وظيفة كبير مديري الحسابات الرئيسية - النكهات والأغذية والمشروبات والأدوية شاغرة لدى Palomba General Trading في مكة وجدة

Senior Key Account Manager - Flavours | Food, Beverage & Pharma

Location: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Employment Type: Full-time

Workplace: Hybrid / Customer-facing

Territory: Saudi Arabia

Travel: Regular travel across the Kingdom

Palomba General Trading LLC is looking for an experienced Senior Key Account Manager - Flavours to develop strategic Food, Beverage, Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical customers across Saudi Arabia.

We are looking for a commercial professional who already knows the Saudi flavour market, its major manufacturers, decision-makers and buying processes.

Key Responsibilities

* Develop strategic customers across Food, Beverage, Dairy, Bakery, Confectionery, Pharma and Nutraceutical sectors.

* Build relationships with R&D, Product Development, Innovation, Procurement and senior management.

* Identify new flavour briefs and commercial opportunities.

* Coordinate samples, evaluations, pricing and customer feedback with technical and application teams.

* Manage customer projects from brief to commercialisation.

* Develop account plans and maintain a structured sales pipeline.

* Support negotiations and long-term supply agreements.

* Monitor competitors and market developments across Saudi Arabia.

Product Scope

* Liquid and powder flavours

* Beverage flavours

* Dairy and ice-cream flavours

* Bakery and confectionery flavours

* Savoury profiles

* Functional beverage flavours

* Pharmaceutical and nutraceutical flavours

* Taste masking

* Gummies

* Syrups

* Effervescents

* Orosoluble products

Candidate Profile

* 5+ years of experience in flavours, food ingredients or related B2B markets.

* Proven experience selling flavours to industrial manufacturers.

* Existing customer network in Saudi Arabia.

* Strong knowledge of Food & Beverage manufacturers.

* Experience with R&D, Procurement and Product Development teams.

* Pharma or Nutraceutical flavour experience is an advantage.

* Previous experience with a flavour house, regional flavour producer or specialist ingredient distributor is strongly preferred.

* Fluent English required.

* Arabic strongly preferred.

Ideal Background

Relevant experience may include:

* Key Account Manager - Flavours

* Sales Manager - Food Ingredients

* Business Development Manager - Flavours

* Account Manager - Taste & Nutrition

* Commercial Manager - Food & Beverage Ingredients

* Pharma Flavours Account Manager

What We Offer

* Competitive fixed salary.

* Attractive performance-based incentive.

* Responsibility for strategic Saudi accounts.

* Direct access to flavour-development and application teams.

* High autonomy in customer development.

* Opportunity to build long-term business across multiple application sectors.

Who We Are Looking For

We are particularly interested in candidates who already know the major flavour buyers in Saudi Arabia and can access the relevant:

* R&D teams

* Procurement teams

* Product Development teams

* Innovation teams

* Commercial decision-makers

The ideal candidate should understand how flavour projects are initiated, evaluated and converted into recurring industrial business.