Vice President of Sales – Food Biosciences

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Wisconsin.

📋 Description

• Take ownership of sales performance, growth strategies, and margin objectives for the complete Food Biosciences portfolio throughout North America.

• Lead and unify senior sales leaders and customer-facing commercial teams across various food and beverage sectors.

• Convert the global Food Biosciences strategy into a clear, locally relevant commercial plan with a strong focus on execution.

• Establish and sustain executive-level relationships with key strategic customers, acting as a crucial escalation and engagement contact.

• Foster rigorous pipeline management, opportunity prioritization, and data-driven decision-making across all segments.

• Ensure effective cross-portfolio selling and coordinated market entry strategies across bioscience and taste-enabled solutions.

• Collaborate closely with Marketing, Research & Development, Innovation, Taste, Regulatory, Operations, and Supply Chain teams.

• Represent IFF Food Biosciences at significant customer engagements and industry events.

• Contribute to the global Food Biosciences commercial strategy and leadership discussions.

⛳️ Requirements

• At least 10 years of relevant experience in a food ingredients, biosciences, food technology, or consumer packaged goods environment.

• Demonstrated experience in senior sales or commercial leadership roles with complete revenue and growth responsibility.

• Proven track record in managing complex, value-added portfolios across diverse categories and customer segments.

• Strong credibility with senior customer leaders and technical decision-makers.

• Experience in translating strategy into effective, results-oriented commercial execution.

• Ability to integrate bioscience, application knowledge, and taste into a compelling customer value proposition.

• Comfort in functioning within a matrixed, global organization.

• A well-established professional network within the North American food industry.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical

• Dental

• Vision

• 401k

• Vacation

• Holidays

• Paid parental leave (maternity and paternity)

• Annual bonus plan