AMCO Proteins is a team of hardworking, dedicated employees that work together to provide high quality ingredients to food, beverage, and nutrition companies around the world. Our dedication to new team members starts with a detailed on boarding process designed to get them started off on the right foot and set up for a successful career with the company.
Join our team today and become a part of our growing family and success!
What We Offer
- Medical, Dental and Vision Benefits (options for individual, spouse, and dependents)
- 401(k) with employer match
- Incentive Programs
- Employee Referral Program
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Sick Time
- 9 Paid Holidays
- Paid Birthday PTO
- Paid Bereavement Time
- Company Sponsored Team Building Events (Summer BBQ, Holiday Party, Golf Outing, etc.)
- Local discounted gym membership
Our Best Ingredient Is Our People.
What Our Employees Say About AMCO Culture
“At AMCO you get to be part of a successful and growing team.”
– Keith Roemer, Warehouse Coordinator
“AMCO allows me to achieve professional goals as well as personal goals.”
– Brandon Zalucki, Sales Executive
“My favorite thing is being able to connect so easily with all the people in the company.”
– Jason Roberts, Material Planner
“I love AMCO’s positive work environment that promotes teamwork and success.”
– Andrew Harbinson, Marketing Coordinator
“We’re more than a team, we’re family.”
– Joe Ennis, Production/Warehouse Manager
“It’s a fun environment and we can make quick decisions.”
– Marty Dansbury, Vice President of Business Development
Available Positions
AMCO Proteins has an exciting opportunity for an organized, detailed oriented Account Manager that possesses a high sense of urgency. This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated individual that is looking to grow within an established organization.
AMCO Proteins has been processing dairy proteins for over 60 years. Our service-oriented approach and quality focus has made us a leader in the food, beverage, and nutrition markets.
Essential Job Functions
- Responsible for the management and retention of a book of business.
- Maintain consistent touch points with customers as a means of servicing, retaining and proactively identify potential changes in business patterns.
- Responsible for completing, maintaining, and submitting a monthly sales forecast.
- Generate sample requests as needed.
- Daily use of CRM system for customer management.
- Review, enter, and confirm customer orders within 24 hours of receipt.
- Maintain and monitor open orders within our ERP system to ensure on-time order fulfilment.
- Generate freight quotes and coordinate logistics as needed.
- Generate customer specific shipping documents as needed.
- Work closely with the Sales, Quality, Finance, and Operations departments to fulfill customer inquiries and/or work through issue resolution processing.
- Work with the Finance team in the onboarding of new customers.
Requirements
- College degree
- 1-2 years of customer service experience (food/beverage industry is a plus).
- Experience managing 25+ accounts.
- Work well in a team environment where sharing information and open communication is critical to the overall success of the organization.
- Exceptional organizational and communication skills.
- Adherence to our 24-hour internal and external response time.
Benefits
- Competitive base salary and commission potential
- Comprehensive benefits (Full medical, dental, 401k, Paid Time Off)
AMCO Proteins has an exciting opportunity for a Food Technologist with formulation experience utilizing dairy and plant-based ingredients for the food, beverage, and nutrition markets. This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated individual that is looking to grow within an established organization. AMCO Proteins has been processing dairy proteins for over 60 years. Our service-oriented approach and quality focus has made us a leader in the industry.
Essential Job Functions:
- Proactive in developing new ingredients that provide a value-add functionality to a given application.
- Perform ingredient evaluations (benchtop testing, sensory analysis, comparative analysis, etc.) and submit case studies on all findings.
- Liaison with the sales team to provide technical applications support to customers and/or prospects.
- Manage the internal customer/prospect sampling program.
- Manage all Product Specification Sheets and BOMs including conducting annual reviews and developing new items as needed.
- Proactively collaborate with external suppliers to solve challenges and source alternative ingredients.
- Instrumental in qualifying new suppliers.
- Provide technical training to the sales team prior to the launch of new products.
- Provide research and development knowledge on new product trials.
- Provide scale up knowledge in the event a product increases production to full scale.
- Maintain knowledge of industry trends.
Experience:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Food Science, Chemical Engineering or a closely related Applied Science.
- Minimum 5 years of experience in the Food Ingredients Industry.
- Demonstrated understanding of ingredient development, processing, etc.
- A team player who works well in an environment where sharing information and open communication is critical to the overall success of the organization.
- Strong communication and self-management skills.
Benefits:
- Competitive Salary
- Comprehensive Benefits (Full medical, PTO, 401k, PTO, etc.)
AMCO Proteins has an exciting opportunity for a proactive Business Development Manager with a proven track record for closing business in the food ingredients industry. The successful candidate will have the ability to identify, manage, and close new business through the execution of a sales strategy that aligns with the overall business strategy of the organization.
AMCO Proteins has been processing dairy proteins for over 60 years. Our solutions-oriented approach and quality focus has made us a leader in the food, beverage, and nutrition markets.
Essential Job Functions
- Identify prospects, generate opportunities, and close business.
- Effectively manage an opportunity pipeline.
- Proactively manage, retain, and identify growth opportunities within key accounts.
- Maintain consistent communication and conduct annual business reviews with key accounts.
- Effectively utilize our CRM system (Sales Force) for maintaining all customer/prospect communication and opportunity management.
- Communicate effectively across departments to handle customer inquiries in a timely fashion.
- Responsible for completing, maintaining, and submitting quarterly and annual sales forecasts.
- Maintain an in-depth knowledge of the market, industry trends, news, competitors, etc.
Requirements
- 3-5 years of sales experience (food, beverage, ingredient, etc.)
- Ability to travel at least 1 week per month.
- Strong communication and relationship building skills.
- A team player who works well in an environment where sharing information and open communication is critical to the overall success of the organization.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
Benefits
- Competitive base salary and bonus structure
- Comprehensive benefits (Full medical, dental, 401k, Paid Time Off)