Account Manager

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60632, Chicago, IL, USA
In-Office
60K-70K Annually
Mid level
Food
The Role
Manage the full sales cycle, cultivate new business, grow customer relationships, and achieve profitable sales across food, hospitality, retail, and wholesale clients. Responsibilities include developing growth strategies, delivering presentations, overseeing client onboarding, advocating for customer needs, coordinating marketing initiatives, and collaborating with stakeholders. The role requires strong communication, relationship management, sales strategy, organizational, CRM, and Microsoft Office skills.
Summary Generated by Built In

Ready to turn your passion for food into a career with purpose? Join the dynamic team at Midwest Foods—a women-owned produce powerhouse based in Chicago and Kenosha, proudly serving the restaurant, hospitality, retail, and wholesale industries across Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin.

We’re not just about delivering top-quality produce—we’re about building a better food system. Partnering with top growers and local farmers, we bring farm-to-plate stories to life while prioritizing sustainability and client satisfaction every step of the way. If you're fascinated by where food comes from, love tackling challenges, and thrive in a fast-paced, team-driven environment, this is your chance to make a real impact.

We're on the lookout for passionate individuals with hospitality or service industry experience to join our team. If you're a natural relationship builder, the thrill of a win, a problem solver, and growth-minded go-getter, this role was made for you.

Why Midwest Foods?
  A mission-driven company
 🚀 Limitless opportunities for growth
 🌱 A chance to shape the future of food

Sound like your kind of challenge? Let’s grow together!

Responsibilities:

  • Cultivate new business opportunities.
  • Increase customer penetration through a diverse group of clients by utilizing the company’s portfolio of products and services.
  • Achieve competitive and financially sound business.
  • Collaborate, develop, and implement a strategic growth plan and professional goals.
  • Drive a proactive approach to client engagement via solution-oriented practices.
  • Devote energy to building collaborative relationships with Midwest Foods’s key stakeholders.
  • Learn and comprehend Midwest Foods’s suite of product & services.
  • Plan and oversee new marketing initiatives.
  • Manage the full sales cycle.
  • Oversee client set up and act as customer advocate for ongoing customer needs.
  • Additional responsibilities as needed, pertaining to the job.
Qualifications

Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree or 3-5 years of related professional experience in food/hospitality, service and/or sales.
  • Ability to develop and deliver presentations to attract profitable sales.
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
  • Experience in planning and implementing sales strategy.
  • Proven experience in customer relationship management.
  • Excellent time management and prioritization skills.
  • Proficient Microsoft Office packages.
  • Experience with CRM or any other cloud-based programs recommended.
  • Tech savvy and is up to date with current marketing strategies utilizing social media outlets and trends.

Benefits:

  • Health, Dental, Vision, Life, STD/LTD, VL, Accident, Critical Illness Insurance
  • 401-k with employer match
  • Vacation and PTO/sick days
  • Mileage
  • Cell phone, laptop, and other duty related equipment

Compensation: $60,000-$70,000 DOE, plus bonus + commission


Skills Required

  • Bachelor's degree or 3-5 years of related professional experience in food, hospitality, service, or sales
  • Ability to develop and deliver presentations to attract profitable sales
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills
  • Experience planning and implementing sales strategy
  • Proven customer relationship management experience
  • Excellent time management and prioritization skills
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office packages
  • Experience with CRM or other cloud-based programs
  • Technology proficiency and familiarity with current marketing strategies, social media outlets, and trends
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The Company
HQ: Chicago, IL

What We Do

Midwest Foods, Inc. is a family owned wholesale food distributor, serving top quality food products and excellent customer service to our valued clients for over 40 years.

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