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Sales Account Manager-Trainee

Hoffman Estates, IL, US  
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Job ID 4547 Date posted 07/10/2024 Category Sales

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.
Jessica Sales Manager, North America

Sales Account Manager-Trainee

Hoffman Estates, IL, US  
Job ID 4547 Date posted July 8, 2024 Job Category Sales

When your professional aim is to satisfy customers’ needs and create tailor-made solutions to deliver positive customer experience and business growth, the next step in your career is to contact us directly!  

It is an exciting time at Sensient, where your individual performance will be rewarded with unlimited earning potential.  As a Sales Account Manager Sweet & Beverage Flavors, you will maintain and grow relationships with customers to pursue profitable growth opportunities in assigned customer accounts and new clients in the UK. This position is a home based role in the UK. 

What you'll do:

  • As a Sales Account Manager, you will have the opportunity to sell our top-shelf, value-added flavors, extracts, sauces & inclusions portfolio. 
  • You will be an intricate part of the commercial team, responsible for developing and delivering sales activities to food & beverage accounts mainly in ice cream, bakery, confectionary and beverage categories.
  • You will be given ownership over your sales territory with the ability and expectation to manage and grow your business with existing clients and onboarding new ones. As a part of a dynamic team, you will have internal resources structured to support and ensure your success!

What you'll bring:

  • Technical Sales experience in a B2B environment, like in food ingredients, specialty chemicals, or other technical and value added products.  
  • A strategic approach to developing business and winning new accounts along with the drive and passion to win!
  • Can navigate large accounts and partner with key decision makers for innovative new product development projects, which requires savvy at selling technical, value-added solutions to a professional audience.
  • Ability to travel regularly across your territory and trade shows. 

What you’ll get:

  • We offer you comprehensive onboarding and training. This secures a solid foundation to understand the organization and its products, technologies, systems, supporting functions and culture, which enhances your ability to quickly become productive and integrated into the Sensient organization.
  • We support you in working cross-functionally with our R&D, Commercial, Operational and Service teams.  
  • An excellent salary, benefit offering and development opportunities

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.

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. 

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