Business Development - Food Plant Engineering

The Foth Companies; Minneapolis (MN); Remote; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

The Foth Companies seek a senior client-facing leader to drive capital engineering projects for food manufacturers. You will manage assigned clients, develop strategic plans, and coordinate with engineering, procurement, and construction teams to enable successful project delivery.

The role requires strong business, technical, and financial acumen, with travel flexibility. Remote candidates are welcome; Cincinnati office location preferred but not required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience in engineering or related field.
• At least 10 years in food products capital projects or manufacturing.
• At least 7 years in sales, account management, or client development.
• At least 3 years supervising teams.

Responsibilities

• Identify and qualify new potential client partners and projects in food manufacturing.
• Build and maintain client relationships and manage revenue within accounts.
• P&L responsibilities for capital execution projects within client portfolios.
• Develop presentations and demonstrate strategic decision making.
• Travel as needed; capable of coordinating with cross-functional teams.

Skills

10+ years of food products capital

7+ years of sales acct mgmt

3+ years of supervisory

Education

Bachelor's Degree or relevant professional experience

Job description

Foth is a 100% member-owned science and engineering consulting firm headquartered in Wisconsin, with over 85 years of success. Our 750 members across 33 locations are dedicated to solving our clients’ toughest science and engineering challenges . Consistently ranked by Engineering News Record in the top 150 firms, we offer a values-based, collaborative, and flexible work environment with professional growth opportunities. If you thrive working alongside a smart and caring team, Foth may be the place for you.

Join our team and experience the Foth difference that contributes to our impressive 92+% member retention rate ! Learn more at foth.com/careers .

In this role, you will be responsible to both your assigned clients as well as your Foth project execution teams. Through the delivery of personalized, client-centered service, you will develop and manage positive and productive long-term client relationships. By demonstrating a dynamic and positive leadership style, you will encourage and motivate a multi-disciplined team to support your clients’ engineering, equipment and capital execution needs, enabling them to be a leader in their market. In addition to natural interpersonal skills, you will also need to possess strong business, technical, and financial acumen. The ideal candidate will be able to generate revenue, deliver profitability, create and implement strategic plans, and make timely decisions.Finally, you will need to maintain a flexible schedule and will be expected to travel as necessary to meet the needs of the role. It is highly preferred to work in our Cincinnati office location, but we are open to remote candidates.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Identify and qualify new potential client partners and projects within the food manufacturing industry
• Build new and maintain existing client relationships
• P&L responsibilities for capital execution projects within a client account portfolio
• Presentation development and delivery skills
• Demonstrated strategic decision making
• Build new client relationships and maintain existing client relationships
• Ability to travel with short notice

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree or relevant professional experience
• 10+ years of food products (or related) capital project engineering or manufacturing experience
• 7+ years of sales, account management, client development experience
• 3+ years of supervisory experience

Required Previous Recent Experience with the Following:

• Management of client relationships (new and existing)
• Management of cross functional stakeholders
• Contract negotiation, management and administration
• Account management experience
• Ability to perform revenue projections

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience across a mix of food production clients - brand owners, co-packers, private label, prepared meals, commissary, etc.
• Established network of industry connections in the Food manufacturing industry
• Experience in Engineering, Procure, and Construct (EPC) and/or Engineering-Led Design-Build project delivery approaches.
• Ability to navigate social media platforms for business purposes
• CRM platform experience
• Project Management Professional
• Capital projects portfolio management

All Foth Companies are equal opportunity employers, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by law. Qualified women, minorities, persons with disabilities, and veterans are encouraged to apply. All locations are tobacco-free. Subject to applicable state law, all applicants who have received a written offer of employment and a copy of Foth’s Drug and Alcohol-Free Workplace Program Policy, will be required to undergo testing for commonly abused controlled substances. Applicants must complete the required drug testing within two business days of offer acceptance. Foth will pay for all drug testing, which will be conducted by a licensed independent medical laboratory that follows testing requirements in accordance with applicable state law.

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$140,000 - $170,000 a year