Director of Business Development – Food & Beverage

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🌽 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

🤝 B2B

🔬 Science

💊 Pharmaceuticals

B2B • Science • Pharmaceuticals

Hawkins, Inc. is a Minnesota-based chemical and ingredients company founded in 1938 that formulates, manufactures, blends, and distributes specialty chemicals and ingredients for water treatment, food & health sciences, and various industrial applications. The company provides customized toll blending, multiple packaging options, and a broad delivery network to serve municipal, industrial, agricultural, pharmaceutical, and food customers with an emphasis on safety, sustainability, and customer service.

📋 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