Corporate Account Manager
The posting
At Ecolab, we partner with food and beverage manufacturers to help deliver safer food, cleaner operations and more sustainable production. As a global leader in food safety, hygiene, sanitation and water management solutions, we work alongside some of New Zealand's most recognised manufacturing organisations to improve operational performance and protect their brands.
We're looking for a commercially driven Corporate Account Manager to manage and grow a portfolio of strategic food and beverage manufacturing customers across New Zealand.
This role combines strategic account management with business development, giving you the opportunity to deepen existing customer partnerships while identifying and securing new growth opportunities across the market.
What You'll Be Doing
- Manage and grow a portfolio of major food and beverage manufacturing customers.
- Build trusted relationships with stakeholders across operations, engineering, quality, food safety, production and procurement.
- Identify opportunities to expand Ecolab's solutions within existing accounts while proactively winning new customers and manufacturing sites.
- Develop and execute strategic account plans that drive revenue growth and customer retention.
- Lead customer reviews, commercial discussions, contract negotiations and renewal activity.
- Collaborate with technical and service teams to deliver outstanding customer outcomes.
- Maintain a healthy sales pipeline and consistently achieve growth objectives.
What You'll Bring
You are an experienced Account Manager, Key Account Manager, Corporate Account Manager or Business Development professional with a proven ability to grow revenue, develop strategic customer relationships and identify new business opportunities. Exposure to food and beverage manufacturing is essential, with experience selling solutions, products or services into production environments highly regarded.
You'll bring strong commercial acumen, a consultative sales approach and the ability to engage stakeholders across multiple levels of a customer organisation. Experience within water treatment, food safety, hygiene, sanitation, industrial chemicals, process engineering, manufacturing services or technical solutions will be highly advantageous, as will experience managing multi-site or national accounts.
Why Join Ecolab?
- Join a global leader in food safety, water and sustainability solutions.
- Work with some of New Zealand's largest and most recognised food manufacturers.
- Enjoy a high-autonomy role with significant growth opportunities.
- Competitive salary package, incentive program and vehicle allowance.
- Access to world-class training, career development and global opportunities.
- Be part of a collaborative, high-performing team focused on customer success.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
At Ecolab, we believe the best teams are built from diverse backgrounds, experiences and perspectives. We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where all associates can thrive, contribute and reach their full potential. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and are dedicated to providing a fair and accessible recruitment process.
Apply Now
If you're passionate about helping food and beverage manufacturers improve performance, safety and sustainability while building long-term customer partnerships, we'd love to hear from you.
Take the next step in your sales career and join a global organisation where your impact, growth and success will be recognised and rewarded.
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Taken from Ecolab's own posting, last seen live on 2 Nov 2026.
About Ecolab
Water treatment, cleaning and sanitation, food safety and infection prevention programs, sold with on-site service to restaurants, hotels, food plants, factories, data centers and drugmakers.
Pay schedule: Ecolab reps earn base pay plus a target incentive under its plan terms, and field postings add a company vehicle and phone, a company-paid pension and a stock purchase plan.
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