Diversey Inc Hiring for Account Manager, Food and Beverage at Salt Lake City, UT  Full Time

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Account Manager provides 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. This individual’s technical expertise will be used to identify correct chemical dosing and applications for specific procedures, troubleshoot product and application problems, and identify the 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.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Servicing accounts – plant chemical management, sanitation program review, training on safety, chemical use concentrations, troubleshooting on cleaning issues, identifying 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.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Specialty chemical sales relative to the Food and Beverage customer base
• 5+ years of experience in a 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 the ability to interact with all levels of the organization.
• High sense of drive and urgency with a positive outlook.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in Food, Dairy, or Meat Science, Microbiology, Biology, Chemistry, and/or Life Sciences

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or protected veteran status.

As an equal employment opportunity employer, Diversey provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities to enable them to be considered for any position to be filled unless the accommodation would pose an undue hardship. Should you require a reasonable accommodation in order to complete the hiring process, please contact our Human Resources Department at.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or protected veteran status.