You will be responsible for sales and service support to an existing customer base and prospect and sales development to new industrial food & beverage accounts.
The main focus will be on retaining business through troubleshooting and technical guidance.
Technical expertise will be used to identify correct chemical dosing and applications for specific procedures, troubleshooting product and application problems, identifying correct resources required to diagnose and solve issues at customer accounts.
The job requires the candidate to recommend solutions to improve sanitation and operation procedures at our customer locations and prospect and develop new sales.
Servicing accounts - plant chemical management, sanitation program review, training on safety, chemical use concentrations, trouble shooting on cleaning issues, identify plant operational savings in water, energy and labor.
Business Development/Sales – cold calls, prospecting, survey/audits, presentations.
Account profitability review, review of products sold to accounts on an ongoing basis.
Time Management for monthly service and reporting, presentation skills.
Office support i.e. email and phone communications, report writing, and continuing account manager education.
Requirements
Preferred experience in Food, Dairy, or Meat Science, Microbiology, Biology, Chemistry, and/or Life Sciences
Consider applicable and relevant experience in food manufacturing operations with high school diploma in lieu of degree
Specialty chemical sales relative to the Food and Beverage customer base
3+ years of experience in food, dairy, and/or beverage manufacturing plant in a management level position
5+ years of experience with: Email, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Gmail
Ability to travel up to 80%
Valid Driver’s License
Good understanding of Clean-In-Place (CIP) in food, beverage, and dairy operation(s)
Ability to work flexible hours (nights and weekends) to accommodate cleaning operations and preventative maintenance schedules within plants
Ability to work in an industrial plant environment and remain compliant with all company and customer plant, safety, and OSHA requirements
Good writing skills.
Previous cleaning chemical sales/service experience.
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (written and spoken) with ability to interact with all levels of the organization.
High sense of drive and urgency with a positive outlook.
Benefits
Competitive health + wellness benefit plan
Continuous professional development with many opportunities for growth!
Recharge with vacation, floating holidays & sick time off
Competitive Salary and bonuses
401(k) Plan w/ company match
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
chemical dosingtroubleshootingsanitation proceduresplant chemical managementcleaning issuesbusiness developmentsalesreport writingClean-In-Place (CIP)food manufacturing operations
Soft skills
time managementpresentation skillsinterpersonal skillscommunication skillswriting skillsflexibilitydriveurgencypositive outlook