Sales Account Manager - Bilingual (French/English)

Job summary

Manage and grow key accounts across Canada by selling ingredients to large meat manufacturers. Develop new business, strengthen customer relationships, and drive sales growth through regular travel and on-site customer engagement.

Job details

We are partnering with a leading supplier to the global meat industry to recruit a Sales Account Manager responsible for managing and growing key accounts across Canada. This is a customer-facing, consultative sales role focused on selling ingredients to large meat manufacturers. You'll develop new business opportunities, strengthen existing customer relationships, and drive sales growth through regular travel and on-site engagement with food production customers. Key Requirements: Proven B2B industrial sales experience Strong account management and business development skills Self-motivated, organised, and persistent approach Comfortable working independently and spending significant time on the road Fluent in English and French Location: Near Montreal or Toronto Working Model: Remote, with flexibility to work from the Montreal office, particularly during the onboarding period This opportunity will suit a hands-on sales professional who enjoys building long-term customer relationships, identifying growth opportunities, and delivering results in a fast-paced manufacturing environment. Qualifications: Degree qualified with proven sales/account management experience, ideally within food manufacturing or B2B industrial sales. Experience level circa 5 years. Bilingual in French and English. Strong communication, influencing and negotiation skills. Proactive, results-driven and skilled at developing new business and managing key accounts. Able to solve customer challenges, manage conflict and build long-term relationships. Experience with CRM systems such as Salesforce, QlikSense or JD Edwards is advantageous. Based near Montreal or Toronto with the flexibility to travel frequently (up to 40%). Valid, clean driving licence required. What Our Client Offers Target Salary: Open within the range of 5 years experience Annual Performance Bonus Vehicle Allowance Life and Health Insurance Due to the large number of applications our opportunities attract, it sometimes takes us time to thoroughly review and consider them all. We endeavour to respond to every application within 5 working days, however if you have not heard from us within this timeframe, we are sorry to say your application for the role has not been successful. Also, please note that we are only able to accept and respond to applications from candidates with eligibility to work in Canada with valid right to work. For further details or for immediate consideration then please contact Peak Recruitment at applicant@peak-recruit.com.

What you’ll do

Manage and grow key accounts across Canada by selling ingredients to large meat manufacturers. Develop new business, strengthen customer relationships, and drive sales growth through regular travel and on-site customer engagement.

Requirements

Candidates should have a degree and around five years of sales or account management experience, ideally in food manufacturing or B2B industrial sales, and be fluent in French and English. They should be proactive and results-driven, have strong communication and negotiation skills, be comfortable traveling up to 40%, hold a valid clean driving licence, and ideally have experience with CRM systems such as Salesforce, QlikSense, or JD Edwards.

Benefits

• Annual Performance Bonus
• Vehicle Allowance
• Life Insurance
• Health Insurance

Listed skills

• French · Preferred
• Account Management · Preferred
• Negotiation · Preferred
• Communication · Preferred
• CRM Systems · Preferred
• Consultative Selling · Preferred
• Sales Growth · Preferred
• Business development · Preferred
• English · Preferred

Other relevant skills

Identified from the job description. Confirm important requirements above.

• B2B Industrial Sales
• Account Management
• Business Development
• Customer Relationship Management
• Consultative Selling
• Negotiation
• Communication
• Influencing
• Conflict Management
• Customer Problem-Solving
• Sales Growth
• French
• English
• CRM Systems
• Independent Work
• Frequent Travel

Job areas

• Sales
• Food & Beverage
• Manufacturing
• Management & Leadership