Associate Regional Manager

Join Ecolab’s industry leading Pest Elimination team as an Associate Regional Manager in the Florida region.  Ecolab Pest Elimination partners with commercial businesses to protect their brand, their facilities, and the health and safety of their employees and customers. As an Associate Regional Manager, you will manage approximately $30 million field service business and lead a team of managers (4) and associates. We will count on you to provide leadership to deliver the region’s financial and operational goals, and to build a strong operations team culturally-committed to customer service and accountability.

What’s in it For You:

• Company vehicle for business and personal use
• Carve out a long term, advanced career path in sales or sales management
• Access to best in class resources, tools, and technology
• Grow your income as you drive region profitability

What You Will Do:

• Deliver the region’s financial and operation goals; manage a significant P&L statement; communicate expectations for performance within the defined area of responsibility; assure execution on overall regional and divisional objectives and consistently stress safe working behaviors and business protocols
• Utilize a centralized support center, dedicated sales and marketing team to deliver increased sales growth through additional market segment penetration and improved customer relationships and retention
• Hold managers accountable for effectively managing a route service business and meeting specific objectives including but not limited to profitability targets, execution of defined service protocols, achieving critical route service goals and high levels of customer satisfaction/retention
• Take an active role in hiring, assessing, and developing associates to become the next leaders at Ecolab
• Create an environment that promotes and strengthens a diverse, inclusive and engaged culture
• Spend at least 50% of your time in the field with associate, key customers, and sales partners to attain mutual objectives and provide solutions to customer and stakeholder requests
• Monitor and maintain standards for regulatory and licensing compliance in the pest industry and implementation of division and corporate policies and practices within the region

Position Details:

• Cities/Area Candidates must reside in: Within 1 hour of Tampa or Orlando
• Geography to Cover: Western Gulf of FL and the Panhandle of FL/AL

Minimum Qualifications:

• Completed Bachelor’s degree OR pest elimination sales experience in lieu of degree (High School Diploma + 6 years of experience OR Associates Degree + 4 years of experience)

• 5 years of demonstrated successful management experience in a service-related industry with 2 years’ experience  managing managers

• Overnight travel per month (estimated 25%)

• Current and valid driver’s license and acceptable Motor Vehicle Record

• No Immigration Sponsorship available

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s in Business Administration
• Management experience in a route service-based environment
• Ability to implement change initiatives and adapt to changing business environments
• Proven record of successful P&L management experience to include meeting or exceeding specific financial targets such as sales, gross profit, and/or quality service reputation
• Demonstrated leadership and career progression to managing managers level in a large route service organization
• Knowledge of key operational and route service systems such as automated routing and territory management systems, Lean Six Sigma
• Bilingual

About Ecolab Pest Elimination:

Learn how scientifically proven protocols help eliminate pests through 3.6 million customer visits annually. Ecolab Pest Elimination provides solutions to prevent and eliminate all types of pests in commercial buildings, food processing plants, food retail, foodservice, and many other markets. By partnering with our customers in these markets, you will have the opportunity to help protect their facilities, employees, and brands at a time when it’s more important than ever.

Benefits 

Ecolab strives to provide comprehensive and market-competitive benefits to meet the needs of our associates and their families. Click here to see our benefits. 

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