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South Africa

We develop and supply flavours, product innovations and ingredients to the food and beverage industry

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Prospecting, closing and account managing new business opportunities.Troubleshooting on behalf of customers to find best fit solutions.Managing and protecting company margins while delivering customer solutions.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Responsible for developing the sales of the ingredient product portfolio nationally and in the SADC region.Responsible for developing the sales of flavours nationally and in the SADC region.Responsible for offering technical support to customers and resolving any product related issues.Providing customers with relevant information on market trends.Identifying market opportunities for customers.Determine selling prices on the product portfolio and manage margins

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Business Development International (ie South Korea and United States of America) business model development ,negotiations and contract singoffs.Sourcing of local manufacturing partner, negotiations and drafting and signing of legal contracts.Sourcing of financial resources through extensive engagements with debt finance providers, developmental financing institutions and Venture Capital providers.Engagements with senior executives of blue chip companies to present opportunities linked with adoption of our technology solutions.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Culinary CreationsNutritional planningNew Product Development Menu CostingManaging a team of Chefs

Johannesburg

Solving ProblemsMotivating and training team membersCulinary CreationsNutritional planningNew Product Development Menu CostingManaging a team of Chefs

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

End User Market Research and Report writing as input to account acquisition and management .Branding of inhouse Fast Food OutletsTroubleshooting sales and operations related matters.Management of Captive Market, Quick Service Restaurants

Calling on Retailers, Wholesalers, Coffe Bars and Sweet Shops to distribute Nestle Chocolates then after restructure distribution of Entire Nestle range excluding Baby Food, Water and Ice Cream.Customer Relationship ManagementManaging a team of merchandisers Managing in-store promotionsUpselling of Nestle products by offering franchisees volume driven deals (PicknPay, Spar, Idependents)Managing Monthly territory sales budget Proving sales reports back to sales head office on a weekly and monthly basis.

Project management of new product development on all take home lines and multi packs.Project management of flavours, packaging, formulations and seasonal launches of all take home and multipacks.Operating of pilot plant and making up taste samples pre factory trials.Managing and planning factory trials on formulation changes and new product development.Participating in crossfunctional long term planning of product launches led by marketing department and attended by management accountants, production, factory planning, other departments and on some occasions the managing director. New Product Development Process Management Product Industrialization Process Management

Making up samples in the sweet laboratory and savoury lab.Operating of pilot plant, and making up emulsions for development work and sales samples.Quality control analysis (instrumentation and visual) of sweet and savoury for release of production batches purposes.Batch production of flavours in the sweet factory and Savoury factory.

Johannessburg

Selling Specialty Sauces.Selling bread premixes .

Masters Degree, Business Administration, Nqf L9

Btech Degree, Operations Management

Short Learning Program, Management Accounting And Finance Diploma

Short Learning Program, Marketing Management Diploma

Diploma, Packaging Technology

National Diploma, Food Technology