Baking Technician

Company Description

A key global player in fermentation for more than a century, Lesaffre, with a €3 billion turnover, and established on all continents, counts 11,000 employees and 96 nationalities.

On the strength of this experience and diversity, we work with customers, partners, and researchers to find ever more relevant answers to the needs of food,  health, naturalness and respect for our environment. Thus, every day, we explore and reveal the infinite potential of microorganisms.

To nourish 9 billion people, in a healthy way, in 2050 by making the most of our planet’s resources is a major and unprecedented issue. We believe that fermentation is one of the most promising answers to this challenge.

Working together to better nourish and protect the planet.

Job Description

Reporting to the West Africa Baking Center Manager, you will help strengthen Lesaffre's reputation as a key player in Baking solutions, yeasts and ingredients. You will drive sales growth through product development and technical support for our industrial customers and distributors. 

Your missions : 

• Assisting the sales teams and the customers users or prospects (mainly industrial, craft and In-Store assisting the sales teams in the promotion of Lesaffre products towards the customers (Industrial, instore, craft)
• Converting the needs and expectations of customers into project
• Providing theoretical and practical training to the clients & Sales Team
• Organizing and holding demonstrations during seminars
• Debriefing on the visits and tests
• Uploading the visit & tests reports on the CRM
• Completing required dashboards for the follow-up of projects and files
• Communicating technical data and information from field to relevant interlocutors (Baking Center Manager, Business manager)
• Presenting the results to the clients and colleagues

Qualifications

Baking professional certificate.10 years of experience minimum in the field of craft and industrial bread making or in a field equivalent to the missions proposed either in technical assistance or in training.