Key Account Manager - Food & Beverage

September 17

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Description

• Responsible for sales and service support to an existing customer base and prospect and sales development to new industrial food & beverage accounts. • Main focus will be on retaining business through troubleshooting and technical guidance. • Recommend solutions to improve sanitation and operation procedures at customer locations and prospect and develop new sales. • Servicing accounts - plant chemical management, sanitation program review, training on safety, chemical use concentrations, troubleshooting on cleaning issues. • Identify plant operational savings in water, energy and labor. • 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

• BA/BS Degree. Preferred in Food, Dairy, or Meat Science, Microbiology, Biology, Chemistry, and/or Life Sciences. • Consider applicable and extensive experience in food manufacturing operations with high school diploma in lieu of BA. • Specialty chemical sales relative to the Food and Beverage customer base. • 5+ 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 overnight up to 60%. • 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 15 days of paid time off • Competitive Salary and bonuses • 401k Plan