Sales Specialist

NWF Agriculture Ltd; Wardle; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Monthly base pay plus commissions

Car allowance

33 days holiday

Funded training courses

Medicash

Shopping discounts

Travel discounts

Cinema discounts

Dining and lifestyle deals

Company pension scheme

Life assurance

Cycle to work scheme

Employee assistance programme

Free on-site parking

Job summary

NWF Agriculture is seeking a Sales Specialist to cover the Derbyshire and Staffordshire region. You will maintain and grow a ledger of feed customers through proactive outbound activity and farm calls, identifying cross-sell opportunities while contributing to volume and margin growth.

You will drive compound feed sales and meet annual targets set by management. Role requires a full UK driving licence and willingness to travel across the region; experience in targeted sales is preferred.

Qualifications

• Experience in targeted sales positions.
• Agriculture/feed industry experience is advantageous.
• Full UK driving licence; travel across the region required.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for blended feed sales within the assigned region, meeting budgeted volume and margin.
• Manage third-party product sales and maintain a growing customer base against targets.
• Collaborate with Customer Service and Distribution to maximise commercial opportunities across the region.
• Maintain accurate CRM records to support regional business insights and decisions.
• Communicate price changes promptly and clearly to customers across the region.

Skills

Self-motivated

Pro-active

Target-driven

Strong communicator

Tools

CRM software

Job description

NWF Agriculture are keen to appoint a Sales Specialist based in the Derbyshire & Staffordshire region to maintain and grow a ledger of feed customers, through proactive outbound and farm calling. Responsible for identifying and pursuing opportunities to cross-sell additional products where appropriate, contributing to overall volume and margin growth., Accountable for compound feed sales across a territory, working to achieve volume and margin targets set annually by management.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for blended feed sales within the assigned region, ensuring delivery against budgeted volume and margin expectations.
• Responsible for third-party product sales, managing a customer base and ensuring performance against budgeted targets.
• Collaborate with Customer Service and Distribution to ensure high standards of account management and to maximise commercial opportunities across the region.
• Maintain consistent and effective use of the CRM system, ensuring accurate and comprehensive client records, product history, and other key data points to support regional business insights
• Manage and communicate product price changes, ensuring timely and clear updates to customers across the region.

Previous experience within a targeted sales position

Qualifications

• Industry experience within agriculture, feed or farming would be advantageous
• Self-motivated and pro-active
• Confident in working to and exceeding targets
• Strong communicator both written and verbal

Full UK Driving Licence - travel across region to meet with customers is required

Company Overview

NWF Group comprises of 3 key businesses: NWF Fuels, NWF Agriculture & Boughey Distribution. Employing over 1,400 colleagues across the group, we encourage and empower our people to progress and move fluidly through the group, meaning the sky really is the limit when you join us!

What makes NWF Agriculture different? We go beyond feeds - offering a wide range of technical services, including our unique laboratory service, enabling us to develop the correct nutrition for individual flocks and herds. We manufacture the highest quality dairy, beef and sheep feeds to over 4,750 farmers feeding one in six dairy cows across the nation! NWF Agriculture has grown organically to be the second biggest ruminant feed manufacturer in the UK and we want you to be part of it!

Compensation and Benefits

Monthly Pay: Competitive base plus commissions and car allowance

• Shifts: Monday to Friday 8.30am to 5pm
• Holidays: 33 days per year
• Progression Opportunities: Clear progression pathways across the wider group that operates 2 other business'
• Training Opportunities: Funded, accredited courses.
• Medicash: Cashback on routine medical expenses such as dental, optical, physiotherapy and more!
• Shopping Discounts: Save with discounts at major retailers like Sainsbury's, Morrisons, Currys, Debenhams and more!
• Travel Savings: Discounts on flights, hotels, and airport parking.
• Entertainment Offers: Reduced prices at over 400 cinemas across the UK, including savings on drinks and snacks.
• Dining and Lifestyle: Access to deals on restaurants, leisure activities, and other lifestyle services.
• Enhanced Policies: Enhanced maternity and paternity leave.
• The Usual: Company Pension Scheme, Life Assurance, Cycle to Work Scheme, Employee Assistance Programme including counselling, legal and financial support, Free Refreshments, Free Secure On-Site Parking!