Market Manager - Liquid Dairy
$150,000–$200,000 year
On-siteHudson, Ohio, United States
Job Summary
Drive growth across the liquid processing portfolio by engaging customers, building success stories, and strengthening GEA's positioning in liquid dairy and non-alcoholic beverages. Identify target customers through market analysis, sales intelligence, and Regional Sales Manager input to translate insights into focused selling strategies. Own the front-end evaluation of new business opportunities by integrating commercial, technical, and regulatory inputs into opportunity recommendations and Liquid Horizon roadmap priorities. Partner with Regional Sales Managers, Technical Offer Management, and customers to advance qualified pipeline opportunities, clarify scopes, and accelerate proposal development. Support pursuit of brownfield, customized liquid processing projects including line expansions and new lines. Lead data-driven portfolio analysis to maximize profitable growth and increase hit rates. Accelerate knowledge transfer to Non-Alcoholic Beverages Regional Sales Managers through on-the-job coaching and customer reviews. Requires minimum 10 years of experience in the food production industry, preferably across dairy or beverage applications, with an engineering degree. Based in the United States; applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship.
Required Qualifications
- Minimum 10 years of experience in the food production industry
- Engineering degree (mechanical, industrial, Food, similar)
- Solid process knowledge of dairy and beverage systems, including process equipment, CIP, filling equipment, separation/clarification, homogenization, membranes (UF, NF, MF, RO), mixing, UHT and blending technologies
- Ability to understand customer process needs, pain points and regulatory/commercial constraints and translate them into differentiated technical-commercial solutions
- Ability and willingness to travel across the United States and Canada
- Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without current or future sponsorship
Desired Qualifications
- French language skills is a plus
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