Preservation & Nutrition Sales Director - EMEA

Job Category: Sales

Work Location: Hybrid

Office Location:

Gorinchem, NL

Job Type: Full Time

Job ID: 5769

At Corbion, we exist to champion preservation in all its forms, preserving food and food production, health, and our planet.

Lead growth. Shape strategy. Make your mark in a market that matters.

At Corbion, we are shaping the future of food by enabling safer, more sustainable, and higher‑quality solutions across the value chain. To accelerate our ambitions in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, we are looking for a Preservation & Nutrition Sales Director to lead our commercial agenda.

This is a senior, high-impact leadership role, reporting directly to the Head of EMEA, with responsibility for driving growth, strengthening market leadership, and translating strategy into commercial success across a diverse and dynamic region.

Your Impact

As Preservation & Nutrition Sales Director, you will define and execute Corbion’s commercial strategy in EMEA, with a focus on Preservation, while also supporting the tactical execution for Human Nutrition and Pharma.

You will operate at both strategic and hands-on level: setting direction, empowering teams, engaging with key customers, and ensuring Corbion continues to win in attractive and evolving market segments such as meat, poultry, seafood, meat alternatives, bakery, and culinary applications.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership

Develop and execute a clear, compelling commercial strategy for the Preservation market in EMEA, aligned with Corbion’s long‑term growth ambitions.
Support the tactical plan for Human Nutrition and Pharma, ensuring alignment and focus across the broader portfolio.

Commercial Ownership

Own and deliver the sales budget for Preservation, with clear accountability for net sales growth and value creation.
Contribute to achieving budget targets in Human Nutrition and Pharma.

Pipeline & Portfolio Growth

Drive a robust commercial pipeline, ensuring strong project flow and disciplined execution across the region.
Optimize portfolio mix, pricing strategies, and logistics models to strengthen competitiveness and profitability.

Team & Market Leadership

Lead and develop a multinational team of sales leaders, creating clarity, focus, and high performance.
Empower local sales teams and offices to succeed with customers, prospects, and distributors.
Foster collaboration in a matrix organization, connecting expertise across functions and regions.

Distribution & Channel Strategy

Partner closely with the Distribution team to design and execute an effective EMEA distribution strategy for Preservation.

Customer & Market Engagement

Build strong, trust‑based relationships with key strategic accounts.
Identify new market opportunities, emerging segments, and innovative value propositions.
Monitor competitor activity and translate insights into winning commercial actions.

External Representation

Act as a senior ambassador for Corbion at industry events, conferences, and trade shows, strengthening our visibility and reputation as a market leader.

What You Bring

Experience & Education

Degree in Food Science, Biochemistry, or a comparable scientific discipline.
15+ years of international B2B commercial leadership experience in food ingredients or related industries.
Deep experience and strong affinity with the food preservation market.
Proven track record in driving growth through customer‑centric, sustainability‑driven value propositions.

Capabilities & Mindset

Strong commercial drive with an established European food industry network.
Strategic thinker who can translate vision into practical execution.
Inspirational people leader with excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
Comfortable operating in a complex, international, matrix environment.
Customer‑focused, solution‑oriented, and commercially sharp.
Innovative mindset with the ability to develop new concepts and differentiated value propositions.
Collaborative team player who builds on the expertise of others and connects the dots to deliver results.

Why Corbion?

At Corbion, you will find:

A purpose‑driven company committed to sustainability and innovation.
A role with real influence on strategy, growth, and market direction.
The opportunity to shape and grow a diverse EMEA business with strong executive visibility.
A collaborative culture that values expertise, ambition, and impact.

Ready to lead growth in one of the most exciting areas of food?
We look forward to hearing from you.

About Corbion

Corbion is a sustainable ingredients company dedicated to preserving what matters, including food and food production, health, and the planet. We specialize in lactic acid, lactic acid derivatives, food preservation solutions, functional blends, and algae ingredients, using our deep application and product knowledge to propel nature’s ingenuity through science. With more than a century of experience, we continue working side-by-side with our customers to make our cutting-edge technologies work for them. Leveraging our advanced capabilities in fermentation and preservation technology, we help customers differentiate their products in diverse markets ranging from food and animal nutrition to home & personal care, pharmaceuticals, electronics, medical devices, and bioplastics.In 2025, Corbion generated annual sales of €1,267.4 million and had a workforce of 2,408 FTE. For more information: www.corbion.com

Corbion is an equal opportunity employer and committed to a diverse workplace. All applicants will be considered equally.

Corbion does not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third party recruiting agencies in response to job postings. No fee will be paid to third parties who submit unsolicited candidates directly to our hiring managers. All candidates must be submitted by approved Corbion vendors who have been expressly requested to make a submission by our Talent Acquisition team for a specific job opening. No placement fees will be paid to any firm unless such a request has been made by the Corbion Talent Acquisition team and such candidate was submitted to the Corbion Talent Acquisition Team.