Food Safety Account Manager - Field Partnerships

Fortrex, Inc.; Texas; Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance

Basic Life Insurance

Short-term Disability

Long-term Disability

Retirement Plan

Paid Holidays

Paid Vacation

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Training & Development Opportunities

Job summary

Fortrex is seeking an Account Manager to effectively manage existing customer accounts and generate new business within a designated region. This role will require travel to customer facilities and collaboration with FDA/USDA-regulated sites, delivering Safe Foods solutions and written service reports.

You will identify customer needs, present solutions, train customers on SOPs, and monitor sales performance against budgets while pursuing growth opportunities in the assigned territory.

Qualifications

• 2 years of technical and/or field sales experience, Account Management in B2B/Manufacturing or related field experience.
• Proficient computer skills associated with Microsoft Office and basic skills required to learn new programs.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Comfortable working independently and as a team when the need should arise.

Responsibilities

• Establish strategic and joint partnerships within your accounts.
• Identify customer needs and pain points, then work internally to apply the applicable Safe Foods solutions to create value-added benefits for the customer.
• Give sales presentations, perform application training, troubleshoot equipment, and train customers on the correct SOP for their processes.
• Monitor customer sales performance against budget and financial expectations and be prepared to offer insight as to the increase and/or decrease of sales in assigned territory.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Sales experience

Communication skills

Driver's license

Microsoft Office

Education

GED

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Fortrex is seeking an Account Manager to effectively manage existing customer accounts and generate new business within a designated region. This role will require travel to customer facilities and collaboration with FDA/USDA-regulated sites, delivering Safe Foods solutions and written service reports.

You will identify customer needs, present solutions, train customers on SOPs, and monitor sales performance against budgets while pursuing growth opportunities in the assigned territory.