Industry Technology Specialist

Overview

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• Provide technical support and troubleshooting expertise to customers in grain processing, distilling, ethanol, and bioenergy operations.
• Lead technical implementation and onboarding activities for new product launches across the region.
• Plan and execute customer trials, generate technical data, and provide recommendations based on findings.
• Drive innovation projects focused on process optimization, operational efficiency, and value creation.
• Deliver technical training programs and workshops for customers, distributors, and internal stakeholders.
• Monitor industry trends, customer needs, and technological developments to support business strategy and innovation priorities.
• Collaborate closely with commercial, marketing, regulatory, and R&D teams to align technical activities with regional growth objectives.
• Bachelor's degree in Biotechnology, Chemical Engineering, Bioprocess Engineering, or a related scientific discipline.
• Minimum of 5 years of technical experience within grain processing, distilling, ethanol production, fermentation, biofuel production, or related industries.
• Strong technical understanding of fermentation processes, distillery operations, enzymatic applications, milling technologies, or bioenergy production.
• Demonstrated experience leading field trials, analyzing technical data, and translating findings into customer-focused solutions.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and stakeholders in a regional environment.
• Strong communication and presentation skills with the ability to engage both technical and commercial audiences.
• Fluency in English and willingness to travel extensively throughout the Middle East and Africa region.
• Problem-solving and analytical thinking
• Customer focus
• Cross-functional collaboration
• Project management
• Stakeholder management
• Self-driven execution and accountability
• Advanced degree (Master's or PhD) in Biotechnology, Chemical Engineering, Fermentation Science, or a related discipline.
• Experience working in multicultural and international business environments.
• Knowledge of industrial enzymes and biosolutions.
• Experience supporting large-scale ethanol or biofuel production facilities.
• Curiosity for innovation and emerging technologies within industrial biotechnology.
• The opportunity to make a tangible impact on sustainable production and industrial biotechnology across a diverse region.
• A collaborative and innovative international work environment.
• Exposure to cutting-edge technologies and new product developments.
• Opportunities for professional growth, learning, and regional leadership.
• Close collaboration with technical, commercial, and innovation experts across Novonesis.
• Regional role supporting customers across the Middle East and Africa.
• Significant travel required to customer sites and business locations throughout the region.
• Combination of office, remote, laboratory, pilot, and industrial production site environments.
• Flexibility to accommodate customer support, trial execution, and project-related travel requirements.

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Are you passionate about helping customers unlock the full potential of biotechnology and fermentation-based solutions? Join Novonesis as an Industry Technology Specialist and play a key role in supporting customers across the Middle East and Africa region. Working closely with commercial, application, and innovation teams, you will help drive sustainable growth through technical excellence, innovation, and customer partnership. In this regional role, your expertise will help customers optimize performance, adopt new technologies, and create value across grain processing, distilling, and bioenergy applications.

The role & your impact

As an Industry Technology Specialist, you will serve as the technical expert supporting customers and business stakeholders across the Middle East and Africa. This is a highly collaborative role that combines customer-facing technical support, innovation project leadership, and new product commercialization. You will contribute directly to business growth by ensuring successful product implementation and identifying opportunities for process improvement and operational excellence.

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Unser Zweck weist uns den Weg

Bei Novonesis wissen wir, dass Lösungen, die in der Biologie verwurzelt sind, dabei helfen können, die größten Herausforderungen der Menschheit zu bewältigen. Seit wir vor mehr als einem Jahrhundert begonnen haben, ist das unser Leitfaden. So sind wir so weit gekommen. Und so werden wir die Zukunft mitgestalten. Heute mehr denn je braucht die Welt Veränderung. Und mit Biosolutions sind die Möglichkeiten zur Transformation grenzenlos. Wenn