Technical Sales Manager - Swine

Cargill; Thirsk; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Cargill seeks a Technical Sales Manager based in Thirsk, responsible for account management within the Swine industry. This role combines sales expertise with a strong focus on customer nutrition, requiring technical skills to support growth in a fast-paced environment. You will work closely with producers and mills, fostering partnerships and delivering tailored solutions for animal nutrition.

Benefits

Company Car or Car allowance

BUPA Healthcare

Contributory pension

Life assurance

Performance related bonus

Employee assistance scheme

Qualifications

• Fluent in English with strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Successful experience in Technical Sales or Customer Nutritionist in the UK Swine Industry.
• Proficient in articulating new products and concepts.

Responsibilities

• Manage accounts with pig producers and feed mills.
• Develop relationships to enhance customer performance and profitability.
• Grow business through sales planning and nutritional technology.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Technical sales support

Cross-functional collaboration

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Technical Sales Manager - Swine., Thirsk

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Client:

Cargill

Location:

Thirsk, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

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Posted:

12.07.2025

Expiry Date:

26.08.2025

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Job Description:

Cargill’s size and scale allows us to make a positive impact in the world. Our purpose is to nourish the world in a safe, responsible and sustainable way.

Cargill is a family company providing food, ingredients, agricultural solutions and industrial products that are vital for living. We connect farmers with markets so they can prosper. We connect customers with ingredients so they can make meals people love. And we connect families with daily essentials — from eggs to edible oils, salt to skincare, feed to alternative fuel. Our 160,000 colleagues, operating in 70 countries, make essential products that touch billions of lives each day. Join us and reach your higher purpose at Cargill.

This position is in Cargill’s animal nutrition and health business, where we improve animal lives through better nutrition. Our team researches, innovates and creates solutions that deliver healthy results for our customers.

Competitive base salary plus comprehensive benefits package including; Company Car or Car allowance, BUPA Healthcare, contributory pension, life assurance, performance related bonus and employee assistance scheme.

Job Purpose and Impact

Location: Thirsk (North Yorkshire,YO7 3HE) - Or remote UK with travel to Thirsk and customers as required.

Cargill Animal Nutrition and Health (ANH) is one of the Global Cargill platforms. ANH delivers customised products and services to commercial feed manufacturers and farmers globally. AHN employs 18,000 people. At Cargill Animal Nutrition and Health, we deliver a full spectrum of feed, digital, biosecurity and farm management solutions to customers across multiple animal and aquaculture species. Our aspiration is to support a growing population while contributing to a more sustainable, equitable and resilient food system. Cargill Animal Nutrition and Health has Global capabilities delivered in local relevant ways.

The UK business is a leading provider of animal nutrition solutions, specialised in the development and production of, premixes, concentrates, additives, and specialties, such as piglet feeds and calf milk replacers. We focus on delivering core nutritional solutions to our clients to ensure we deliver optimum growth and have healthy animals produced sustainably for the future.

We Offer:

• A broad portfolio of high-quality, cost-effective feed products
• Science-based feed additives to support animal health and performance
• On-farm expertise and customised solutions
• Cutting-edge technologies and nutrient analysis developed and supported by a team of global scientists delivered locally.
• Consistent values and a commitment to farmer success

Key Accountabilities

You will be responsible for account management of pig producers and feed mills. Your role will involve building strong relationships with our selected customers to assist them in expanding their business and support their customers (Pig producers) to increase their performance and profitability. You are responsible for introducing new products, concepts, and knowledge to our customer base.

• Develop and grow Trusted Advisor partnerships with target customers (Pig Producers, Feed Mills and Distributors) based on high nutritional solutions expertise.
• Cultivate and document broad and deep understanding of the customer’s business (economic drivers), strategy and (nutritional) needs.
• Develop and maintain key-account plans, regularly reporting progress and forecasts as input for the local business.
• Grow the business (delivering upon targets, measured by volume, market share and gross margin) through application of sales planning and Cargill’s nutritional technology.
• Pro-actively develop technical skills and expertise facilitated by the Industry Leading Practitioner framework to build and sustain superiority in applied animal nutrition.
• Develop Technical know-how (Production and nutrition) across the lifecycle of the sow and piglet driven by strong advisory skills
• Work cross functionallywith a local team supported by a team of production and nutrition experts across Western Europe.
• Cultivate and develop your own nutritional and production knowledge to stay relevant with the customer and market expectations/progression

Qualifications

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills in fluent English.
• Demonstrated success in Technical Sales/ Customer Nutritionist positions in the UK Swine Industry.
• Strong experience of technically supporting a range of customers at different levels and able to articulate new products, concepts and knowledge.
• Commercial acumen to grow existing accounts and support on the development of new accounts.
• Able to work cross functionally across a range of internal stakeholders.
• Willing to travel to customer sites across the UK as required and to internal Cargill locations.

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Our Offer
We provide a fast paced stimulating international environment, which will stretch your abilities and channel your talents. We also offer competitive salary and benefits combined with outstanding career development opportunities in one of the largest and most solid private companies in the world.