Position Summary & Scope

This role is key to Vantage's expansion strategy in the natural oils business globally, with a strong focus on APAC. The successful candidate will be responsible for driving new business development while managing and growing existing customer relationships across international markets.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Proactively identify, target, and pursue new business opportunities on international markets with a focus on APAC.
- Manage existing customer relationships and expand business within the assigned territory.
- Deliver against pre-set sales and profit targets, reporting regularly and adjusting priorities to ensure annual goals are met or exceeded.
- Lead the full customer contracting process, from prospect acquisition through commercial negotiation to contract close and future repeat business.
- Work closely with technical, business support and product management, and related stakeholder teams to optimize commercial processes.




- Support the development of new business strategies by providing market insights on trends, competitive dynamics, and customer needs.
- Collaborate with Business Development teams across other regions and business areas to deliver coordinated and consistent customer experience.
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date sales forecasts, provide regular pipeline visibility and ensure data integrity across CRM and reporting tools.

Note: The responsibilities listed above are not exhaustive and may be subject to updates or periodic review.

Education & Experience

Education:
- Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Finance, Chemistry, or a related field.
- Fluent in English (required); Spanish proficiency highly desirable.

Experience:
- 8+ years of experience in sales and business development, ideally within commodity chemicals, ingredients, or adjacent industries in the personal care and food industry, with focus on vegetable oils.
- Proven exper

📌 Global Business Development Manager Natural Oils (Barcelona)
🏢 Vantage
📍 Barcelona