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Area Manager - Food and Beverage - California

Job Overview

Location

United States of America, California (Remote)

Job Type

Full-time

Category

Operations

Date Posted

May 22, 2026

Full Job Description

đź“‹ Description

  • • Lead, support, and develop a team of roughly 5-8 sales representatives to achieve targeted total gross profit across feeder parts, technical services, and sales.
  • • Partner with your team to deliver on district sales goals and budget commitments.
  • • Coach and mentor others by providing clear guidance and constructive feedback to strengthen commercial, technical, and business capabilities.
  • • Foster consistency by ensuring alignment with systems, policies, and regulatory requirements.
  • • Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, manage costs, and continuously strengthen business processes.
  • • Implement and support performance planning and development conversations.
  • • Collaborate closely with key customers, large/local accounts, and Key Account Managers, with clearly defined plans and shared accountability for execution.
  • • Serve as a trusted technical and commercial partner to customer QA, operations, and food safety teams—particularly within beef and poultry processing environments.
  • • Requires practical experience within food and beverage processing environments, with strong understanding of Cleaning & Disinfection (C&D), Water Treatment, and Food Safety programs.
  • • Experience with intervention applications in beef and/or poultry processing is highly preferred.
  • • A college degree and experience selling in a B2B environment (specialty chemical sales preferred), with 2–3 years of experience leading or managing a sales team.
  • • A commitment to continuous learning and ongoing development of commercial and technical expertise.
  • • The ability to translate strategic priorities into clear, achievable actions and responsibilities.
  • • A collaborative mindset and a genuine desire to contribute to team success.
  • • Strong relationship-building skills across customer organizations and internal partners.
  • • Alignment with company vision and values, with the ability to clearly communicate and reinforce them with your team.
  • • A flexible, inclusive leadership style that motivates others and supports high performance.
  • • Comfort using data and insights to make thoughtful, informed decisions.
  • • A focus on setting clear expectations while creating opportunities for team members to grow and build skills that support both current and future success.

🎯 Requirements

  • • College degree and 2–3 years of experience leading or managing a sales team in a B2B environment (specialty chemical sales preferred)
  • • Practical experience within food and beverage processing environments with strong understanding of Cleaning & Disinfection (C&D), Water Treatment, and Food Safety programs
  • • Experience with intervention applications in beef and/or poultry processing is highly preferred

🏖️ Benefits

  • • Competitive health + wellness benefit plan
  • • Continuous professional development with many opportunities for growth
  • • Recharge with PTO, Sick Time and Floating Holidays
  • • Competitive Salary and Sales Incentive Plan
  • • 401(k) Plan with Company Match
  • • Company Car, Laptop, Phone

Skills & Technologies

Remote

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About Solenis LLC

Solenis LLC manufactures specialty chemicals for water-intensive industries worldwide, including pulp and paper, oil and gas, power, chemical processing, mining, municipal, and biorefining. Products include process, functional, and water treatment chemistries plus monitoring and control systems designed to improve operational efficiency, extend asset life, and reduce environmental impact. Headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, the company operates research, manufacturing, and sales facilities across more than 130 countries.

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