Field Service Specialist - F&B

Ecolab; Utrecht; On-site; EUR 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Ecolab in the Netherlands seeks a Field Service Specialist - F&B to deliver the Ecolab F&B value on products, equipment and services at local and CA customers, aligning with contracts and safety standards.

You will execute service activities, report progress, and collaborate with account managers, territory managers, engineering, and digital teams to hit TVC and margin targets, while driving continuous improvement and food safety practices.

Qualifications

• Customer focus, integrity and trust are essential.
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills.
• Business acumen and cross-functional collaboration.
• Technical F&B knowledge and safety awareness.

Responsibilities

• Perform safety assessments and ensure PPE readiness.
• Deliver services per contract and SLA.
• Identify new opportunities during service activities.
• Report activities to Hub per guidelines.
• Support margin delivery through product mix decisions.
• Provide trainings and technical consultancy on food safety and cleaning.

Skills

Customer focus

Integrity and trust

Action-oriented

Problem-solving

Business acumen

Collaboration

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Hub

Power BI

Digital apps

3D TRASAR Technology

Cleaning Insights

Job description

The Field Service Specialist - F&B delivers to both local and CA customers the Ecolab F&B value on Products, Equipment & Service portfolio. Achieve the standard TVC KPI and be aligned with the customers contract engagement.

Key Internal Stakeholders

• Corporate Account Manager / Corporate Manager
• Territory Manager
• Digital, Food Safety
• Marketing teams
• Engineering Teams
• Local Sales support, SHE

Focus Areas

• Service Execution
• Value (Food Safety – Delivering – Total Cost of Operation)

How you’ll make an impact:

Use/apply Safety Instructions, regular training, and dedicated safety tools

• Perform “Be safe” assessments.
• Ensure PPE package is ready to be used
• Complete safety observations, SOS training, commentary drive, near misses and accidents reporting, use VRM.
• Be source of proposals on own safety and on the safety of the customers sites.

Retain to Win (RtW) to deliver top line targets

• Deliver service in alignment with customers contracts (Both Local customers and CA)
• Execute contract commitments.
• Execute SLA.
• Achieve the standard TVC KPI
• Report all activities in the Hub in alignment with Account Manager, Corporate Manager and Business Development Manager / Corporate Account Manager guidelines
• Be proactive on new opportunities identification (grow) during his/her service activities.

Execute key RTW actions to retain the existing business

• Corrective action plan to realign to contract commitments & customers’ expectations.
• Report all activities in the Hub in alignment with Account Manager and Corporate Account Manager guidelines

Manage margin to deliver the gross profit plan

• Execution of GMI activities (product mix) (Local customers and CA).
• Implement decision on preferential products we want to offer (Core Range).
• Turn the mix progressively into the core range.

Deliver VALUE to meet customers contract requirements.

Total Value Created – Total Cost of Operation + Value Added Service

• Provide all types of services, trainings, and professional consultancy on technical issues (products, equipment, application, cleaning process, food safety, TCO, safety) to deliver Value to Customer. TVC aligned with customer contract requirement and/or division targets for customers.
• Report all the TVC value actions in the HUB. Achieve the TVC Targets & Service compliance targets in the Hub.

Food Safety

• Deliver all elements of our Food Safety Package to customers based on our contract commitment and customers’ expectations (with support of the Technical Excellence Team-food safety group).
• Implement and use digital tools to support the TVC for customers (with the support of the Technical Excellence Team digital group & Engineering)
• Maintain and train our customers on digital tools.

Reinforce Innovation

Field testing

• Perform, and report field tests of innovations.

Administrative tasks

• Internal reporting tasks
• TVC activities / safety activities (see above in the different blocks)
• Service and value activities report to customers
• Monthly and travel expense reporting.

Qualifications:

Interpersonal

• Customer focus. Integrity and Trust.
• Action-Oriented & Problem-Solving skills.
• Business acumen.
• Collaboration, peer relationship.

Technical

• F&B market and technical expertise. Food technology.
• Technical expertise (to unable VAS, TCO and Food Safety delivery)
• Food safety.
• Equipment tech expertise, specific tools training (3D TRASAR™ Technology for Clean-In-Place and Manual Cleaning Insights). Know value added.

Commercial

• Service & Value Creation
• Self-starter: take the initiative to get things done.
• Demonstrate clear urgency and a competitive drive to win.
• Persist in the face of obstacles.
• Remain - and helps others remain - positive and productive in response to setbacks or barriers
• Identification of sales opportunities at existing customer and proposal of “grow” opportunities (direct to customer / via TM).
• Know Ecolab strategy and model.
• 3C model (Create / Communicate / Capture).

IT

• Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint)
• Power BI
• Hub
• Digital apps

Finance

• Structure of margin- knowledge.

Additional qualifications:

• Travel to visit customers to deliver value added service (4-5 days per week).
• English Min. A2 + Local language fluent

About Ecolab:

At Ecolab, we prioritize our talent-first philosophy by creating the most capable and diverse team to excel at our nearly three million customer sites. Our 48,000 associates help deliver comprehensive science-based solutions, data-driven insights and world-class service to advance food safety, maintain clean and safe environments, and optimize water and energy use, and improve operational efficiencies and sustainability for customers in the food, healthcare, life sciences, hospitality and industrial markets in more than 170 countries around the world.

Benefits we offer

Ecolab is committed to offering comprehensive and competitive benefits to meet the needs of our employees and their families. We offer benefits that support the health and well-being of our employees, such as health and absence policies. We also offer benefits designed to promote the financial well-being of our employees, including short- and long-term financial incentives as well as retirement income and planning. Specific offerings may vary by location.