Regional Customer Innovation Manager, B&h

**Location : Singapore**

**Reports to **:Sales Manager, Texture Solutions Beauty & Home, APAC***

**Direct reports : 2**

**Workplace type **:Hybrid**

**Company Background**:
Ingredion is a global Fortune 500 provider of ingredient solutions that touch millions of lives, every day. With over 19,000 customers in 120 countries, we create solutions that help nourish, comfort, and delight people all over the world. We are proud to source our strength from nature. That’s why we’re growing sustainably, with an industry-leading product portfolio that includes plant-based proteins, sugar alternatives and clean and simple ingredients that deliver on changing consumer needs while protecting our planet. Although we are best known for our food ingredients, we are much more than a food business. We co-create bespoke solutions with our customers; from cosmetics and beauty, to paper and têxtiles, to pharmaceuticals, driven by relentless curiosity. We make it our business to anticipate industry trends, and to bring together the potential of people, nature and technology to make life better.

**We don’t just make ingredients. We create possibilities. Be What’s Next® with us.**

The** Regional Customer Innovation Manager, B&H **will provide expertise and work as a key resource for Ingredion’s Beauty & Home business unit. As part of the Global Beauty & Home Innovation function and adopting a startup mentality within a multi-national corporate environment, you will be responsible for providing personal care expertise to Ingredion’s global beauty & home product portfolio and new product development projects. You will advise on beauty & home matters while partnering across all functions and departments to accomplish company objectives.

**Core Responsibilities**:

- Support regional Sales and Business Development Teams by joint customer visit and presenting Beauty & Home oriented content for customer inquiries and at customer meetings/workshops.
- Identify and initiate major technology programs and innovation to meet the needs of Ingredion’s business and strategic plans.
- Work with Marketing to co-create and implement GTM plans by region for focused countries, customers, and segments.
- Focus and simplify to better execute, increase effectiveness, and smartly lower our costs.
- Work with sales team to support GKA (Global Key Accounts) projects to bring new business and deliver growth to B & H segments.
- Provide technical training to distributors
- Proactive on opportunities and solutions by developing scientific materials for internal/external customers and responding internal & external Beauty & Home science related questions.
- Maintain relationships with key customers and sales personnel within Ingredion to ensure effective communication channels are in place.
- Support regional prototype development and marketing materials at trade show and scientific organizations relevant to Beauty & Home science and technology, building connections with research organizations.
- Aim to serve as internal Subject Matter Expert for Beauty & Home.
- Good commercial mindset
- Bachelor’s degree in science or chemistry or related science field majors.
- Functional expertise in beauty & home care preferred.
- Leadership capability to influence peers and customers in a positive manner that delivers results.
- Trustworthy and aligned with Ingredion’s values - Care First, Be Preferred, Everyone Belongs, Innovate Boldly and Owners’ Mindset.
- Ability to work with limited supervision and drive own agenda, asking for support when needed but always taking complete ownership of deliverables.
- Experience designing, managing, conducting, and interpreting lab results preferred.
- Demonstrate ability to research and appraise scientific information and translate it into clear evidence-based messages.
- Excellent communication skills with an ability to present to a range of audiences, both within the organization and at external for and presenting developments to larger audiences.
- Some international travel required.

**Relocation Available**:
No