processes, from needs assessment to solution design and closing
- Act as a trusted advisor to clients (Quality, Operations, Food Safety leaders)
- Own regional P&L performance and business outcomes
- Coordinate and manage delivery teams (consultants, partners, laboratories, etc.)
- Ensure successful execution of client projects
👤 What we’re looking for
✅ Must-have:
- University degree in Food Safety, Food Technology, Food Engineering, Veterinary Sciences or similar
- Strong technical understanding of food safety and operations
- Fluency in German and English
✅ Experience & mindset:
- Experience in business development, sales, or consultative roles
- Strong commercial mindset with the ability to translate expertise into business opportunities
- Ability to assess client needs and propose tailored, value-driven solutions
- Natural relationship builder with strong communication skills
- Entrepreneurial, proactive, and results-driven
- Comfortable managing both clients and cross-functional delivery teams
💡 We are open to candidates transitioning from technical roles into sales, provided you bring strong business drive and ambition.
🌟 Why join Diversey Consulting?
- 🌍 Global leader in Food Safety consulting
- 📈 Strong growth ambitions across Europe
- 🤝 Work with leading international food industry clients
- 🚀 High ownership: manage your market, P&L and business strategy
- 📚 Continuous learning in both technical and commercial domains
- ⬆️ Real career progression opportunities
✨ What we offer
- 💰 Competitive salary package with attractive bonus opportunities (aligned with the chemical industry standards)
- 🛡️ Strong benefits package, including company pension and comprehensive social coverage
- 📚 Continuous learning & career growth – tailored development plans, training, and international opportunities
- 🌍 Truly global environment with strong cross-border collaboration
- 🌱 Meaningful work – make a real impact on sustainability and resource efficiency
- 🤝 Supportive and collaborative culture where your contributions are valued
- 🚀 Opportunities to work on cutting-edge, future-focused technologies
- 🧘 Health & wellbeing programs (depending on location)
📩 Interested?
Apply with your CV (motivation letter optional)
We look forward to hearing from you!
Food Safety technical background. University studies in related disciplines with commercial-management knowledge, attitude and experience.
Skills Required
- University degree in Food Safety, Food Technology, Food Engineering, Veterinary Sciences or similar
- Strong technical understanding of food safety and operations
- Fluency in German and English
- Experience in business development, sales, or consultative roles
- Commercial mindset with ability to translate technical expertise into business opportunities
- Ability to assess client needs and propose tailored, value-driven solutions
- Strong relationship-building and communication skills
- Comfortable managing clients and cross-functional delivery teams
Solenis Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Solenis and has not been reviewed or approved by Solenis.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage includes medical, dental and vision options, and a 90/10 plan is available in at least one location. Wellness tools and plan variety indicate competitive medical support.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs include a 401(k) with employer match and tenure-linked contributions, alongside company-funded pension elements in some regions. These components suggest meaningful long-term savings support.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellbeing initiatives span physical, emotional, social and financial health via a global EAP and a wellness platform with activity-based rewards. Site-specific amenities such as gyms, recreation and creche services further reinforce lifestyle support.
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What We Do
Solenis is a leading global producer of specialty chemicals focused on delivering sustainable solutions for water-intensive industries, including consumer, industrial, institutional, food and beverage, and pool and spa water markets. Owned by Platinum Equity, the company’s product portfolio includes a broad array of water treatment chemistries, process aids, functional additives, and cleaners and disinfectants, as well as state-of-the-art monitoring and control systems. These technologies are used by customers to improve operational efficiencies, enhance product quality, protect plant assets, minimize environmental impact, and create cleaner and safer environments. Headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, the company has 69 manufacturing facilities strategically located around the globe and employs a team of over 16,100 professionals in 130 countries across six continents. Solenis is a 2024 Best Managed Company Gold Standard honoree, recognized four years in a row. For additional information about Solenis, please visit www.solenis.com or follow us on social media
