[Hiring] Sales Account Manager @Smithfield Foods

Role Description

Are you a driven and motivated Sales professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment, building relationships with customers, collaborating with great internal teams, being innovative to achieve business results? Join one of the country’s top consumer packaged goods companies, Smithfield Foods!

As a Sales Account Manager, your primary responsibility will be introducing and placing new products with customers, executing business initiatives, and driving sales for long-term growth. You will work directly with customers and cross-functionally with everyone from Business Management to Plant Operations to deliver the service and products to our customers and consumers.

You will be supported by a Sales Director, Regional Sales Manager, or National Accounts Manager for specific accounts. You will be responsible for establishing and maintaining customer relationships with daily communications on:

• Pricing
• Product availability
• Order management

Qualifications

• 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 the dynamics of the food business industry or retail channels.
• Experience of customer-focused and fact-based selling, including 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.
• Respectful, approachable and team-oriented while building strong working relationships and a positive work environment.
• Ability to work well in fast paced, dynamic environment.
• Possess a valid driver’s license.
• May travel up to 80% of the time.

Requirements

• Accountable for achieving budgeted sales of consumer goods to key customers.
• Develop and achieve maximum sales volume consistent with sales projections for accounts served.
• Maintain business with existing accounts for continued growth.
• Maintain current knowledge of Smithfield’s product management, marketing, and R&D efforts in order to increase sales and satisfy customer demands for new items.
• Cultivate business relations with personnel at various levels to communicate product availability, logistics information, product specifications, and pricing as needed.
• Ensure prompt and equitable disposition of customer complaints or problems; this may require communication with corporate headquarters.

Benefits

• The expected pay range for this position is $70,000 - $97,500 annually.
• Smithfield Foods provides pay ranges that reflect its good faith estimate of the salary or hourly wage the company reasonably expects to pay for a position at the time of hire.
• Individual compensation will be determined based on several factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the role, location of the position, the candidate’s qualifications and experience, internal equity, external market pay for comparable positions and budget considerations.
• At Smithfield Foods, base pay represents only one aspect of the comprehensive total rewards package.
• Relocation Package Available: No

Company Description

When you join Smithfield, you become part of something special – a company that's sustainably feeding people around the world, producing good food the right way with respect for our people, animals, communities and planet.

With opportunities across locations and functions, a culture grounded in our Core Four values - gratitude, communication, respect and accountability - and a strong commitment to learning, collaboration, and innovation, Smithfield offers challenging and rewarding careers where you can grow, contribute and make a real impact.