Job Description

Food Manufacturing Sector Specialist, North Region

Location: Sweden, Norway, Denmark or Finland (Home-Based)
Company: Diversey, A Solenis Company
Travel: 60-80% Regional Travel

Make an Impact Across Food Manufacturing in Northern Europe

At Diversey, A Solenis Company, we are pioneers in cleaning, hygiene and water treatment solutions, helping customers across a wide range of industries operate more safely, efficiently and sustainably. Through our innovative technologies and expertise, we support some of the world's leading manufacturers in improving performance, reducing resource consumption and maintaining the highest standards of hygiene and food safety.

Within the Food & Beverage sector, we are a trusted partner to food manufacturers, breweries, dairy producers and beverage companies across the globe, helping them enhance operational efficiency, sustainability and production excellence.

We are now looking for a Food Manufacturing Sector Specialist to join our North Region team, supporting customers across the Nordics, UK & Ireland and Benelux. We are specifically seeking a candidate based in the Nordics, which will serve as their home region. While your primary focus will be customers within your home region, you will work collaboratively across the wider North territory, sharing expertise, supporting strategic projects and ensuring customers benefit from the strongest technical capabilities available across the team.

This is a highly visible, customer-facing role where you'll act as a trusted technical expert, lead improvement projects and help leading food manufacturers enhance operational performance, hygiene standards, sustainability and food safety.

What You'll Do

• Lead technical projects across food manufacturing environments, with a strong focus on hygiene, cleaning and production optimisation
• Support Open Plant Cleaning (OPC) programmes and identify opportunities to improve operational efficiency, product quality and food safety
• Provide technical expertise across cleaning and sanitation applications, including CIP systems, membrane filtration and water treatment
• Conduct customer audits and identify process improvement opportunities
• Act as a trusted technical advisor for customers, sales teams and Global Strategic Accounts
• Deliver customer training and support innovation and continuous improvement projects
• Troubleshoot complex production, cleaning and hygiene challenges
• Drive value through optimisation, sustainability initiatives and the implementation of new technologies
• Collaborate with colleagues across the North Region to deliver the best technical solutions for customers

What We're Looking For

You could come from a background in:

• Food Manufacturing
• Food Processing
• Dairy
• Brewing
• Beverage Production
• Food Technology
• Chemical Engineering
• Process Engineering
• Industrial Hygiene

Experience with food manufacturing operations, Open Plant Cleaning (OPC), sanitation programmes, cleaning technologies, CIP systems, membrane filtration or water treatment would be highly beneficial.

About You

• Technically credible and customer-focused
• Comfortable engaging with production managers and senior stakeholders
• Independent, proactive and self-managing
• Strong problem solver with excellent communication skills
• Collaborative, with the ability to work effectively across regional teams
• Ambitious and interested in long-term career growth
• Passionate about helping customers improve hygiene, operational efficiency and sustainability

Requirements

• Degree in Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Food Science, Food Technology, Process Engineering or similar
• Experience within food manufacturing or the wider Food & Beverage sector
• Knowledge of industrial hygiene, sanitation or cleaning processes within manufacturing environments
• Exposure to CIP systems, membrane filtration and/or water treatment is advantageous
• Fluent English
• Scandinavian language skills are advantageous but not essential
• Based in Sweden, Norway, Denmark or Finland
• Willingness to travel extensively across the North Region (60-80%)

Why Join Us?

• Work with leading food manufacturers and beverage producers across Northern Europe
• Join a respected team of technical experts within a global organisation
• Influence customer performance through innovation, sustainability and best practice
• Enjoy autonomy, flexibility and excellent career development opportunities
• Competitive salary, bonus and benefits package
• Professional growth opportunities in a supportive, collaborative and innovative company

Ready to help shape the future of food safety, hygiene and sustainable production across Northern Europe? Apply today.

Diversey, A Solenis Company, is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We recognise that no candidate will meet every requirement, so if you believe you can bring value to our team, we encourage you to apply.

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