Donaldson is committed to solving the world’s most complex filtration challenges. Together, we make cool things. As an established technology and innovation leader, we are continuously evolving to meet the filtration needs of our changing world. Join a culture of collaboration and innovation that matters and a chance to learn, effect change, and make meaningful contributions at work and in communities.
At Donaldson, we are committed to solving complex filtration challenges through innovation, collaboration, and a customer-first mindset. As a Territory Sales Manager – Food & Beverage, you will drive business growth, develop strategic customer relationships, and expand our presence within the Food & Beverage market.
Main Responsibilities
- Develop and execute the commercial strategy to achieve sales objectives across the assigned territory.
- Identify and develop new business opportunities, customers, applications, and projects within the Food & Beverage industry.
- Build and strengthen relationships with key customers, distributors, and strategic partners.
- Understand customer processes and technical needs to recommend appropriate filtration solutions.
- Manage the sales pipeline, customer activities, and opportunities using CRM tools.
- Collaborate with Applications Engineering, Customer Service, Marketing, Supply Chain, and other teams to support customer needs.
- Support commercial proposals, pricing, and negotiations to drive profitable growth.
- Monitor market trends, competitive activity, and potential opportunities within the territory.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Business, Sales, or a related field.
- Experience in B2B technical sales, territory management, or business development within industrial environments.
- Strong customer relationship, negotiation, and business development skills.
- Experience in Food & Beverage, filtration, manufacturing or process industries is preferred.
- Fluent english level
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, business, sales, or a related field
- Experience in B2B technical sales, territory management, or business development within industrial environments
- Strong customer relationship, negotiation, and business development skills
- Experience in Food and Beverage, filtration, manufacturing, or process industries
- Fluent English
Donaldson Company Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs like a 401(k) match, profit-sharing, and an employee stock purchase plan are positioned as meaningful components of total compensation. Company materials consistently frame retirement benefits within a broader Total Rewards offering.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, vision, and a 24/7 Employee Assistance Program with mental‑health resources create a comprehensive health and wellbeing package. Healthcare is often characterized as decent and a core strength of the overall offering.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off, holidays, and paid parental leave are explicitly included, alongside other company‑paid leaves such as bereavement, jury duty, and military leave. Some locations highlight multi‑week PTO from the first year, underscoring breadth of leave options.
Donaldson Company Insights
What We Do
Donaldson Company helps solve some of the world's most complex filtration and contamination control challenges, and is one of the largest global providers of unique filtration technologies and high-quality filters and parts. Our filtration technologies and products are used every day, in a variety of industries and environments, including aerospace, agriculture, construction, food and beverage, manufacturing, mining, power generation, transportation and many more. Key to our success, our 14,000 employees support customers at sales, manufacturing and distribution centers from over 140 locations on six continents. The filtration market continues to grow. Customers' needs for filtration solutions continue to evolve. And the opportunities for our products and our people continue to expand.
