Sales Applications Specialist

FOSS; Eden Prairie (MN); On-site; USD 80,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

FOSS is seeking a Sales Applications Specialist to support the sales team with technical and application expertise for NIR and FTIR spectroscopy and Wet Chemistry solutions in the food and agriculture industries.

You will lead pre- and post-sales activities, deliver demos and feasibility studies, and collaborate with internal teams to tailor solutions for customers. The role involves enabling customers to evaluate, implement, and use analytical solutions in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in chemistry, engineering, food science, agriculture, or related field.
• 5+ years with analytical instrumentation (NIR, FTIR, or Wet Chemistry) in food/agriculture.
• Experience with sample testing, feasibility studies, and method development.
• Strong skills in statistics, chemometrics, and model development.

Responsibilities

• Perform sample testing, feasibility studies, and proof-of-concept analyses.
• Deliver technical presentations, product demos, and customer engagements to support sales.
• Provide pre-sales guidance on solutions, applications, and technical capabilities.
• Support post-sales implementation, including setup and method development.
• Troubleshoot, optimize, and enhance customer analytical solutions.
• Train customers in instrumentation calibration and best practices.
• Collaborate with internal teams on applications, calibration, and customer needs.

Skills

Analytical instrumentation

Sample testing

Statistics & chemometrics

Customer demos & presentations

Pre/post sales support

Education

Bachelor's degree in chemistry, Engineering, Food Science, Agriculture, or related field

Job description

At FOSS, we are driven by a strong sense of purpose, and we hope you are too. By 2030, the world population will exceed 9 billion and the middle class will have doubled. This means we will need to be outstandingly smart about our global food production. FOSS is on a mission to enable the sustainable use of the planet’s food resources, and thus to the nutrition of the people of the world. As a global market leader, we contribute through innovative food analysis, which is used to secure food quality, reduce waste, and optimize food production. If that sounds like something you’d like to be a part of, read on!

What you will be doing

The Sales Applications Specialist supports the sales team by providing technical and application expertise for NIR and FTIR spectroscopy and Wet Chemistry solutions in the food and agriculture industries. This role plays a key part in both pre & post sales activities to ensure customers successfully evaluate, implement, and use their analytical solutions.

Key responsibilities include:

• Perform sample testing, feasibility studies, and proof-of-concept analyses
• Deliver technical presentations, product demos, and customer engagements to support sales
• Provide pre-sales guidance on solutions, applications, and technical capabilities
• Support post-sales implementation, including setup and method development
• Troubleshoot, optimize, and enhance customer analytical solutions
• Train customers in instrumentation calibration and best practices
• Collaborate with internal teams on applications, calibration, and customer needs

What we hope to see you bring

We believe strong results are created by how you work as much as what you know. The competencies below describe the professional skills and personal behaviors that matter in this role.

We hope to see you bring:

• Bachelor's degree in chemistry, Engineering, Food Science, Agriculture, or related field
• 5+ years with analytical instrumentation (NIR, FTIR, or Wet Chemistry) in food/agriculture
• Experience with sample testing, feasibility studies, and method development
• Strong skills in statistics, chemometrics, and model development
• Ability to support customers & sales through demos, presentations, and technical expertise

Why choose FOSS?

At FOSS, your work helps shape how the world produces and ensures quality food. We combine science and innovation to support sustainable food production and reduce waste globally.

What makes this role exciting is the hands‑on impact—working directly with customers, solving real challenges, and applying advanced analytical technology in the field. No two days are the same, and your expertise makes a visible difference.

Join FOSS—and turn your expertise into real-world impact.

We would love to hear from you!

If you’re ready to take the next step in your career and contribute to a purpose-driven organization, we would love to hear from you.

Yearly base salary range: $80,000-$90,000 USD + benefits

FOSS is committed to maintaining an inclusive and diverse culture. You can help us sustain an unbiased recruitment process by not including photo and age in your application.

About FOSS

Today, more than 8 billion people around the world are dependent on nutritional food. Tons of food being produced in a million different ways and under varying conditions, creating challenges all the way from field to fork. One of them, obviously, is the effect it has on climate change.

FOSS helps the world’s 100 biggest food companies, and more than 40,000 others around the world navigate exactly that with intelligent, data‑driven and innovative analytical solutions. We are making sustainability a better business, and we’re doing so as the global market leader in our field – improving food quality, minimizing food waste, ensuring food safety, and securing fair payment.

Join a pioneering and innovative company in the food and agriculture industry. A company on a mission, with offices all around the world and 1,750 talented colleagues across 34 different countries.