About the role:
Are you currently working in the Food & Beverage industry, either in sales or in the manufacturing plant and want to grow your career?
As our Account Manager you will work with food and beverage manufacturers, in the Taranaki region, to enhance operational efficiency, food safety and product quality. You will utilise the vast resources of Ecolab to tailor cleaning and sanitising programs, understand operational efficiency objectives and help reduce the total cost of operations for our customers. Crucially you will identify opportunities for growth within existing accounts and work proactively to expand business revenue. You will do this by being a trusted advisor to customers, providing guidance on best practices, product usage, and industry trends.
In this role you will:
Serve as the primary point of contact for our customers, understanding their needs and providing tailored solutions.
Develop and maintain strong relationships with key decision-makers at customer sites to drive customer satisfaction and retention.
Conduct on-site quality testing, inspections and audits to help customers identify and address potential contamination or hygiene issues.
Provide technical support and troubleshooting assistance when issues arise with Ecolab products or services.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless delivery of products and services to customers.
Track and analyse key performance metrics to measure account health and identify areas for improvement.
Facilitate regular business review meetings with your customers
Critical to the role will be your energy and ability to drive sales and business development opportunities, coupled with a tremendous amount of initiative, excelling at identifying and seizing opportunities for Ecolab’s products within the dairy, brewing, beverage, protein and food processing industries.
Our preferred candidate may have:
Experience in sales or manufacturing
Ability to facilitate clear and open dialogue with diverse stakeholders at site level and beyond.
Great communication skills
Ability to solve problems and maintain equipment
Ability to work autonomously and hungry to learn!
Don’t worry if you don’t have everything on the list, as training will be given.
This role will require travel to other parts of New Zealand and may include overnight stays and occasional night work to support our customers’ requirements.
Life at ECOLAB:
Our three behavioural shifts are People First, One United ANZ Ecolab Team and Owning the Outcome.
We believe the best teams are diverse and inclusive, there is a world of opportunity that can be found within our growing company and delivering results and demonstrating teamwork drives advancement.
Some of the benefits you could enjoy:
Flexible working arrangements
Health and Well-being Subsidy of $250 per year
MY Days bonus leave program
Rewarding bonus and incentive programs
Attractive staff product discounts
Access to the Ecolab holiday house in Lake Taupo NZ
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
About Ecolab:
Every day, we make the world cleaner, safer and healthier – protecting people and vital resources. Ecolab is the global leader in water, hygiene and services. Around the world, businesses in food service, food processing, hospitality, healthcare, industrial, mining markets choose Ecolab products and services to keep their environment clean and safe, operate efficiently and achieve sustainability goals. Our global workforce of over 47,000 employees is consistently delivering comprehensive solutions that meet the unique needs of our customers.
How to apply:
Click APPLY to submit your application.
The preferred applicant will be subject to employment screening by Ecolab or by their external third-party provider.
Get social with us:
If you would like to find out more about us, please find out more at https://en-nz.ecolab.com/
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Skills Required
- Experience in sales or manufacturing
- Ability to facilitate clear and open dialogue with diverse stakeholders
- Great communication skills
- Ability to solve problems and maintain equipment
- Ability to work autonomously and hungry to learn
Ecolab Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Ecolab and has not been reviewed or approved by Ecolab.
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Retirement Support — Feedback suggests the company provides strong retirement programs, including a 401(k) with employer matching and a pension, alongside options like an employee stock purchase plan. Offerings such as retiree healthcare benefits and diverse investment choices reinforce long-term financial support.
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Healthcare Strength — Feedback suggests medical coverage is broad, with HSA plan options and company contributions, prescription benefits, dental and vision, and virtual care and mental health support. Company-paid wellness programs and income protection (short- and long-term disability, life and accident) further strengthen core coverage.
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Parental & Family Support — Family-focused programs include fertility support, adoption assistance, and paid parental leave, complemented by counseling and resource services. These offerings are positioned as supportive of employee well-being across different life stages.
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What We Do
A trusted partner at nearly three million customer locations, Ecolab (ECL) is the global leader in water, hygiene and infection prevention solutions and services. With annual sales of $12 billion and more than 44,000 associates, Ecolab delivers comprehensive solutions, data-driven insights and personalized service to advance food safety, maintain clean and safe environments, optimize water and energy use, and improve operational efficiencies and sustainability for customers in the food, healthcare, hospitality and industrial markets in more than 170 countries around the world. For more Ecolab news and information, visit www.ecolab.com, or follow us on twitter.com/ecolab, facebook.com/ecolab or instagram.com/ecolab_inc.
