Balaji L•••

About

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As a General Manager at Food Specialities Limited, I am responsible for developing and promoting food ingredients solutions to manufacturing industries of juice and beverages, dairy, bakery, confectionery, and meat in the West, East, and South Africa region. With over 22 years of experience in the food and non-food sectors, I have a proven track record of delivering revenue growth, market & territory expansion, and customer satisfaction across emerging markets. My core competencies include marketing strategy and planning, sales, contracts, negotiations, communications, go-to-market, business development, and stakeholder relations. I have successfully managed and led multiple business verticals of food and non-food industries with the support of expat and local team, Working with global key suppliers such as Cargill, Novozymes, Puratos, Fugar, Tate & Lyle, GGP, Austria Juice, MR Fruits, Bunge, Plant Lipids, Nigay, Jain Farm Fresh, Piramal, Christeyns, Ecolab, Newgen etc. My passion and expertise lie in providing innovative and customized food ingredient solutions that meet the needs and expectations of diverse customers and markets.