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Bakery Specialist

Reiser10 days ago
Remote
Canada
Senior Level
full_time

Top Benefits

Health insurance
Life insurance
Dental insurance

About the role

Description:

About The Company

With more than 60 years of success in the food equipment industry, Reiser is recognized worldwide for its high-quality equipment, innovative engineering, and outstanding service and support. Our mission is to sell equipment by providing our customers with truly superior service. To enable us to do this successfully, we are seeking very talented individuals who are motivated to satisfy our customers' needs. Our recent growth has established us as a leader in providing production equipment to the baked goods industry. Due to that growth, we currently have an opening for a suitably qualified Bakery Equipment Specialist.

We are looking for a self-starter, who understands the entire Bakery process and can actively participate in identifying the needs of our customers and the solutions to meet those needs. This requires an outgoing personality; someone who enjoys working with people from all levels of the industry ranging from small to very large bakery facilities. The performance of this individual will be judged on how well they contribute to generating sales in a team selling environment. You must be willing and able to travel extensively to our customer locations. Mechanical aptitude is a plus as well as a willingness to learn the technical side of our equipment.

This position requires skills in several areas. The successful candidate must be an experienced baker, with proven aptitude in a bakery environment. Strong formulation and process skills are a must as you will work with our customers to develop and adapt formulations and methods of production. You will be assisting with the sale and installation of equipment used for dividing, portioning, and depositing of bakery products. AIB certification, professional training in baking science or experience running similar bakery production machinery is highly desirable.

Essential Functions

  • Travel overnight during the week approximately 50% of time to small, midsized and large-scale food plants and headquarters of baking companies throughout Canada. The candidate must reside in Ontario or Quebec.
  • Assist customers with R+D/Formulation of Bakery products and applications. Must be able to work successfully with food scientists/bakery experts at customers, which may range from small bakeries, large bakeries or major food companies.
  • Support the Reiser Sales Team at customer meetings and presentations.
  • Working effectively with other Reiser specialists and regional salespeople.
  • Coordinate required resources to successfully install machinery and gain feedback to assist in further machine development opportunities.

Fluency in French is required.

Reiser offers a stable work environment and a terrific benefits package that includes health, life, dental, and disability insurance, a generous vacation policy, and a Profit-Sharing Plan. This is an excellent opportunity for a Bakery specialist who is a sales-minded, team-player to grow with our Company. Training will be provided. Salary commensurate with skill and experience level.

Only candidates with proven bakery production experience who are willing to travel will be considered. If you have the skills and experience we are seeking, please apply!

Requirements:

Key Qualifications

  • Recent prior experience working as a baker, preferably in large scale commercial/industrial settings. Must have hands on experience formulating/re-formulating bread.
  • Understanding of bakery manufacturing and a passion for the industry.
  • The ability to learn and understand the machinery used in the bakery is necessary.
  • Excellent networking skills and the ability to be comfortable in plants and headquarters as needed to develop key relationships.
  • Be a sales-oriented self-starter, who understands the entire sales process and can actively participate in identifying the needs of our customers and the solutions to meet those needs.
  • Converse comfortably and effectively with people working on the shop floor to presidents of companies.
  • Clear communication skills with sales team and home office, both written
  • Prior experience with VEMAG Bakery equipment highly desirable.
  • Experience with Microsoft Office and basic computer skills.

About Reiser

Food and Beverage Manufacturing
201-500

Reiser is the food industry's leading supplier of processing and packaging knowledge, equipment and solutions. Since 1959, Reiser has helped food processors produce a higher quality product while maximizing production efficiencies. From single machines to complete processing-to-packaging production lines, our solutions combine specialized equipment, custom engineering and in-depth expertise to meet any customer challenge.

Not only are we experts on our equipment, we also understand our customers’ product applications. We have an extensive staff of Application Specialists who are available to consult with customers and help determine the correct solution that best meets their processing and packaging requirements.

Processors are invited to visit the Reiser Customer Center where they can test and develop new products and processes under the same conditions found in most food plants. Our 13,000 square foot facility features four customizable processing rooms with space to run individual machines or fully automated lines. The Center also features a full kitchen for cooking and sampling finished products.

Our total commitment to customers positions us as the one supplier that processors can trust for better, smarter solutions.