MULTIVAC Group

Director of Business Development – Bakery Processing and Packaging

MULTIVAC Group  •  Kansas City, MO (Onsite)  •  2 hours ago
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Job Description

At MULTIVAC U.S., you’re part of a purpose-driven organization committed to delivering innovative, reliable solutions that help our customers succeed.

We believe that our people are the foundation of our success, which is why we foster an environment where you can make a meaningful impact to world-class solutions, grow alongside an empowered and collaborative team aligned around shared goals, and be supported by a professional culture rooted in respect, accountability, and continuous improvement.


Here, your contributions matter, your voice is heard, and your career has room to thrive. If you’re passionate about doing great work with committed teammates who are driven to succeed together, we invite you to explore this opportunity and consider joining our team.

Drive commercial focus, market development, and revenue growth in the Bakery segment by shaping our go-to-market strategy, sharpening competitive positioning, enabling the field sales organization, and partnering with product business unit leaders to expand market share and accelerate adoption of our technology.

This position will travel more than 50% with the remainder of the time spent in the office to ensure proper preparation and follow-up. Domestic and international travel required.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

  1. Own the go-to-market strategy for the Bakery segment by defining priorities, target applications, and growth plans aligned with commercial objectives
  1. Build evidence-based value propositions for each product family pertaining to Bakery, clearly connecting technical solutions to productivity, quality, labor savings, uptime, and total cost of ownership
  1. Develop sales tools such as ROI models, objection-handling guides, case studies, and talk tracks that improve consistency and effectiveness in the field
  1. Lead win/loss analysis and translate findings into practical battlecards, comparison tools, and guidance for sales, marketing, and business units.
  1. Partner with sales leadership to strengthen pipeline quality, improve forecast accuracy, and increase conversion rates by identifying bottlenecks and driving corrective actions
  1. Create and maintain go-to-market playbooks, training programs, and enablement resources that help sales and technical teams execute with greater consistency and confidence
  1. Serve as the voice of the customer by capturing market feedback, unmet needs, trial results, and competitive insights and translating them into product requirements and business cases
  1. Drive cross-functional execution with sales, engineering, marketing, and business product leaders while establishing business review rhythms, tracking KPIs, and ensuring CRM discipline
  1. Coach and develop Application Specialists to improve their application knowledge, trial planning capabilities, customer workshop delivery, and ability to independently communicate value

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in sales, marketing, business, or related field and ten years industry related experience with progressive measured success.
  • Highly effective verbal and written communication skills to motivate, develop, and encourage department staff and communicate with Multivac customers.
  • Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents. Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community. Must have strong presentation skills.
  • Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Word, Excel, and Power Point, and working knowledge of CRM applications required.
  • Current valid driver’s license and the ability to obtain a passport for travel as required by position.
MULTIVAC Group

About MULTIVAC Group

Packaged expertise, innovative cutting-edge technology and strong brands under one roof: The MULTIVAC Group offers complete solutions for the packaging and processing of food, medical and pharmaceutical products, as well as industrial items – and as the technology leader, it continues to set new benchmarks in the market.

For more than 60 years the name has stood for stability, strong values, innovation and future security, as well as quality and excellent service. Founded in 1961 in the Allgäu region of Germany, the MULTIVAC Group is today a global solutions supplier, which supports small and medium-sized companies, as well as large corporate businesses, in designing their production processes to be efficient and resource-saving. The product portfolio compromises a wide range of packaging technology, automation solutions, labelling and marking equipment, inspection systems and packaging materials. The product range is complemented by practical and customised solutions for food processing – from slicers and portioning machines right up to bakery technology. All the packaging and processing solutions are individually matched to customer requirements in the company's own application and development facilities.

Around 7,000 staff in more than 80 subsidiaries worldwide ensure that the company remains close to its customers, as well as providing the maximum customer satisfaction – from the first project concept right through to after-sales service.

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Industry
Manufacturing & Production
Company Size
1,001-5,000 employees
Headquarters
Wolfertschwenden, DE
Year Founded
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