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Sales Learnership
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Full job description Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with kindness and humility, we deliver food innovations, craft inspired fragrances and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions that make people look and feel good. There’s much to learn and many to learn from, with more than 16,800 employees around the world to explore ideas and ambitions with. Dive into varied, flexible, and stimulating environments. Meet empowered professionals to partner with, befriend, and stretch your skills alongside. Every day, your energy, your creativity, and your determination will shape our future, making a positive difference on billions of people. Every essence of you enriches our world. We are Givaudan. Human by nature. Sales Assistant Learner Join our team as a Sales Assistant Learner, supporting the Key Account Manager and broader Commercial team. In this role, you will help manage customer project systems, ensure timely follow-up on key actions from customer visits, and provide essential administrative and secretarial support. You will also be responsible for maintaining and updating Commercial and Customer systems, as well as managing customer Master Data to ensure accuracy and consistency across all platforms. Responsibilities Sales Coordination Prepare monthly Sales reports to monitor customer and territory performance. Support the Sales Team with general CRM activities to maintain accurate and up-to-date customer information. Plan and coordinate customer visits in collaboration with the Sales Team. Plan and coordinate customer meetings and visits in line with business priorities and schedules. Assist with preparing presentation materials for customer engagements led by the Key Account Manager. Manage the process for price quotation requests, ensuring timely and accurate communication with customers. Monitor customer price adjustment schedules and ensure timely updates of pricing information in all systems. Maintain accurate customer Master Data, ensuring consistency, reliability, and compliance across all commercial systems and processes. Assist the Key Account Manager with customer identification activities in new territories Assist in quarterly update of territory potential file Sample Management Request samples from production units through the CRM system for customer briefs or product comparisons. Coordinate and dispatch all customer samples, ensuring that required documentation and certifications are included. Manage and track all sample requests within the customer project system, maintaining up-to-date records. Communicate proactively with customers to provide updates on sample status and delivery timelines. Secretarial Assist with travel arrangements requirements for the Key Account Manager. Assist with action and minute taking of all project meetings Monitor project timelines and proactively send reminders to team members to ensure timely task completion. Handle general filing and correspondence for the department, ensuring records are organized and up to date. Maintain electronic filing systems for customer documentation, visit reports, and product information. Foster effective communication with cross-functional teams—including Development, Marketing, CMI, and System Power-Users—to complete tasks and maintain workflow efficiency. Academic Background Business Administration Qualification (or equivalent) Preference will be given to EE Candidates At Givaudan, you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch people’s lives. You work within an inspiring teamwork culture – where you can thrive, collaborate, and learn from other talented and passionate people across disciplines, regions and divisions. Every essence of you enriches our world. Givaudan is committed to equal opportunities. Therefore, we welcome applications regardless of cultural and social background, gender, age, religion, or sexual identity. We also have a safe work environment, progressive working conditions and are certified as an equal pay employer
Full job description
Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with kindness and humility, we deliver food innovations, craft inspired fragrances and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions that make people look and feel good. There’s much to learn and many to learn from, with more than 16,800 employees around the world to explore ideas and ambitions with. Dive into varied, flexible, and stimulating environments. Meet empowered professionals to partner with, befriend, and stretch your skills alongside. Every day, your energy, your creativity, and your determination will shape our future, making a positive difference on billions of people. Every essence of you enriches our world. We are Givaudan. Human by nature.
Sales Assistant Learner
Join our team as a Sales Assistant Learner, supporting the Key Account Manager and broader Commercial team. In this role, you will help manage customer project systems, ensure timely follow-up on key actions from customer visits, and provide essential administrative and secretarial support. You will also be responsible for maintaining and updating Commercial and Customer systems, as well as managing customer Master Data to ensure accuracy and consistency across all platforms.
Responsibilities
Sales Coordination
Prepare monthly Sales reports to monitor customer and territory performance.
Support the Sales Team with general CRM activities to maintain accurate and up-to-date customer information.
Plan and coordinate customer visits in collaboration with the Sales Team.
Plan and coordinate customer meetings and visits in line with business priorities and schedules.
Assist with preparing presentation materials for customer engagements led by the Key Account Manager.
Manage the process for price quotation requests, ensuring timely and accurate communication with customers.
Monitor customer price adjustment schedules and ensure timely updates of pricing information in all systems.
Maintain accurate customer Master Data, ensuring consistency, reliability, and compliance across all commercial systems and processes.
Assist the Key Account Manager with customer identification activities in new territories
Assist in quarterly update of territory potential file
Sample Management
Request samples from production units through the CRM system for customer briefs or product comparisons.
Coordinate and dispatch all customer samples, ensuring that required documentation and certifications are included.
Manage and track all sample requests within the customer project system, maintaining up-to-date records.
Communicate proactively with customers to provide updates on sample status and delivery timelines.
Secretarial
Assist with travel arrangements requirements for the Key Account Manager.
Assist with action and minute taking of all project meetings
Monitor project timelines and proactively send reminders to team members to ensure timely task completion.
Handle general filing and correspondence for the department, ensuring records are organized and up to date.
Maintain electronic filing systems for customer documentation, visit reports, and product information.
Foster effective communication with cross-functional teams—including Development, Marketing, CMI, and System Power-Users—to complete tasks and maintain workflow efficiency.
Academic Background
Business Administration Qualification (or equivalent)
Preference will be given to EE Candidates
At Givaudan, you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch people’s lives. You work within an inspiring teamwork culture – where you can thrive, collaborate, and learn from other talented and passionate people across disciplines, regions and divisions. Every essence of you enriches our world. Givaudan is committed to equal opportunities. Therefore, we welcome applications regardless of cultural and social background, gender, age, religion, or sexual identity. We also have a safe work environment, progressive working conditions and are certified as an equal pay employer
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