Account Manager - Bakery Ingredients
Job Description
Account Manager – Bakery Ingredients
The role is supported by the bakery ingredients technical team, and will be part of a collaborative, innovative, growth-minded team where together we can achieve greatness and make a real impact. Your potential is our inspiration.
Job Details:
- Understand the bakery customer network and industry trends.
- Drive sales policies and programs to achieve U.S. regional sales and profit goals.
- Build and manage strong relationships with key internal and external stakeholders.
- Maintain a resilient, proactive mindset to meet customer expectations.
- Provide technical / application insights to customers in partnership with innovation and technical teams.
- Develop deep knowledge of Global Ingredient Supplier’s full product portfolio.
- Support the Bakery, Bar, and Confectionary sales teams with expertise and insights.
- Maintain a strong opportunity pipeline and participate in trade associations.
- Align innovations, applications, marketing, and BU teams with the Bakery Strategy.
Salary
$160,000 + Bonus
Benefits Available
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in food science, bakery science, or a related life-science field.
- 5+ years of sales, bakery, or confectionary industry experience required.
- Strong competencies in Sales, Marketing, or Product Development.
- Deep understanding of the selling process and the bakery industry.
- AIB certification is a plus.
- Experience selling functional food ingredients and supporting technical marketing.
- Demonstrated strength in negotiations, planning, and execution.
- Experience with Salesforce.com or similar CRM tools.
- Excellent communication skills across matrixed teams; ability to travel up to 50%.
Keys to Hire:
- Direct experience with bakery manufacturers or major CPG customers.
- Proven success growing technical ingredient sales.
- Ability to translate technical insights into compelling customer value.
**If you’d like to hear more about this opportunity and others we are currently working on, please contact Kristine O’Sullivan at kosullivan@cps4jobs.com.
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Meet Your Recruiter
Kristine O'Sullivan
Sr. Partner
The Food and Beverage Division specializes in the placement of technical professionals in the food and beverage industry from entry level to executive level candidates. I have a talented group of recruiters who specifically source Technical Sales Professionals, Scientists, Regulatory Affairs, Scientific Affairs, Executive Technical professionals, Quality Assurance, Product Development, Technical Service, Nutrition, Analytical and Corporate Chefs. We work on both a contingent basis for professional level searches and retained search for executive level searches. CPS, Inc. has been in the talent recruitment business for 40+ years and we recruit nationwide.