Ingredionis looking for a TechnicalSales Representative, Ingredients, who will be part of our Virtual Sales Team!

In this role, you will interact directly with our small and medium customers via our online chat and our 1-800 line, providing them with ingredient recommendations for their food & beverage applications. You will be managing customers directly and developing new opportunities. You will be joining a team of 12 and enjoying significant on-the-job training and support from other team members. This role has high visibility within Ingredion including exposure to many other groups within Ingredion (Sales, Technical, R&D, Customer Service, etc). This role is ideal for Food Science graduates who want to better understand our portfolio of starches, sweeteners, plant-based proteins and hydrocolloids, and are passionate about working with customers. This role is a great starting point for career growth within the company.

AS A TECHNICAL ACCOUNT REPRESENTATIVE, YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES WILL INCLUDE:

• Manage customers in an assigned sales territory and develop new opportunities
• Answer customer inquiries from the 1-800 line and online chat
• Develop an understanding of Ingredion’s product portfolio
• Develop an understanding of technical sales and how to help customers solve their technical and ingredient formulation needs with Ingredion’s products
• Maintain customer information in Salesforce.com
• Stay up to date with current trends in the food industry

IDEAL CANDIDATES WILL HAVE:

• A bachelor’s degree in food science or related technical field
• Interest in working with customers and building relationships, customer-orientation
• Attention to detail, well organized, interested in working in a fast-paced environment
• Good communication skills
• Good project management skills
• Team player

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminateon the basis ofrace,color,religion,age, nationalorigin,gender,genderidentity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Ingredion providesaccommodationsto job applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process. If a job applicant requiresan accommodationduring the application process or through the selection process, we will work with the applicant to meet the job applicant's accommodation needs.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, age, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, military status, or disability status.

RELOCATION AVAILABLE:

Yes, Within Country

Ingredion is a leading global ingredients solutions company. We make sweeteners, starches, nutrition ingredients and biomaterials that are used by customers in everyday products from foods and beverages to paper and pharmaceuticals.

We turn grains, fruits, vegetables and other plant materials into ingredients that make crackers crunchy, candy sweet, yogurt creamy, lotions and creams silky, plastics biodegradable and tissues softer and stronger. Our innovative ingredient solutions help customers stay on trend with simple ingredients and gluten-free or high-fiber foods that appeal to today's consumers.

Grounded in our values of Care First, Be Preferred, Everyone Belongs, Innovate Boldly and Owner's Mindset, we employ approximately 11,000 employees around the world. Our customers operate in more than 120 countries and represent 60 diverse sectors, including food, beverage, paper and corrugating, brewing and other industries.