AB Enzymes is a subsidiary of Associated British Foods PLC (UK) and it is a leading company in the enzymes business worldwide. We are a reliable partner for customers in the food, feed and industrial enzymes businesses. Product excellence and innovation are among our key strengths and our customers value these highly. We are looking for an experienced

Technical Marketing Manager Detergents

( Located in Darmstadt, Germany)

If you apply successfully for this job, you will join us at an exciting time. With fantastic growth in recent years, we are now working to ensure that this growth can continue for many years. You will work in a matrix organisation and in a team with open communicative style. You will contribute to our growing and sustainable sales activities by transmitting technical information to customers and distributors based upon your knowledge on the detergents and enzymes industries. You will provide high level technical support for our key account customers and distributors and you will support prioritized our sales activities technically in alignment with our product strategy. Your professional knowledge as a detergent expert will contribute to our high potential projects globally.

Your key result areas are:

· Provide a strong contribution to strategy creation on the basis of continuously maintained and developed - and (accessibly) shared - market knowledge and research.

· Achieve growth targets by implementation of our marketing plan with key account customers and distributors

· To support sales by identifying the fit of our enzymes to the customer’s formulations and by preparing and delivering technical presentations to customers and the industry in general

· To feed back the customer information to our Customer Solutions and R&D in order to strengthen internal application know-how and product portfolio development and drive new product development.

· To identify new business opportunities for sales through market insight, customer intimacy and portfolio analysis.

· Function internally and externally as the market expert (incl. representation of the company at relevant market organizations).

· Coordinate all marketing-related activities for the markets for which he/she is responsible.

Your reporting line is into the Global Business Development Director.

Your required qualifications and key skills:

· Experience in technical enzymes is a clear asset

· Solid understanding of sales and marketing, acquired through relevant education and/or work experience.

· Practical work experience as technical marketing manager in the detergent or detergent enzyme industry is strongly preferred

· University degree education (e.g. Biotechnology/Biochemistry/Chemistry/Biology) and 3 -5 years work or sales experience in Technical Sales and Marketing/ Application technology/ Product Development in Detergents is required

· Ability to effectively identify slots for our enzyme products in customer’s formulations and on the other side translate customer needs into meaningful product specifications with a strong focus on existing product portfolio

· Structures, conceptual thinking and the ability to prioritize and plan at a tactical level

· Ability and willingness to be part of a small team in early stages of development that further builds and develops the business

· Outgoing personality, good interpersonal and communication skills

· Customer focused and communicative person

· Flexibility, team spirit and results orientation

· Willingness and capable to travel (including international, 30% to 50%)

· Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English are a must, German is a plus

We offer you a challenging and multifaceted employment opportunity with long-term perspective in a fast-growing leading company in the enzyme industry. Our international working environment will offer you the opportunity to further develop yourself personally and professionally. You will find a progressive team-oriented management which supports you through open communication and accessibility. We offer a performance-based compensation and excellent benefits. Do we have your attention? We are looking forward to receiving your application together with your salary expectations online at:

Address: AB Enzymes GmbH, Feldbergstra?e 78, D-64293 Darmstadt

1 April 2014