Noah Muehlfelt

Lead and manage a high-performing regional U.S. sales team, driving category growth in the Bakery and Soups, Sauces and Dressings (SSD) verticals while overseeing strategic business development opportunities. Partner closely with cross-functional teams (Technical/R&D, Marketing & Insights, Product Management) to drive product innovation, ensuring alignment with food industry trends, regulatory challenges, and consumer preferences. Developed and executed a robust sales strategy that mitigated supply chain obstacles and capitalized on emerging market demands, contributing to business objectives and long-term growth. Cultivate and manage key customer relationships, fostering trust and collaboration across all levels of the customer organization.

Regional business development role with responsibility covering all of North America and parts of Central and South America. Managing a number of existing customer accounts in order to maximize sales volumes and margins, and to grow key account relationships in the dairy and plant categories. Manage day-to-day operations and coordinate with other internal functions with the aim of providing a best-in-class service to the customer. Required to flex between managing key accounts and developing new business opportunities, manage pipeline, close and convert new accounts across all areas of the business including value add and commodity product classes. In August 2022, as part of an ownership restructure, Glanbia Ireland was rebranded as Tirlan Limited.

National Sales Representative for Synthite USA, the world’s largest producer of spice oleoresins and essential oils. Responsible for business development across the entire United States including, identifying, prospecting, developing and nurturing new accounts for the organization.

Sales management position within a privately held 90 million dollar food ingredient distribution company. Responsibilities of the position included discovering, closing and maintaining new and existing business opportunities. Responsible for covering a list of 50-60 accounts within the food and beverage industry, I was managing a customer territory and managing a team of sales associates within the Midwest region of the United States.