Feed Sales Representative

5 days ago

Little Falls, Minnesota, United States Land O'Lakes Full time

Feed Sales Representative
Job Description
We're hiring a Feed Sales Representative with Purina Animal Nutrition to focus primarily on cattleand dairy feed sales with a partnered business in the central MN area. This role focuses on selling feed and all related products that will optimize the dealer's market share and savings, improve the dealer's efficiency, and help to achieve the dealers mission and goals.
This is a remote (virtual) field-based sales position that must be located close to the geographic territory of Morrison County and surrounding counties.
Your responsibilities will include:

  • Calling on animal owners (primary focus being beef cattle, dairy young animal, and dairy lactating cows) to evaluate existing feeding programs, and to recommend and assist them with their nutritional programs.
  • Selling/consulting at the farm gate (up to 25 farm calls per week) with the end goal of selling Purina, Co-op, Triple Crown and Cumberland Mills products and programs and growing sales and market share. This includes developing new prospects and making sales cold calls.
  • Organizing and conducting effective educational meetings/events to enhance Purina's brand image, sell product, and build store traffic with the local co-op/dealer.
Experience/Education:
  • Bachelor's degree in Animal Science or related field strongly desired.
  • Candidates with a pending bachelor's degree or candidates who possess proven sales and industry experience may be considered.
  • Previous Sales experience highly desired
  • Basic command of making nutritional and feeding recommendations to animal owners in the market.
  • Candidate should have an understanding ofhusbandry, current management practices, and nutritional guidelines, general market, and industry knowledge. Work/life experience in management and care of animals.
  • Competent in providing accurate feeding and management recommendations
  • Strong computer skills, specifically MS Office, plus the ability to be trained on ration balancing software (HerdSmart), Salesforce etc.
  • Strong background and previous professional experience with grass cattle, equine, companion animals
Competencies & Other Skills:
  • Excellent verbal and written communication along with strong organization and time management skills.
  • High internal drive, a natural ability for relationship building, and leadership in a team environment.
  • Ability and drive to make multiple daily sales calls to customers and prospects operations.
  • On farm interaction, in all-weather types at producer facilities for a walk through, and animal evaluations.
  • Ability to network in the industry to put producers together to earn additional business and relationships
  • Ability to lift and carry 50 pounds.
  • Solid public speaking skills
Percentage of travel:
  • 15% overnight travel, in addition to daily travel in the assigned geography.
This is a sales role that is compensated with a target mix of base salary plus commission. Base salary is dependent upon experience/tenure and generally ranges between:
$55,000 - $65,000
Target bonus is: Ten Thousand
In most cases, candidates offered employment can expect to be hired at a pay rate near the middle of our salary ranges.
About Land O'Lakes, Inc.
Join us and be part of a Fortune 250, farmer- and member-owned cooperative that is reimagining the business of food. We have been named a Top Workplace by Indeed and LinkedIn, and to the TIME 100 Most Influential Companies list.
Benefits for most full-time roles include medical, dental, vision, PTO, life & disability insurance, education assistance, a 401k and a variety of well-being resources. Most part-time employees are eligible for prorated PTO, holiday pay, employee development programs, prorated education assistance, and a 401(k).
Land O'Lakes, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) M/F/Vets/Disabled. The company maintains a drug-free workforce, including post-employment substance abuse testing pursuant to a Drug and Alcohol Policy.
Neither Land O'Lakes, nor its search firms, will ever contact you and ask for confidential information over the phone or in email. If you receive a call or email like this, please do not provide the information being requested.

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