Account Manager-Sales

Socket.dev; Orange (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

TriCore is seeking an Account Manager to grow and retain key accounts in the food, beverage, and life science sectors. You will build consultative relationships, develop account plans, and work with internal teams to deliver solutions that create value and drive profitable growth.

The role requires 4+ years in sales or account management, experience with CRM, ability to travel about 40% to customer sites, and a collaborative, customer-focused mindset. In-office presence in Orange, CA 2-3 days.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of sales or account management experience.
• Inside or outside sales or account management in a technical or industrial business.
• Experience using a CRM to manage customer, account, and opportunity information.
• Ability to quickly learn new industries and customer environments.
• Strong consultative selling, discovery, listening, and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to develop account strategies and advance opportunities through a structured sales process.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills for stakeholders at all levels.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills for multiple accounts and priorities.
• Willingness to travel to customer sites ~40% of the time.
• Proactive, self-directed, and collaborative as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain consultative relationships with existing and prospective customers.
• Understand each customer’s business, priorities, budgets, planning cycles, and growth opportunities.
• Create and execute account plans and sales strategies to expand engagement and revenue.
• Identify, qualify, and advance opportunities within accounts.
• Lead customer discovery conversations to understand challenges, timelines, and decision factors.
• Own the sales process for assigned opportunities through to close.
• Engage internal resources to support solution development, scoping, and quotes.
• Present capabilities and align solutions with customer needs and TriCore’s value.
• Maintain accurate customer, account, and opportunity data in CRM.
• Partner with internal teams to ensure smooth handoff from sales to execution.
• Share insights and market trends to strengthen sales effectiveness.

Job description

Description

For more than 30 years, TriCore has partnered with leading food, beverage, and life science manufacturers to solve complex challenges through automation, engineering, and technology. Our team combines deep technical expertise with a practical, customer-focused approach to deliver solutions that help clients operate more efficiently, safely, and intelligently.

At TriCore, you’ll join a team of problem-solvers, innovators, and industry experts who work together to deliver meaningful results for our customers. We believe great ideas can come from anywhere, and we empower employees to take ownership, keep learning, embrace innovation, and make an impact.

If you’re looking for a place where your ideas are valued, your growth is supported, and your work truly matters, we’d love to meet you.

The Account Manager owns growth and retention within assigned accounts through building strong relationships with existing and prospective customers, understanding each customer’s business needs, and taking a consultative approach to developing effective sales strategies. This role is responsible for developing and executing account plans, expanding customer engagement, identifying new opportunities, and partnering with internal teams to deliver solutions that create value for the customer and profitable growth for TriCore.

Success in this role is measured by account growth, customer retention, relationship quality, pipeline development, customer satisfaction, and conversion of opportunities into profitable business.

What You’ll Do:

• Build and maintain strong, consultative relationships with existing and prospective customers.
• Develop a deep understanding of each customer’s business, operational priorities, budgets, planning cycles, and growth opportunities.
• Create and execute account plans and sales strategies that strengthen relationships, expand engagement, and grow revenue.
• Identify, qualify, and advance sales opportunities within existing and prospective accounts.
• Lead customer discovery conversations to understand business challenges, priorities, timelines, and decision factors.
• Own the sales process for assigned opportunities, including follow-up, next-step planning, and driving opportunities to close.
• Engage internal technical and operational resources to support solution development, scoping, quoting, and customer recommendations.
• Apply an understanding of process systems, including mixing, batching, blending, CIP, and P&IDs, to support solution development and proposal accuracy.
• Present TriCore’s capabilities and recommend solutions that align customer needs with TriCore’s value proposition.
• Maintain accurate customer, account, and opportunity information in Customer Center and other sales systems.
• Partner with internal teams to support a smooth handoff from sales to execution.
• Share customer insights, market trends, opportunity learnings, and best practices to strengthen sales effectiveness.

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications

• 4+ years of sales or account management experience, with a strong foundation in relationship-based selling.
• Inside sales, outside sales, or account management experience in a technical or industrial business.
• Experience using a CRM tool to manage customer, account, and opportunity information.
• Ability to quickly learn new industries, business models, and customer environments.
• Strong consultative selling, discovery, listening, and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to develop account strategies and advance opportunities through a structured sales process.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to communicate business value to stakeholders at all levels.
• Strong organizational and time management skills, with the ability to manage multiple accounts, priorities, and follow-up activities.
• Ability to travel to customer and prospective customer sites approximately 40% of the time, including visits to manufacturing, production, or industrial environments.
• Proactive, self-directed, and comfortable working independently while contributing as part of a team.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Experience working with customers in manufacturing or industrial environments.
• Experience working with a process control integrator.
• Exposure to food, dairy, or beverage processing environments.
• Exposure to automation, controls, or industrial networking.
• Working knowledge of process systems such as mixing, batching, blending, CIP, and the ability to read and discuss P&IDs is helpful but can be learned in the role.

There is a 2-3 day in-office requirement located in Orange, CA.

Compensation &Total Rewards

Base Pay Range: $110,000 to $140,000 per year. TriCore offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, and retirement benefits, as well as opportunities for professional growth and development.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

TriCore is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to any characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. TriCore provides reasonable accommodations to qualified applicants and employees as required by applicable law.

At-Will Employment Statement

Employment at TriCore is at-will. This means that either the employee or the Company may terminate the employment relationship at any time, with or without cause and with or without advance notice, subject to applicable law. Nothing in this job description, offer letter, or any other Company communication creates an employment contract, express or implied, or guarantees employment for any specific period of time. The at-will nature of employment may only be modified by a written agreement signed by an authorized executive of the Company.