Job Description
About Acme Mills\n
For more than 100 years, Acme Mills has been a trusted, privately owned leader in industrial textiles and filtration materials, delivering innovative textile solutions across a wide range of industries. Our team combines deep technical expertise with a genuine commitment to our core values: Team First, Integrity, Continuous Improvement, Energy & Enthusiasm, and Curiosity.
About the Role\n
We're looking for a driven, relationship-focused sales professional to grow our filtration business. You'll own day-to-day sales activity in your territory — prospecting and developing new business, presenting product solutions, negotiating contracts, and building lasting customer relationships.
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This is an on-site position for candidates within commuting distance of our facility. We will also consider fully remote candidates based outside the region.
What You'll Do\n
• Grow buy percentage with existing customers
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• Develop, coordinate, and execute strategies to win new business
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• Build strong relationships with existing and prospective customers
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• Understand customer needs to deliver real value while protecting margin
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• Stay current on technical textile and filtration product knowledge across our full product line
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• Conduct regular business reviews with customers
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• Build and execute an annual personal business plan, including key account strategic sales plans
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• Track and report territory and customer progress, sales forecasts/projections, and CRM account data
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• Partner with the accounting team to help keep receivables current and flag forecasting risks
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• Live by Acme's values: Team First, Integrity, Continuous Improvement, Energy & Enthusiasm, Curious
What You Bring\n
• Technical knowledge of filter materials and processes — required
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• Working knowledge of the textile industry
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• 5+ years of experience in manufacturing or industrial sales preferred
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• Proven business-to-business sales experience and technique
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• A track record of managing and growing industrial sales accounts
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• Ability to build relationships quickly with key decision-makers
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• Comfort working across all levels of a customer organization
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• Proficiency with standard business software; experience with Salesforce or another CRM