Sales Account Manager

Tomra

Posted 3 months ago

Internship

Rochester, New York

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Responsibilities

Serve as the primary strategic partner for regional and national accounts to drive customer success and expand recycling solutions. Manage end-to-end account ownership, ensuring compliance with state deposit laws and coordinating technical installations and upgrades.

Qualifications

You have at least two to four years of college education and five years of sales support experience. You are proficient in MS Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint, and have experience with CRM software like Salesforce or IFS. You must also be comfortable with heavy travel (at least 50%) and possess excellent communication and presentation skills.

Must Have Skills for ATS

MS Excel

MS PowerPoint

Salesforce

IFS

CRM

Job Description

Company Description

TOMRA North America, is a top International Reverse Vending and Recycling Company.  At Tomra transformation is at the heart of everything we do. We transform ideas & technology to create intelligent and pioneering tools to support a sustainable future. 

The Account Manager will serve as the primary strategic partner for key regional and national accounts, driving customer success while expanding TOMRA’s recycling and redemption solutions, and other affiliated products, across multiple bottle bill states. They lead end‑to‑end account ownership while ensuring full customer compliance with state deposit laws. As the main point of contact for both corporate and store‑level teams, the Account Manager will manage escalations, resolve issues, and drive continuous improvement. This role will train customer staff, manage a multi‑state territory, and represent TOMRA within industry groups and regulatory communities, strengthening relationships across distributors, redemption networks, and environmental stakeholders. 

  • Pay: $80-85,000 annually plus 10% bonus potential
  • Monday – Friday schedule with possible weekend availability needed
  • Heavy Travel Required – Company Vehicle Provided

Job Description

  • Serve as the primary contact for regional and national accounts, developing strategies that support customer goals and expand TOMRA’s recycling solutions, and other affiliated products. 

  • Maintain deep knowledge of bottle bill laws across multiple states (e.g., NY, MI, IA, CT, MA, ME, VT) and guide customers through compliance requirements and regulatory changes. 

  • Lead customer onboarding, including site surveys, workflow design, capacity planning, and execution of installations, upgrades, and retrofits. 

  • Ensure customers understand TOMRA’s equipment portfolio, system capabilities, reporting tools, and operational best practices. 

  • Monitor operational performance across locations, analyzing uptime, service trends, and redemption volumes to drive efficiency improvements. 

  • Partner closely with field service and operations teams to ensure proactive maintenance and timely resolution of technical issues. 

  • Provide performance dashboards and strategic insights to help customers enhance experience and optimize labor and throughput. 

  • Manage contract renewals, service agreements, and commercial discussions while identifying opportunities for solution upgrades and expansion. 

  • Train store and redemption center teams on machine operation, troubleshooting, safety, and regulatory requirements; develop training materials and workshops. 

  • Act as the escalation point for operational issues, coordinating cross‑functional teams to resolve problems and implement corrective actions. 

  • Conduct quarterly or semi‑annual business reviews, presenting insights on performance trends, regulatory impacts, and efficiency gains. 

  • Manage a multi‑state territory site visits, regular communication, and maintaining accurate CRM documentation (IFS). 

  • Represent TOMRA at bottle bill association meetings, recycling conferences, environmental sustainability events, and local stakeholder gatherings. 

Qualifications

QUALIFICATIONS  -  

  • Preferred basic understanding of TOMRA technology or equivalent  

  • Proficient in MS Office software, especially MS Excel & MS PowerPoint  

  • Knowledge of Customer Relations software (e.g. SalesForce, IFS) 

  • Excellent oral/written communication skills  

  • Excellent presentation skills  

  • Excellent customer relations skills  

  • Availability to travel at least 50% of the time 

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE –  

  • Education:  Two (2) – four (4) years of college.  

  • Experience: Five years sales support experience and work with sales staff. 

  • Experience working within the beverage industry preferred 

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Tomra

We design and manufacture sensor-based sorting machines and integrated post-harvest solutions for the food industry, using the world’s most advanced grading, sorting, peeling, and analytical technology. Over 8,000 units are installed at food growers, packers, and processors around the world for fruits, nuts, vegetables, potato products, grains and seeds, dried fruit, meat and seafood. Our mission is to enable its customers to improve returns, gain operational efficiencies, and ensure a safe food supply via smart and easy-to-use technologies. To achieve this, we operate centers of excellence, regional offices, and manufacturing locations within the United States, Europe, South America, Asia, Africa and Australasia. TOMRA Food is a member of the TOMRA Group that was founded on innovation in 1972 that began with design, manufacturing and sale of reverse vending machines (RVMs) for automated collection of used beverage containers. TOMRA has ~100,000 installations in over 80 markets worldwide and had total revenues of ~9,3 billion NOK in 2019. The Group employs ~4,500 globally and is publicly listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange (OSE: TOM). For further information about TOMRA, please see www.tomra.com
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