Director of Business Development – Food & Beverage

🕒 July 9

🌽 Illinois – Remote

🌽 Illinois – Remote

💵 $150k - $180k / year

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

💰 Business Development (BDR)

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Hawkins, Inc.

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 1938

🍽️ Food & Beverage

🏥 Healthcare

📦 Logistics

Food & Beverage • Healthcare • Logistics

Hawkins, Inc. is a U. S. -based chemical and specialty ingredients company founded in 1938 that formulates, manufactures, blends, and distributes products for water treatment, food and health sciences, and various industrial customers. The company provides toll blending, custom concentrations and packaging, delivery and logistics support, and a wide product catalog for municipal and industrial water treatment, pharmaceuticals, food ingredients, agriculture, and other industrial applications, with an emphasis on customer service, safety, and sustainability.

📋 Description

• Develop and execute strategic business development plans focused on the Food & Beverage manufacturing market • Identify, qualify, and pursue new capital equipment opportunities involving process water, wastewater treatment, water reuse, filtration, disinfection, and utility optimization systems • Build and maintain executive-level relationships with plant managers, engineering directors, operations leaders, corporate sustainability teams, and procurement professionals • Develop partnerships with engineering consultants, design-build firms, OEMs, and system integrators to increase project opportunities • Lead consultative sales efforts by understanding customer production processes, water quality challenges, environmental compliance requirements, and operational goals • Manage the complete sales cycle including prospecting, solution development, proposal preparation, contract negotiations, and project closeout • Collaborate with engineering, applications, operations, and project management teams to deliver customized technical solutions • Monitor industry trends, capital investment plans, sustainability initiatives, and regulatory developments affecting water management within Food & Beverage manufacturing • Represent the company at industry conferences, trade shows, customer events, and professional organizations • Maintain accurate sales forecasts, opportunity pipelines, and CRM reporting • Mentor regional sales managers and business development professionals while promoting a high-performance sales culture

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Environmental Science, or related field • 10+ years of successful business development, technical sales, or account management experience in water treatment, process equipment, or related industrial markets • Proven success selling capital equipment, engineered systems, or process technologies to industrial manufacturing and/or municipal customers • Strong understanding of water and wastewater treatment processes, including filtration, membrane systems, chemical treatment, utility operations, and water reuse applications • Experience developing and managing complex sales opportunities involving multiple stakeholders and long sales cycles • Demonstrated ability to build relationships with executive, technical, and operational decision-makers • Strong communication, presentation, negotiation, and strategic account planning skills • Highly organized, self-motivated, and results oriented • Proficient with Microsoft Office applications (Excel, Outlook, Word)

🏖️ Benefits

• medical • dental • vision • life insurance • LTD/STD • 401(k) match • Employee Stock Purchase program (ESPP) • paid time off • paid holidays