Sales Account Manager - Food Ingredients

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We are looking for a motivated and experienced Sales Account Manager to join our Food team!

You will be responsible for building a long-term, value-based relationship with accounts; expanding them for further business and improving the margin they create while reducing the time and costs of managing them.

What You'll Do:

• Improve Univar's position within each account using consultative and in-depth selling at all levels within the account.
• Prospect for new business by conducting sales calls to actively grow the size of the territory.
• Focus on customer retention and overall customer satisfaction.
• Provide customer technical support and consultant services to increase our overall value to the customer.
• Maintain a clear updated view of your sales pipeline.
• Set pricing and service levels, as well as maintain and coordinate customer quotations or provide necessary information to allow local branches to do so.
• Coordinate with Local Sales, Purchasing, and Operations to ensure proper inventory levels.
• Demonstrate commitment to safety, both personal and of your colleagues.

What You'll Need:

• Outside Sales, Product Management, Procurement or Supply Chain experience in B2B environments
• Food, Pharma or Personal Care ingredients experience is required
• Experience in manufacturing or chemical distribution is required
• Strong analytical and data-driven decision-making skills.
• Ability to analyze sales performance, market trends, pricing, profitability, customer purchasing patterns, and pipeline metrics.
• Experience using CRM systems, sales dashboards, and reporting tools to manage opportunities and forecast business.
• Bachelor's degree
• Ability to nurture an extensive network of contacts.
• Demonstrated competitive drive.
• Effective negotiation skills that allow Univar to realize appropriate value for products and services
• Ability to travel within the assigned territory, at least 3 days on the road per week.

Where you'll work: This is a home-based opportunity for candidates based in Portland, OR or Seattle, WA. Cities in between these two locations will be considered.

Pay & Benefits:

The salary range for this role is USD 91,680 - 114,590. The specific salary offered to a candidate may be motivated by a variety of factors including the candidate's proven experience, education, training, certifications, qualifications, and work location. In addition, this position is eligible for incentive pay. Available employee benefits include health, vision, and dental. We also provide 401k matching for retirement and paid time off.

Univar Solutions is a leading, global distributor of chemicals and ingredients essential to the safety, health, and wellbeing of our daily lives from life-saving medicines and vitamins to hand sanitizers and industrial materials used for cleaning, construction, and more. Our global team of more than 9,500 employees support our vision to redefine distribution and be the most valued chemical and ingredient distributor on the planet!

We offer a Total Rewards package that includes market aligned pay and incentives as well as a diverse benefits offering to support our employees' physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing.

Univar Solutions supports sustainable solutions for the world around us so that we can do our part to help keep our communities healthy, fed, clean, and safe!

We are committed to a diverse workforce and a culture of inclusion. Together, we are building a culture that acknowledges the unique experiences, perspectives and expertise of individuals and provides the development and growth opportunities to empower us to redefine our industry.


Univar Solutions is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against based on their race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or other protected classification. We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the hiring process, please contact us at View email address on click.appcast.io.


Univar Solutions does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or staffing firms (collectively Recruiting Firms). Recruiting Firms must enter into a Master Services Agreement (MSA) with Univar Solutions prior to submitting any information relating to a potential candidate. All searches must be initiated by Univar Solutions' Talent Acquisition team and candidates must be submitted via Applicant Tracking System (ATS) by approved vendors who have been expressly requested to make a submission for a specific job opening. No placement fees will be paid to any firm unless the aforementioned conditions have been met. Contacting our hiring managers directly is prohibited.