Diversey

Area Manager - Food and Beverage - California

Anaheim, California, United States of America

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 9 hours ago

SalesRecruitingLeadershipCollaborationFood Safety

About the role

The company's product portfolio includes a broad array of water treatment chemistries, process aids, functional additives, cleaners, disinfectants, and state-of-the-art monitoring, control and delivery systems.
Headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, the company has 78 manufacturing facilities strategically located around the globe and employs a team of over ~23000 professionals in >160 countries across six continents.

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.
Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, manage costs, and continuously strengthen business processes.
Implement and support performance planning and development conversations.
Serve as a trusted technical and commercial partner to customer QA, operations, and food safety teams-particularly within beef and poultry processing environments.
Strong relationship-building skills across customer organizations and internal partners.
A focus on setting clear expectations while creating opportunities for team members to grow and build skills that support both current and future success.

Required Technical Expertise (Mandatory)
This role requires practical experience within food and beverage processing environments, with strong understanding of Cleaning & Disinfection (C&D), Water Treatment, and Food Safety programs.
If your experience looks a little different from what we've identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we'd love to learn more about you.

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.

Solenis is a leading global provider of water and hygiene solutions.
Solenis is a 2025 Best Managed Company Gold Standard honoree.
For additional information about Solenis, please visit www.solenis.com or follow us on social media.

A commitment to continuous learning and ongoing development of commercial and technical expertise.
Alignment with our 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.
Competitive health + wellness benefit plan
Recharge with PTO, Sick Time and Floating Holidays

Collaborate closely with key customers, large/local accounts, and Key Account Managers, with clearly defined plans and shared accountability for execution.

This listing is sourced directly from Diversey's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.