Account Manager

About the role:

As an Account Manager, you will partner with food and beverage manufacturers across the Eastern Waikato, Bay of Plenty, and Coromandel regions to improve operational efficiency, food safety, and product quality. Leveraging Ecolab’s global expertise and resources, you will implement tailored cleaning and sanitising programs that align with customer objectives to help reduce total operating costs. 

You will conduct customer training sessions to ensure our products and equipment are being used effectively, efficiently, and safely whilst also acting as a trusted advisor who understands their operational challenges. 

Critical to the role will be your energy and ability to drive sales and business development opportunities, coupled with initiative and personal ownership, excelling at identifying and seizing opportunities for Ecolab’s products within the dairy, brewing, beverage, protein and food processing industries. Success in this role will see you working collaboratively across functional groups and stakeholders paired with the ability to work independently at times to manage your own portfolio to deliver results. 

Based in the Waikato/Bay of Plenty, this role offers variety, scope, and excellent development opportunities while working with well-known and trusted brands. 

What you’ll bring: 

To be successful in this role, you will ideally have: 

• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build effective relationships at all levels of customer organisations 

• A practical, solutions-focused mindset with a passion for problem-solving 

• The ability to understand the technical and engineering concepts of both our customers and Ecolab’s businesses. 

• A tertiary qualification in dairy science, food science, or relevant food and beverage processing experience is preferable.  

• Proven ability to identify opportunities, sell value-added solutions, and deliver win–win outcomes 

• A valid New Zealand driver’s license (essential) 

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 foodservice, food processing, hospitality, healthcare, industrial, and manufacturing 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 consistently delivers comprehensive solutions that meet the unique needs of our customers. 

Life at Ecolab: 

Our culture is shaped by three behavioural shifts: People First, One United ANZ Ecolab Team, and Owning the Outcome. We value diversity and inclusion, foster career growth, and believe that teamwork and delivering results drive advancement. 

Some of the benefits you could enjoy include: 

• Company vehicle with full personal use 

• $250 annual Health & Wellbeing Subsidy 

• Attractive employee product discounts 

• Access to the Ecolab holiday house in Lake Taupō 

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan 

• Paid parental leave 

How to apply:

Click Apply to submit your application. 
The preferred applicant will be subject to pre-employment screening conducted by Ecolab or an external provider. 

Find out more about us: https://en-au.ecolab.com/