Technical Consultant (m/f/d) Bakery field service
Sales region: West Flanders, district Halle, East Flanders (below the E 40)

  • Zaventem

Introduction

As a partner of the bakeries, IREKS is known worldwide for first-class baking ingredients and creative product ideas. With a diverse range of services, we accompany our partners in more than 90 countries as coaches, consultants and problem-solvers.

A team of more than 2,900 employees is personally at the side of our bakers and confectioners all around the globe. More than 500 highly qualified field service employees from 30 countries, who are all master bakers and master confectioners, provide this support.

In the IREKS family, with headquarters in Kulmbach, Bavaria, Germany, every employee understands his/her trade and sees himself/herself as a real partner of the customers.

We offer a challenging and varied job in the Belgian branch of our organization, located in Zaventem.

This challenging and varied job entails that as a technical consultant you will be jointly responsible for developing and optimizing new and existing business relationships and products.

 

Tasks

Business Development support for Sales:

  • Identifying (prospecting) new business opportunities with customers of all sizes in the bakery sector;
  • Implementing effective solutions, tailor-made for the customer;
  • Giving internal and external presentations about the advantages of our products;
  • Participating in strategic exercises with the goal of developing our business;
  • A good knowledge of the local market is a must for the above-mentioned Tasks.

Thoroughly manage all technical administration:

  • Providing support with regard to technical documentation;
  • Maintaining good interpersonal practices and ensuring confidentiality regarding recipes and intellectual property.

Expanding your expertise & Network:

  • Gaining expertise in the bakery product range through (internal) training and practical experience;
  • Maintaining a functional link with our specialists at the head office in Kulmbach;
  • Providing ideas on innovative raw materials & technologies that can differentiate our products;
  • Food safety: reporting any food safety and quality problems to our quality manager;
  • Taking up responsibility for other tasks (to be determined).

Your Profile

Required skills, training and experience:

  • Diploma in bakery and confectionery (m/f/d), with at least 5 years of experience;
  • Demonstrable experience (in a similar position);
  • Computer skills: Microsoft Office;
  • Languages: Dutch (spoken and written) with proficiency in French. Knowledge of German and/or English is an extra advantage;
  • Able to perform several tasks at the same time (multitasking);
  • Good communication skills, creative, representative and customer-oriented attitude, a good technical/machine knowledge and a “hands-on” mentality are a plus;
  • Team player and highly capable networker;
  • Valid driving license.

We offer

  • A comprehensive, varied, independent and responsible job in a professional work environment;
  • A salary in accordance with the job, your knowledge and experience as well as an appropriate benefits package;
  • A fun and challenging job in a family business.

Intersted?

If the answer is yes, send us your application including details about your salary expectations, referencing the link “Technical Consultant Bakery (m/f/d)”, which can be found on our website www.ireks.be.

For an initial consultation and in order to receive more information about your responsibilities, please get in touch with
IREKS BELGIUM NV,
Benedikt Scheideck,
telephone +32 (0)474 956 575
e-mail: benedikt.scheideck@ireks.be