Sales Account Manager

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❄️ Minnesota – Remote

❄️ Minnesota – Remote

💵 $70k - $97.5k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟢 Junior

🟡 Mid-level

💰 Account Manager

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Smithfield Foods

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1936

🏭 Manufacturing

🌾 Agriculture

🍽️ Food & Beverage

Manufacturing • Agriculture • Food & Beverage

Smithfield Foods is a leading global food company and the world's largest pork processor and hog producer. The company offers high-quality meat products under a variety of popular brand names, including Smithfield, Eckrich, Nathan’s Famous, and Carando. Smithfield Foods is renowned for its innovative approaches, combining tradition with technology, to drive the future of food. The company is committed to sustainability, supporting communities, and producing safe, affordable, and high-quality food products. In addition to its core operations, Smithfield Foods actively engages in community support endeavors, such as addressing food insecurity and supporting veterans.

📋 Description

• Introduce and place new products with customers • Execute business initiatives and drive sales for long-term growth • Work directly with customers and collaborate cross-functionally with Business Management, Plant Operations, and other teams • Establish and maintain customer relationships • Communicate daily with customers regarding pricing, product availability, and order management • Achieve budgeted sales of consumer goods to key customers • Develop and achieve maximum sales volume consistent with account sales projections • Maintain business with existing accounts for continued growth • Maintain knowledge of product management, marketing, and R&D efforts to increase sales and satisfy customer demand • Communicate product availability, logistics information, product specifications, and pricing • Ensure prompt and equitable resolution of customer complaints or problems • Travel as needed, potentially up to 80% of the time

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited four-year college or university and 2+ years of relevant experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience, required • Knowledge of food business industry or retail channel dynamics • Experience with customer-focused and fact-based selling • Experience using IRI, Nielsen, and Perishable Group data • Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills • High level of written and verbal communication skills • Organizational planning and adaptability • Ability to build strong working relationships and a positive work environment • Ability to work well in a fast-paced, dynamic environment • Valid driver's license • May travel up to 80% of the time • Capable of sitting for extended periods • Able to occasionally lift up to 25 lbs • Frequently able to sit, stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms • Close, distance, peripheral vision, and depth perception • Able to travel as needed

🏖️ Benefits

• Comprehensive, flexible and affordable benefit plans and programs • Medical plans • Be Well programs at no additional cost • Support for elective surgeries, weight loss, mental health, cancer, kidney disease, diabetes, smoking cessation, asthma, and maternity management • Comprehensive training and professional development programs • LinkedIn Learning with on-demand courses, professional certificates, and skill-based training • Tuition assistance through Guild for English language learning, high school completion, and degree programs • Leadership development initiatives • Smithfield Scholarship Program for employees’ children