Regional Commercial Optimization Manager (m/f/d)
Join our team as a Regional Commercial Optimization Manager (m/f/d) and drive business growth and efficiency across the region. You'll lead projects to optimize capacity utilization, improve efficiency, and increase value-added business, ensuring we stay competitive and capture additional volumes at relevant profitability. With a strong analytical mindset and excellent communication skills, you'll work closely with our commercial teams to align priorities and drive results. As a Regional Commercial Optimization Manager (m/f/d) at dsm-firmenich, you'll shape your own career path and collaborate with a global team of experts. If you're a strategic thinker with a passion for commercial optimization, we'd love to hear from you!
Your key responsibilities
- Joint responsibility of commercial execution of pricing (floors and PIP prices) and margins, together with Global Commercial Business Optimization
- Focus on Solutions, steering to grow demand generation and profitability via pricing management
- Key role in targeting of premix customers and premix segments with AM/Sales Managers/GM’s to ensure agreed Premix Volumes and MM objectives are met
- Deep dive analytics on pricing, volumes, sales, profitability, capacities utilization, premix network optimization and premix standardization
- Analytical support for specific commercial optimization projects
We Offer
- A space to grow by encouraging and supporting curiosity and an open mindset
- A culture that prioritizes safety and well-being, both physically and mentally
- The opportunity to work for a company where sustainability is much more than a claim and is core to our strategy and purpose
- A flexible work environment that empowers people to take accountability for their work and own the outcome
- Barrier-free communities within our organization where every employee is equally valued and respected – regardless of their background, beliefs, or identity
- An eagerness to be one team and learn from each other to bring progress to life and create a better future
You bring
- Bachelor's degree; Master’s degree in economics, Science, Engineering, or MBA is a plus
- 10+ years of experience in Sales & Marketing, International Trade, or Finance
- 5+ years of experience working in and across multi-disciplinary, diverse teams in large organizations
- Proven analytical skills, with experience working with processes and systems
- Experience in managing others
Our application process
Interested in this role? Then please apply online only via our career portal. https://careers.dsm-firmenich.com/en/careers.html
About ANH
ANH, in the process of separating from dsm-firmenich, is a global leader in animal nutrition and health, as well as vitamins, carotenoids, and aroma ingredients - driven by its strong purpose: feeding the planet without costing the earth. Together, we make it possible. www.dsm-firmenich.com/ANH
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.
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.