Program Manager, Food & Beverage; Beverage, Baking & Prepared Foods

Program Manager, Food & Beverage (Beverage, Baking & Prepared Foods)

Job Category
:
Marketing

Requisition Number
: MANAG
009248

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• Posted:
  May 28, 2026
• Full-Time

Houston, 15115 Park Row, Suite 160, Houston, TX 77084, USA

The Program Manager will be responsible for growing Messer’s sales and profit in the Bakery and Prepared Foods market segment through application technology. They will be responsible to develop a market strategy and action plan that can be executed by the Application Sales and Account Management teams. Other responsibilities include monitoring future industry trends, driving application development, managing new product launches and developing Application Sales team members.

• Grow Messer’s sales and profit in the Bakery and Prepared Foods market segment through sales of application technology.
• Develop segment strategy and implement a tactical action plan to grow the Bakery and Prepared Foods segment.
• Manage the P&L for the industry segment.
• Develop a deep understanding of industry trends in order to direct sales & marketing activities and identify innovation opportunities.
• Train and develop the Application Sales Engineers and Account Managers nationally in the relevant application technologies.
• Directly manage a number of Application Sales Engineers and drive their overall performance.
• Responsible to implement related Marketing activities including advertising, developing case studies, selecting Trade shows, and presenting technical information.
• Oversee applications start‑up activities with the Application Sales Engineers.
• Participate in and approve project budget.
• Participate with regulatory agencies to ensure compliance with adopted environmental, safety and technical code.

• Marketing and deep understanding of industry trends
• Effective internal and external communication
• Coaching on selling and negotiation
• Problem solving/critical thinking
• Written and oral communication
• Product/process knowledge
• Continuous learning
• Customer relationship management
• Planning and organizing
• Team management experience leading a high‑performing team

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering
• Minimum 5 years of relevant application sales experience in one or more of the following industries: food, metals, industrial, or chemicals
• Minimum of 50% travel

• Master’s degree is a plus

The salary range for this position is $135,000 - $180,000. Messer provides medical, dental, vision, short‑term disability, life insurance and paid time off as well as other voluntary benefits, such as long‑term disability in accordance with the terms and conditions of these plans. Employees are eligible to enroll in Messer’s 401(k) Plan. Employees may be eligible to participate in the company’s bonus program.

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