Sales Account Manager (Remote Opportunity)

Smithfield Foods

10d • Remote

About The Position

If you are currently employed at Smithfield, please log into Workday and submit your application through the Jobs Hub. A great job-and a great future-awaits you at Smithfield Foods. We are an American food company with a leading position in packaged meats and fresh pork products. We’re looking for motivated people who want to join our team and grow lasting and meaningful careers with us. Apply Now! THE VALUE YOU’LL BRING: The position summary states the general nature and purpose of the job. Overall accountabilities are defined in this section. 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! We have built a culture that places value on our employees, our animals, the environment and the communities we all share. Smithfield Foods and our Sales teams are consistently evolving and looking for individuals that can help foster relationships and achieve results to impact our bottom line! 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. Whether it is bacon, ham, fresh pork or another product category you will work directly with the customers and cross-functional 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 your customers with daily communications on pricing, product availability, and order management.

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 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.
• Capable of sitting for extended periods of time.
• Must be able to occasionally lift up to 25 lbs.
• Frequently required to sit; stand; walk; reach with hands and arms.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision and depth perception.
• Able to travel as needed.

Responsibilities

• 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 , R&D efforts in order to increase sales and satisfy customer demands for new items.
• Cultivate business relations with personnel at various levels in order 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

• Smithfield is proud to offer robust, flexible and affordable benefit plans and programs to support our team members and their loved ones, and with out-of-pocket costs, on average, 20 percent less than plans offered by other employers.
• Beyond our medical plans, our Be Well programs offer tools and resources to enhance your quality of life, at no additional cost.
• These programs are uniquely tailored to our Smithfield team and provide support for elective surgeries, weight loss, mental health, cancer, kidney disease, diabetes, smoking cessation, asthma, maternity management and more.
• Our company invests in your future.
• We offer comprehensive training and professional development programs designed to help you reach your full potential.
• Our partnership with GUILD supports your continuing education with tuition assistance covering English language learning and various certificate programs, while our leadership development initiatives nurture high-potential talent.
• For those looking to build specialized skills, we offer apprenticeship programs that combine hands-on experience with focused learning.
• We also offer unique benefits like our Smithfield Scholarship Program for employees’ children.
• Smithfield’s Education Reimbursement Program provides financial reimbursement to team members who want to further their formal education by obtaining a GED/High School Equivalency (HSE) Diploma or by pursuing an academic degree at an accredited college or university that is not a Guild learning partner.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level