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Sales Account Manager-Trainee
Who are we? Customer-focused experts. Entrepreneurial thinkers. Creative collaborators. Headquartered in the United States, Sensient Technologies Corporation is a leading global manufacturer and marketer of colors, flavors, and extracts.
Who are you? A motivated achiever with an interest in sales, the drive to win, and the ability to learn.
What will you gain? In our Sales Development Training Program, you will gain a deep knowledge of our products and customers by working in our labs and supporting our customer service teams. With this critical foundation, you will learn how to generate sales with existing and potential customers. You will work under the direct oversight of your business’s Commercial Director. You will receive individualized coaching from our program coordinator, who we hand-selected from the ranks of our highest-achieving sales professionals to develop the next generation of sales superstars. You also will have the rare and extraordinary opportunity to participate in a CEO-led small group training on sales fundamentals. You will form a community with your peers in the program, developing friendships and professional connections to last a lifetime.
Prior graduates of our Sales Development Training Program are some of our most successful Sales Account Managers and sales leaders. If you are energized by the potential to earn an uncapped sales incentive by selling interesting products to engaging customers – and are willing to put in the effort to learn what you need to know to succeed – this is the program for you.
The Sales Development Training Program lasts a minimum of two years. Upon completion, you are placed in an available open sales territory, and therefore must be willing and able to relocate upon completion of the program.
- Job Type: Full time Training position
- Job Level: Entry
- Travel: Yes (in the assigned territory after the program)
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success profile
We’re looking for participants in our program who are:
- Driven to win
- Able to learn and understand technical information
- Accountable
- Strong communicators
- Enthusiastic about our products
- Attentive and responsive
Your journey
career path
- Sales Trainee
- Sales Account Manager (Multiple levels)
- Manager Sales
- Sales Director
- Sales & Marketing Director
cultural points
The Sensient Six are the core values that drive us in our mission.
- Entrepreneurial
- Customer focused
- Develop self and others
- Collaborative
- Results driven
- Know your job
The training I received as part of Sensient’s Sales Development Program provided me with the technical background needed to confidently work in the industry. I enjoyed the coaching, broad industry exposure, and personal development. It’s been more than five years, and I still use the skills and knowledge I learned in the program every day.
Sales Account Manager-Trainee
Are you seeking a technical sales career that has unlimited career growth potential?
Does an office based structured program, and hands-on training that sets you up for success intrigue you?
We have a high performing and successful sales team in North America. Our best salespeople are coming from diverse backgrounds, and they have been surprised to see that their efforts and projects are paying off for both themselves and the company, resulting in a very attractive income. Our Sales Account Manager Trainee position prepares you to join the success.
What you'll Experience:
- An in-depth rotational learning experience in the fields of sweet, beverage, and savory application in various key departments.
- Receive exceptional guidance from a mentor who will help you navigate, learn and ultimately become the Salesperson you're dreaming to be.
- Once your training is completed, you will move into a Sales Account Manager role with ownership over your own sales territory and the ability to manage and grow your business.
What you'll bring:
- Ideally, a bachelor's degree in a science or business-related discipline or possess direct lab or other industry relevant experience.
- Flexibility and adaptability. Your training will take place in Hoffman Estates, IL. After successfully completing the program, we offer you your own territory in the United States.
- Relocation may be required after training.
- Passion. Your drive to succeed, and eagerness to grow within an entrepreneurial, innovative and results-driven sales team.
What we offer:
- A rotational experience across all facets of the Flavor business to help fully prepare you for a successful sales career.
- An excellent salary, benefits, 401k and vacation time.
- Diverse and Global work environment.
- Approachable, down to earth, and highly collaborative team, that fosters creativity!
About Sensient:
Sensient Technologies Corporation is a leading global manufacturer and marketer of colors, flavors, and extracts. Sensient employs advanced technologies at facilities around the world to develop specialty food and beverage systems, cosmetic and pharmaceutical systems, specialty colors, and other specialty and fine chemicals. The Company's customers include major international manufacturers representing most of the world's best-known brands.
About Sensient Flavors:
Sensient Flavors offers innovative, global taste solutions and specialized flavor delivery systems that help bring life to your food and beverage products. Our leading-edge technologies reflect our core philosophies to be dynamic and innovative and to add value to your applications.
SPONSORSHIP: Due to our inability to offer visa sponsorship, we can only consider candidates who are authorized to work in the United States without the need for employment visa sponsorship.
THIRD PARTY AGENCY: Any unsolicited submissions received from recruitment agencies will be considered property of Sensient Technologies, and we will not be liable for any fees or obligations related to those submissions.
Sensient is an Equal Opportunity Employer, headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
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