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Sales Executive

Sales Executive

Ag1SourcePhiladelphia, PA, United States
16 hours ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

Sales Executive – Specialty Ingredients (Northeastern U.S.)

Looking for a role where you can influence growth, build meaningful industry relationships, and bring high-value specialty ingredients to the food, personal care, and pharmaceutical markets? This opportunity offers the chance to represent an industry-leading product portfolio while driving innovation and impact across a thriving customer base.

What’s in it for you

  • Competitive base salary in the range of $125,000–$160,000, plus a full benefits package
  • Opportunity to work with a respected, high-growth specialty ingredients portfolio to include unmodified and modified corn starches, maltodextrins, dextrose, HFCS, and specialty carbohydrate-based ingredients
  • Autonomy to manage a multi-state territory while partnering closely with internal technical and commercial teams
  • A strategic role with direct influence on customer success, market expansion, and new business development
  • Industry involvement through trade associations, conferences, and tradeshows
  • A position built for a high-impact contributor ready to advance their career

This role will be responsible for

  • Marketing and selling specialty ingredients across the food, personal care, and pharmaceutical industries
  • Developing, managing, and strengthening business-critical customer relationships
  • Identifying key accounts and shaping strategic plans to grow and protect business
  • Driving new business opportunities through prospecting, application development, and solution-oriented selling
  • Assisting customers with technical formulas, troubleshooting, and product application support
  • Maintaining CRM records for leads, opportunities, and customer interactions
  • Reporting market intelligence including competitor activity, customer trends, and industry developments
  • Collaborating cross-functionally with Procurement, Operations, R&D, Technical Services, and other internal teams
  • Participating in trade associations and industry events to elevate presence and expertise

    • Expectations will include

  • Living within the Northeastern United States territory
  • Traveling 40%+ for customer visits, meetings, trainings, conferences, and tradeshows
  • Maintaining a high level of product and market knowledge
  • Providing exceptional customer service and timely communication
  • Consistently meeting sales goals while proactively pursuing new opportunities
  • Representing the organization professionally in all customer and industry interactions

    • A qualified candidate will possess the following

  • Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field of study
  • 5+ years of technical B2B ingredients sales experience within the food sector
  • Strong communication and persuasive presentation skills
  • Proven ability to build and maintain professional networks and customer relationships
  • Strategic thinker with the ability to solve complex problems and anticipate market needs
  • Highly action-oriented, results-driven, and skilled at managing a dynamic sales pipeline
  • Commitment to ongoing personal development and industry learning
  • Candidates must be eligible to work in the US as well as meet the qualifications listed above in order to be considered for the Sales Executive job.

    • Compensation : $145,600 per year

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