Business Development Manager

The Food and Beverage business is seeking a qualified Business Development Manager to extend our market reach through targeted discovery and exploration of new and untapped business opportunities and relationships. Our ideal candidate will be trusted to take the lead, leverage Ecolab resources and drive new customer acquisition. Highly skilled at sales and business operations, this person will join and inspire a team of like-minded associates to achieve our company vision.

The successful candidate will acquire new customers through the identification, prioritization, strategic analysis, and sales plan development/execution. Business development will require working closely with marketing and sales leaders to develop and execute growth strategies by market segment.

What you will do:

• Drive new customer acquisition
• Manage significant deal volume and target account pipelines
• Develop and execute strategic sales plans, targeting prioritized opportunities
• Respond to inbound lead generation; leverage sales experience and skills to close new accounts
• Leverage knowledge of industry and sales experience to establish credibility with current and prospective customers
• Provide timely and accurate sales forecasts to inform management's strategic decision-making, and to reflect appropriate management of the territory and sales pipeline
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to win new business
• Transition customers to account management team responsible for post-sales support

Additional Position Details:

• Location: Minneapolis, MN
• Work Arrangement: Work from home with travel
• Travel: This role will have 25% overnight domestic travel (flying and driving)
• Relocation: If applicable, relocation assistance would be provided for the right candidate.
• Vehicle: This position does come with an Ecolab-issued, non-decaled vehicle

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent industry experience
• Five years of technical sales or field sales support experience
• Possess a valid Driver's License and acceptable Motor Vehicle Record
• Immigration sponsorship is not available for this role

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering (chemical, mechanical, industrial) or life sciences (biology, chemistry, etc.)
• Process treatment experience in ethylene, butadiene, styrene, and downstream chemical operations
• Water treatment or specialty chemical industry experience

About Nalco Water:

In a world with increasing water shortage and contamination challenges, Nalco Water, an Ecolab company, helps customers conserve more than 161 billion gallons of water each year. We work with customers across the world in the light industry (institutional, food & beverage, manufacturing, transportation, textile care, and global high tech) and heavy industry (chemical, downstream, paper, mining, power and primary metals industries) to reduce, reuse, and recycle their water while protecting their systems and equipment. Nalco Water provides the unique opportunity to work with a broad suite of technologies to deliver automated monitoring systems, data analysis and deep technical expertise to increase efficiency, sustainability and performance for our customers.

Benefits

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Covid-19 Vaccine Notice

Due to local mandates and customer requirements, applicants for certain customer-facing positions must be fully vaccinated (which in some situations requires a booster if eligible), unless a religious or medical accommodation is requested by the applicant and approved by Ecolab.

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