Account Associate - RISE

Overview

Veolia is a global leader in environmental services, operating across all five continents with nearly 218,000 employees. Specializing in water, energy, and waste management, Veolia Group designs and implements innovative solutions for decarbonization, depollution, and resource regeneration, supporting communities and industries in their ecological transformation.

Veolia's Water Technology Business brings together a dedicated team of experienced professionals committed to tackling the world's most complex challenges related to water scarcity, quality, productivity, and energy. We pursue a shared mission to create a more sustainable future.

Account Associate (entry level) within the Commercial Sales function. This is part of the RISE early career program, a 12-month program that provides hands-on experience and exposure to different parts of the business, building a solid foundation to grow a career s is an entry level role with defined work or projects of moderate complexity; you will follow an individual work plan and meet day-to-day short-term objectives.

You will have the ability to resolve issues through immediate action or short-term planning.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Be responsible for the customer in all aspects of account growth including strategy development, integrated account planning, opportunity identification, and value communication
• Work with the assigned team for effective and profitable sales in an assigned territory
• Work with the assigned team to ensure the growth of new accounts as well as focus on maintaining existing accounts
• Work with current customers and prospects to meet desired sales and service needs
• Interface with the marketing organization to drive high-value solutions leveraging the company portfolio
• Serve as an intermediary for solutions, with a detailed understanding of the customer's business model and how our products and services develop and deliver added value
• Build customer relationships and communication at all levels
• Matrix with existing functional and P&L teams to achieve growth objectives
• Actively participate in community events with the customer
• Drive improvements in key processes for the customer

Minimum

Qualifications/Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Biology, Chemistry, or a closely related discipline (or a High School Diploma / GED with a minimum of 4 years of additional experience in a closely related technical position)
• Less than 1 year of sales or marketing experience or technical support operations experience in water process/treatment related industry

Eligibility Requirements:

• Ability and willingness to travel within territory, as required
• Ability and willingness to reside in assigned region, or within customer proximity requirements, as required
• Work in a heavy industrial environment requiring use of Personal Safety Equipment and exposure to noise, dust, chemicals and other irritants typical of those found in refinery, chemical plants, power plants, etc., as required
• Ability and willingness to comply with stringent drug testing and background check requirements set by customer safety requirements, as required
• Basic computer skills including MS Office and other software within a Windows environment
• For positions requiring operation of a company-owned/leased/rented vehicle, willingness to submit to a driving record check
• The company will only employ individuals legally authorized to work in the United States. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon a successful background investigation and drug screen

Desired

Qualifications:

• Technical experience, preferably in water treatment/process related industry
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment requiring multi-tasking and flexibility with changing priorities

At Veolia, we realize diverse teams make smarter decisions, deliver better results, and build stronger communities. We are an equal opportunity workplace and champion diversity and inclusion. Our compensation and benefits include:

• Salary range in the posting: US $75,000 - $79,825; offers based on knowledge, skills, experience, and market conditions
• Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance starting Day 1
• Life Insurance
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Holidays
• Parental Leave
• 401(k) Plan with employer matching
• Flexible Spending & Health Savings Accounts
• AD&D Insurance
• Disability Insurance
• Tuition Reimbursement

Disclaimer:
The salary, compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the posting date. Veolia reserves the right to modify information at any time, subject to applicable law.

Applicants must be eligible to work in the U.S. immediately;
Veolia does not sponsor for U.S. work authorization (e.g., H-1B visa).

Veolia does not accept unsolicited resumes from external recruiting firms. All vendors must have a current and fully executed MSA on file before submitting candidates. Unsolicited resumes…