Technical Sales Representative, Poultry

4 days ago

Piscataway, NJ, United States Evonik Industries Full time
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The Technical Sales Representative is responsible for maintaining, planning, and growing sales of microbial control programs (Blitz™, Spectrum™, and related products) across beef, swine, and poultry processing plants. The role relies heavily on sales and technical service expertise, strong operations knowledge, and relationship-building skills. It also involves identifying and developing business opportunities within the broader meat processing industry while supporting customers with consistent service, troubleshooting, and cross-functional collaboration.

RESPONSIBILITIES
  • Maintain a high level of customer service through regular service visits, sales visits, calls, and on-site troubleshooting.
  • Manage assigned accounts and serve as the primary point of contact for customer relationships.
  • Work collaboratively with sales managers, service managers, the protein team, and internal/external partners to meet product line growth, retention, and profitability goals.
  • Independently schedule service and sales visits based on customer priority and opportunities.
  • Build and strengthen relationships with key decision-makers at customer sites (e.g., plant managers, food safety managers, purchasing, R&D, and quality teams).
  • Develop detailed knowledge of customer operations, history, competitive landscape, and potential opportunities; communicate insights internally for growth and maintenance.
  • Document sales activities, prospecting, and account management tasks using Evonik CSM systems.
  • Assist with forecasting functions and support new sales opportunities across the territory.
  • Promote and practice safe work habits in alignment with Evonik's global health, safety, security, and environmental standards.
REQUIREMENTS
  • Bachelor's degree preferred; an equivalent combination of education and experience is considered.
  • 2-5 years of sales, technical service, or management experience in the poultry or allied protein industry preferred.
  • 3-5 years of experience working within slaughter or further processing plant environments for beef, swine, and/or poultry.
  • Strong business and sales acumen, including strategic planning, forecasting, and understanding of profitability.
  • Proven ability to build and maintain customer relationships and understand protein industry account needs.
  • Ability to work independently and effectively from a home-based environment.
  • Willingness to travel up to 80% of the time.
  • Willingness to work non-traditional hours for troubleshooting or system start-ups.


The Evonik Group adopts an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) approach. Candidates are assessed based on their educational qualifications, experience, job competencies and potential and shall not be discriminated against on the basis of race, ethnicity, age, gender, religion, nationality, disability or sexual orientation or other classifications protected by local, state, or provincial regulations.

Your Application

To ensure that your application is proceeded as quickly as possible and to protect the environment, please apply online via our careers portal. Further information about Evonik as Employer can be found at https://careers.evonik.com.

Please address your application to the Talent Acquisition Manager, stating your earliest possible starting date and your salary expectations.

Your Talent Acquisition Manager:
Nermene Abuhashesh [C]

Company is
Evonik Corporation

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