Sales Account Manager

Highly Competitive
  1. Permanent
  2. Account Management
  3. Australia
Sydney, Australia
Posting date: 06 Nov 2026
71298

Do you thrive on winning new business and growing key accounts within the food manufacturing and laboratory market?

Proclinical is working alongside an established global organisation within the diagnostics and food safety sector is looking for a Sales Account Manager to manage and grow its NSW, ACT and South Australian territory. This is an excellent opportunity for a commercially driven professional with experience across food manufacturing, food safety, microbiology, laboratory testing or technical food solutions who enjoys developing relationships and winning new business.

You will work with food manufacturers and commercial testing laboratories, helping customers improve food safety, quality and testing outcomes through innovative technical solutions. This is not simply an account-maintenance position. You will have responsibility for growing the territory, identifying opportunities, developing new customers and building long-term strategic relationships.

Responsibilities:

  • Manage and grow customers across NSW, ACT and South Australia.
  • Develop new business across food manufacturing and commercial testing laboratories.
  • Build strong relationships with Quality, QA/QC, Food Safety, Laboratory, Microbiology and Technical teams.
  • Identify new opportunities and convert prospects into long-term customers.
  • Deliver technical and commercially focused product presentations.
  • Develop territory plans and maintain an active opportunity pipeline.
  • Position premium technical solutions based on quality, performance, reliability and customer value.
  • Collaborate with technical and internal teams to support customer requirements.
  • Travel regularly across the territory.

Key Skills and Requirements:

  • Experience in food & beverage, food safety, microbiology, laboratory testing, technical food solutions or a related industry.
  • Proven sales and business development experience, ideally including new customer acquisition.
  • A science or technical background such as Food Science, Microbiology, Biology, Biotechnology or Chemistry would be highly regarded.
  • Experience working with food manufacturers, commercial laboratories or QA/QC environments.
  • Strong relationship-building and consultative selling skills.
  • Comfortable selling complex technical solutions rather than competing purely on price.
  • Ability to independently manage a large geographical territory and travel regularly.


If you are having difficulty in applying or if you have any questions, please contact Jason Nathan at j.nathan@proclinical.com.

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