Technical Account Manager Industrial Starches

Want to build a stronger, more sustainable future and cultivate your career? Join Cargill's global team of 160,000 employees who are committed to safe, responsible and sustainable ways to nourish the world. This position is in Cargill’s food ingredients and bio-industrial business, where we anticipate trends around taste, nutrition and safety to innovate and provide solutions to manufacturers, retailers and foodservice companies.

Job Purpose and Impact

The Technical Account Manager Industrial Starches will provide technical advice and support to customers during and after product sales industrial starches solutions for wet end, surface sizing, coating and corrugating. In this position, you'll be the lead contact for customers and be responsible to deliver the best solutions creating value for them. You'll stay ahead of technology and business practices through workshops, research and professional meetings.

Job location: Helsinki, or remote in Finland.

Key Accountabilities

• Collaborate with consultants to provide on-site technical support for current customers and prospects.

• Provide customer solutions and technical support materials to specific customers.

• Perform complex research for product development to understand product properties and systems operations.

• Compile and analyze data for project update, working with external suppliers to test new products and technologies to make recommendations on applications.

• Organize project data and conclusions for internal and customer presentations, assist with product demonstrations and service as subject matter guide during meetings with prospective customers.

• Stay ahead of product insight and research to improve value of offerings.

• Keep application and value collection up-to-date in the systems.

• Independently handle complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating only the most complex issues to appropriate staff.

• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in paper making/process/chemistry a related field or equivalent experience

• Minimum of four years of related work experience

• Finnish (native speaker)

• English (good/excellent)

• Driving license, B.

• Traveling requirements: up to 60% of time.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Master's degree, Doctorate degree

• Passion for understanding, creating, and communicating value and solutions to team members and customers.

• Experience in corrugating.

• Swedish language

• Good business/commercial acumen

• Public speaking experience

Our Offer
We provide a fast paced stimulating international environment, which will stretch your abilities and channel your talents. We also offer competitive salary and benefits combined with outstanding career development opportunities in one of the largest and most solid private companies in the world.

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