About the Role
Devson is seeking a technically qualified and commercially driven professional to expand our business in the nutraceutical, functional food, and specialty ingredient sectors.
This is primarily a customer-facing business development role involving identification of new opportunities, development of customer relationships, and promotion of innovative ingredient solutions to manufacturers across India.
The successful candidate will work closely with R&D, production, procurement, and management teams at customer organizations while supporting commercial growth through technical understanding and application knowledge.
Key Responsibilities
- Identify and develop new customers across nutraceutical, food, and allied industries.
- Map target accounts and build relationships with key decision makers.
- Conduct customer visits across India.
- Understand customer products, manufacturing processes, and technical requirements.
- Work with customer R&D and production teams to support product development and manufacturing activities.
- Conduct plant trials and provide application support where required.
- Coordinate with international principals and technical teams.
- Manage existing customer relationships and develop new business opportunities.
- Prepare technical and commercial proposals.
- Drive sales growth and achieve business targets.
Preferred Experience
- 2–6 years of experience in food ingredients, nutraceuticals, specialty ingredients, food additives, or related B2B industries.
- Experience in customer-facing technical sales, business development, key account management, or application sales roles.
- Exposure to food, nutraceutical, confectionery, or pharmaceutical manufacturing industries is desirable.
Candidate Profile
- B.Tech/M.Tech Food Technology, Food Engineering, or M.Sc. Food Science.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Commercial mindset with an interest in sales and business development.
- Comfortable interacting with customers at all levels.
- Willingness to travel extensively.
- Problem-solving attitude and ability to work independently.
Why Join Devson
- Opportunity to build a high-growth business segment.
- Extensive customer exposure across India.
- International technical and commercial exposure.
- Combination of technical learning and business development.
- Significant career growth opportunities.
Additional Information
- This is a field-based, customer-facing role involving regular travel across India.
- Candidates should be comfortable with customer visits, plant visits, and business development activities.
- Preference will be given to candidates with prior experience in B2B ingredient sales, technical sales, application sales, or customer-facing technical roles.
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