Commercial Growth Partner – Food & Beverage Solutions

Solenis

Strategic talent acquisition lead for Food & Beverage Solutions business at Solenis. Requires deep industry knowledge and strong relationships to identify top sales talent.

Posted 4/30/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorLead💰 $107,500 - $157,663 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Serve as the dedicated talent partner to Food & Beverage Solutions commercial leadership.
Develop and execute talent strategies aligned to customer segments, territory expansion, and strategic growth initiatives.
Leverage existing industry relationships to proactively identify and engage high-performing commercial professionals within food and beverage manufacturing.
Build and maintain talent maps across competitors, adjacent specialty chemical providers, and relevant service partners.
Assess candidates for commercial acumen, consultative selling capability, technical credibility, regulatory awareness, and cultural alignment.
Provide market intelligence on compensation trends, competitor hiring activity, and talent availability within the F&B commercial space.
Partner closely with HR, Talent Acquisition operations, and leadership to ensure a seamless, high-quality hiring process.
Build long-term talent pipelines that support multi-year growth objectives across key accounts and regions.

Requirements

What you’ll need

7+ years of commercial sales, business development, account management, or recruiting experience within food and beverage manufacturing, specialty chemicals, sanitation solutions, or related markets.
Demonstrated depth of professional network within the food and beverage commercial community.
Strong understanding of F&B production environments, plant-level decision-making, and consultative sales cycles.
Ability to build credibility quickly with senior sales leaders and key account stakeholders.
High level of business acumen and ability to evaluate commercial performance drivers in a complex, regulated environment.
Proactive, relationship-driven approach to engaging passive talent.
Comfort operating in a role that blends strategic market engagement with disciplined hiring execution.

Benefits

Comp & perks

medical
dental
vision
401K
numerous opportunities for professional growth and development

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Hard Skills & Tools

commercial salesbusiness developmentaccount managementrecruitingconsultative sellingmarket intelligencetalent mappingcandidate assessmentcompensation analysistalent pipeline development

Soft Skills

relationship-driven approachbusiness acumencredibility buildingstrategic engagementproactive communicationcultural alignmentcollaboration with HRhigh-quality hiring processconsultative approachdecision-making