Diamond V - Regional Sales Manager - Wisconsin (Animal Feed Additives)
About The Position
Cargill is a family company committed to providing food and agricultural solutions to nourish the world in a safe, responsible, and sustainable way. We sit at the heart of the supply chain, partnering with producers and customers to source, make and deliver products that are vital for living. By providing customers with life’s essentials, we enable businesses to grow, communities to prosper, and consumers to live well. This position is in our specialized portfolio enterprise where we serve diverse businesses who support unique customers or markets, including animal nutrition and health, bioindustrial, road safety salt and Cargill joint ventures. Job Purpose and Impact The Diamond V - Regional Sales Manager-Wisconsin (Animal Feed Additives) with the Diamond V ruminant and dairy business will, with guidance, sell directly to the consumer or business purchaser or indirectly through various sales channels. In this role, you will conduct face to face and remote sales with new and existing customers, assist in evaluating customer needs and suggest appropriate products, services, and solutions. This is a home‑office-based role. Candidates must reside in or be willing to relocate to Midwest US area (Wisconsin, MN - Minneapolis, Iowa – Cedar Rapids or Northem Illinois). This position requires up to 75% travel across the assigned territory. Diamond V’s natural immune support postbiotic feed additives help optimize animal health, animal performance, and preharvest food safety. We provide expert, experienced, technical support to our customers to help keep their animals healthy and grow their businesses. Based on 80 years of research and development, Diamond V continues to explore and innovate in postbiotic and microbial fermentation science and technology.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent years of experience
- Minimum of two years of related work experience in sales, business development in feed additives, dairy industry or related field
- Experience with technical sales, able to provide technical support to dairy farms, nutritionist, and veterinarians
- Experience in the dairy industry, ruminant nutrition or animal nutrition
- Able and willing to travel up to 75%
- Valid driver’s license in good standing
Nice To Haves
- Minimum of six years of sales experience
- Sales experience in animal nutrition, feed, animal health, additives, supplements
Responsibilities
- Help identify potential customers and handle existing customer relationships.
- With guidance conduct market research and pricing, sales and merchandising activities.
- Monitor customer and competitor activity and industry trends.
- Protect, grow and diversify the relationship with targeted customers.
- Support business growth by disseminating favorable information about the organization and its products and services.
- Independently solve moderately complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating more complex issues to appropriate staff.
- Other duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
