Global Business Director - Food Preservation & Confectionery

Key responsibilities

• Develop, communicate and execute global market segment strategies aligned with the PSI Business Area Strategy
• Lead and develop a global market team, delivering results through people and cross-functional collaboration
• Drive market action plans through regional teams and functional partners
• Own delivery of revenue growth, margin performance, pipeline development and conversion
• (Co-)develop and steer key account strategies together with Sales
• Sponsor innovation initiatives and selected CAPEX projects, from market justification to execution
• Translate market needs into clear priorities for innovation, investments and resource allocation
• Monitor global market trends, customer needs and competitive developments
• Actively contribute to the PSI Business Leadership Team

Your profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Food Engineering, Chemistry, Biology, Biotechnology or related field
• MBA or Master’s degree preferred
• Minimum 15 years of senior commercial experience in food, ingredients or related industries
• Experience in culinary, pet food, seafood and/or confectionery markets
• Proven people leadership experience within global, matrix organizations
• Strong commercial mindset with end-to-end ownership for growth and profitability
• Hands-on, entrepreneurial leader with a clear bias for execution
• You are able and willing to travel approximately 25% of the time