Account Manager, Taste
Title: Account Manager,Taste
Location: Lagos, Nigeria
DSM-Firmenich Nigeria is seeking a dynamic and results-oriented Account Manager Taste to join our team in Lagos.
In this pivotal role, you’ll drive B2B revenue growth by managing and expanding strategic accounts across the food, beverage, and flavor industries in West & Central Africa. As the primary point of contact in the sales process, you’ll lead customer engagement, generate new business opportunities, and influence order creation—ensuring the achievement of key performance indicators while cultivating long-term, high-value relationships. This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of taste innovation in a fast-growing market.
Your Key Responsibilities:
- Define account objectives, develop strategy and implement through an account plan, build a sales budget and monitor sales & profitability vs budget
- Develop successful working relationships with existing & new clients to establish dsm-firmenich as their key partner to obtain briefs for profitable business
- Lead proactive projects with clients and accurately brief creation and development teams
- Define accurate pricing and margin parameters for projects, manage projects in systems, and drive towards best possible solution for dsm-firmenich & its clients
- Share visit reports and client information and feedback with management as required
- Oversee entire value chain – product life cycle management, demand planning, customer care and supply chain to ensure highest customer satisfaction
We offer:
- Entry to the exciting and inspiring world of perfumes and taste
- A culture that values diversity where people are at the heart of the company
- The opportunity to work for a company that cares about the environment and sets and achieves ambitious sustainability objectives
- Flexibility in working hours
- A dynamic working environment
- Competitive benefits
You Bring:
- A bachelor’s degree or equivalent (Business Administration, Economics, Marketing or Science)
- 3-5 years of flavour sales experience
- Excellent business acumen in the Flavour industry or similar and advanced sales & negotiation skills
- Continuous improvement mindset and able to contribute to team success
- Excellent English, both written and verbal; Good French is advantageous
- Extensive travel in West Africa required
About dsm-firmenich:
At dsm-firmenich, we don’t just meet expectations – we go beyond them.
Join our global team powered by science, creativity, and a shared purpose: to bring progress to life.
From elevating health to making fortified food and sustainable skincare, the impact of your work here will be felt by millions – every single day. Whether it’s fragrance that helps you focus, alternative meat that’s better for the planet, or reducing sugar without losing flavor, this is where you help shape the future of nutrition, health, and beauty for everyone, everywhere.
And while you’re making a difference, we’ll make sure you’re growing too. With learning that never stops, a culture that lifts you up and the freedom to move across businesses, teams, and borders. Your voice matters here. And your ideas? They’re essential to our future.
Because real progress only happens when we go beyond, together.
The application process:
Interested in this position? Please apply on-line by uploading your resume in English via our career portal. For further information, please contact Sarah Mehdi, Talent Acquisition Business Partner (Sarah.Mehdi@dsm-firmenich.com).
Inclusion, belonging and equal opportunity statement
At dsm-firmenich, we believe being a force for good starts with the way we treat each other. When people feel supported, included, and free to be themselves, they do their best work – and that’s exactly the kind of culture we’re building. A place where opportunity is truly equal, authenticity is celebrated, and everyone has the chance to grow, contribute, and feel they belong.
We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and we’re serious about making our hiring process as fair and inclusive as possible. From inclusive language and diverse interview panels to thoughtful sourcing, we’re committed to reflecting the world we serve.
We welcome candidates from all backgrounds — no matter your gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or anything else that makes you, you.
And if you have a disability or need any support through the application process, we’re here to help – just let us know what you need, and we’ll do everything we can to make it work.
Agency statement
We’re managing this search directly at dsm-firmenich. If you’re applying as an individual, we’d love to hear from you. We’re not accepting agency submissions or proposals involving fees or commissions for this role.