Job Summary
Are you passionate about building customer relationships and driving growth in the food and beverage industry?
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.
We are very excited to welcome a new Junior Sales Manager to our team!
The role is based in Warsaw, Poland. We also welcome candidates from the broader Warsaw region with relevant experience. Be part of a motivated, customer-focused, and solution-oriented team where together we can achieve greatness and make a real impact. Your potential is our inspiration.
Where You'll Make a Difference
- Support the development and growth of assigned customer accounts within the Flavors business serving the Food & Beverage market.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with customers and key stakeholders.
- Identify new business opportunities and contribute to sales growth initiatives.
- Coordinate closely with Technical, Marketing, Customer Service, and Supply Chain teams to deliver exceptional customer experiences.
- Monitor sales performance, customer forecasts, and market trends to identify opportunities and risks.
- Support commercial discussions and contract negotiations with customers.
- Partner with customers to understand their business needs and recommend flavor solutions that create value.
- Maintain accurate customer and market information to support strategic decision-making.
What Makes You the Right Fit
- Bachelor's degree in Food Technology, Business, Economics, or a related field.
- 1–3 years of experience in B2B sales, preferably within FMCG, food, beverage, ingredients, or related industries.
- Strong communication and relationship-building skills.
- Customer-oriented mindset with a passion for delivering value-added solutions.
- Good analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- Team player with the ability to collaborate effectively across functions and build strong partnerships with diverse stakeholders.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.
- Fluent Polish and English language skills, both verbal and written.
- Valid Category B driving license.
- Ability to work effectively in a cross-functional and international environment.
- Experience within the flavors, food ingredients, or beverage industry.
- Curiosity and eagerness to learn about flavor technologies and market trends.
- Self-driven, proactive, and results-oriented approach to achieving business goals.
Why Choose Us?
- Opportunity to build a career with a global leader in taste and flavor innovation.
- Exposure to leading Food & Beverage customers and industry trends.
- Collaborative and supportive international work environment.
- Ongoing learning and professional development opportunities.
- Career growth within a global organization.
- Competitive compensation and benefits package.
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 in Food Technology, Business, Economics, or related field
- 1-3 years of B2B sales experience
- Experience within FMCG, food, beverage, ingredients industries
- Strong communication and relationship-building skills
- Customer-oriented mindset and ability to deliver value-added solutions
- Good analytical and problem-solving abilities
- Ability to collaborate across functions and build partnerships with stakeholders
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications
- Fluent Polish and English, verbal and written
- Valid Category B driving license
- Experience within flavors, food ingredients, or beverage industry
- Self-driven, proactive, and results-oriented approach
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.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered competitive in many roles and locations, and compensation is often described as good.
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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.
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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.
IFF Family of Companies Insights
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.
