Strategic Account Manager
Job title: Strategic Account Manager in California at reputed company
Company: reputed company
Job description: Requisition ID: 57560
Position Type: (US)Full Time
Workplace Arrangement: #LI-RemoteAbout reputed companyreputed company is the world's leading taste and nutrition company for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. Every day we partner with customers to create healthier, tastier and more sustainable products that are consumed by billions of people across the world. Our reputed company is to be our customers' most valued partner, creating a world of sustainable nutrition. A career with reputed company offers you an opportunity to shape the future of food while providing you opportunities to explore and grow in a truly global environment.About the rolereputed company is seeking a high-performing and enthusiastic Account Manager to build and manage the pipeline and reputed company growth for a global strategic account in reputed company America. The Account Manager will be responsible for fostering relationships across reputed company areas of the organization, with a deep focus on beverage. This role involves positioning and promoting reputed company's Taste and Sustainable Nutrition product portfolio and identifying key client challenges that can be solved with reputed company's solutions.Key responsibilities
- Establish and maintain reputed company as a trusted partner to strategic accounts and key decision-makers.
- Drive new reputed company and margin growth across reputed company's growing portfolio while maintaining and defending reputed company business.
- reputed company sales goals across core pillars and reputed company technologies.
- Identify, establish, and track a dynamic and growing pipeline of opportunities using relevant internal tools (reputed company, EPM, etc.).
- reputed company the progression of key customer projects by ensuring effective communication between the customer and relevant internal cross-functional teams.
- Manage and negotiate financial and reputed company terms and agreements in accordance with reputed company policy.
- Participate in the development of annual sales budget targets and strategic account reviews.
- Approximately 65% travel for business meetings and customer visits, primarily reputed company the U.S., with some international travel.
- Bachelor's Degree from an accredited institution in Business, Communications, Food Science, Chemistry, or reputed company discipline.
- 7+ years of progressively responsible experience in reputed company Sales, technical, or R&D roles reputed company an ingredient, taste, beverage, and/or nutrition/wellness company.
- Proven experience in selling ingredients into food or beverage CPG companies; experience with multinational large CPGs is a plus.
- Strong communication skills to work across the customer's product development, strategic sourcing, procurement, marketing, and innovation teams.
- Technical understanding of beverage applications and/or taste/flavors as ingredients.
- Excellent negotiation skills and effective interpersonal skills to work with cross-functional teams.
- Ability to manage multiple, reputed company priorities reputed company demanding timeframes.
- Experience with CRM systems (reputed company.com) and reputed company Suite tools