Job Description

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Welcome to our LATAM Technical Services team for Bioenergy

You will become part of our Bioenergy Technical Services team, collaborating closely with our colleagues in Sales & Marketing to provide world-class technical support and innovative solutions to our customers in Bioenergy space.

We are looking for a highly motivated Industry Technology Specialist (ITS) to be a key part of the Bioenergy team. In this role, you will help grow our LATAM business in the Bioenergy Industry by developing multi-layer sales relationships with accounts. For an ambitious individual looking to further their career in Bioenergy, this is a fantastic opportunity to work in a high-energy company with a positive can-do attitude that makes it possible to get great things done.

The Role & Your Impact:

• Collaborating directly with our customers and realizing the implementation of new biotechnologies that reduce costs and energy while enhancing yields and profits.
• Working alongside ITS colleagues and Account Managers, you will play a pivotal role in comprehending customer needs and processes to deliver world class technical services and exchange industry insights.
• This role offers the chance to enhance your expertise in novel technologies and expand your industry network while making a meaningful impact on the organization and those around you with your valuable insights.

What You'll Need to be Successful:

• Strong scientific skills based on a university degree in Chemistry, Chemical / Industrial / Biotech / Bioprocess Engineering or related.
• M.Sc. or Ph.D degree is a clear asset, but not essential
• Advanced Portuguese and English Language Skills
• Relevant experience in Bioenergy, corn-ethanol or cellulosic-ethanol (E2G) industry. Experience within enzyme and yeast applications in Bioenergy would be a plus
• Knowledge of industrial fermentation protocols and experience in plant operation
• Ability to translate technical insights and data into customer-relatable values
• Excellent communication skills to engage with customers and internal stakeholders
• Willingness to work in industrial scale supporting customers
• A flair for providing technical training – internally as well as externally
• Experience with design of experiments (DOE), analyzing data and a basic under
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to travel extensively, mainly within Brazil (50-60%)

Our purpose guides the way

In Novonesis, we know that solutions rooted in biology can help solve humanity’s biggest challenges. Since we began more than a century ago, this has been our guide. It’s how we've gotten so far. And it’s how we'll impact the future. Now, more than ever, the world needs change. And with biosolutions, the possibilities for transformation are endless. If our purpose resonates with you, we encourage you to apply.

Opportunities for everyone

We are committed to an inclusive recruitment process and equal opportunity for all applicants. Therefore we ask you to apply without a cover letter or photo and instead include a few sentences in your CV explaining your motivation for applying.

We make all employment decisions based on business needs and welcome candidates with a wide range of backgrounds, including ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, or veteran status.

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