IFF is a global leader in Flavors, Fragrances, Food Ingredients and Health & Biosciences. We deliver sustainable innovations that elevate everyday products.
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Health & Biosciences: Channeling our passion for nature and bioscience into sustainable, life-enhancing technologies that power innovative solutions across healthcare, food, consumer and industrial markets.
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The role is based in Seoul, Korea (hybrid role). You will be part of a customer focused, growth oriented, collaborative team where together we can achieve greatness and make a real impact. Your potential is our inspiration.
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Where You’ll Make a Difference

• Achieve sales targets and business objectives for Korea in line with Health Science and Health & Biosciences growth priorities.
• Build trusted relationships with brand owners, OEM/ODM manufacturers, distributors, and other partners in the Korean dietary supplement market.
• Identify new applications and differentiated value propositions for probiotics, postbiotics, and related health ingredients.
• Manage the sales cycle from lead generation through negotiation, contracting support, launch, forecasting, and post-launch follow-up.
• Develop customer proposals and presentations that clearly articulate technical fit, commercial value, and differentiation versus competition.
• Monitor market trends, competitive activities, customer strategies, and regulatory or claim-related developments impacting Health Science opportunities.
• Maintain accurate account plans, CRM records, opportunity pipelines, call reports, and 12-month rolling forecasts. Contribute to the 3-to-5-year growth plan for Korea by identifying strategic accounts, innovation themes, partnership opportunities, and risk mitigation actions.
• Coordinate supply, quality, documentation, and launch readiness with internal functions to ensure smooth customer service and reliable execution.
• Provide commercial direction to channel partners and support customer workshops, distributor training, and technical education activities.

What Makes You the Right Fit

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Industrial Microbiology, Biotechnology, Food Science, Food Technology, Food Engineering, Nutrition, Life Sciences, Business, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in the dietary supplement industry, preferably with OEM/ODM exposure, or direct experience in the probiotics/lactic acid bacteria business.
• Proven value selling, negotiation, and customer relationship management skills, including experience working with decision makers and technical stakeholders.
• Project management experience, with demonstrated ability to coordinate cross-functional workstreams, manage timelines, and drive customer projects from concept to commercialization.
• Good commercial and technical acumen, with the ability to identify customer needs and propose optimized solutions across ingredients, applications, claims, and manufacturing considerations.
• Experience in key account management, business development, distributor management, or technical sales in Korea.
• Ability to understand market dynamics, competitive landscape, and customer strategies in the Korean health science and dietary supplement market.
• Strong interpersonal skills, networking ability, resilience, and positive mindset with a strong drive for business impact. Self-driven, organized, and able to manage priorities independently while working effectively in a matrix organization.
• Fluent Korean language skills and business-level English. Strong business communication skills in English, including the ability to engage with regional and global stakeholders, prepare business updates, and lead customer or internal discussions.