Sales Manager - Decatur, IL

Illinois Ag; Decatur (IL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Illinois Ag is looking for a Sales Manager to join their team in Decatur, IL. This role involves generating leads and building relationships with new customers. The successful candidate will ensure high customer satisfaction and work closely with the account team.

The ideal candidate has over 3 years of sales experience, strong organizational skills, and a college degree is preferred. Familiarity with brokerage and third-party logistics will be beneficial.

Qualifications

• 3 or more years of sales experience.
• Strong organizational, negotiating, and interpersonal skills.
• Self-motivated and able to work independently.

Responsibilities

• Generate leads for prospective customers.
• Onboard new customer accounts and maintain relationships.
• Provide regular activity reports on prospecting.

Skills

Sales experience

Organizational skills

Negotiation skills

Interpersonal skills

Knowledge of brokerage logistics

Experience with Salesforce

Education

College degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

Salesforce

Job description

### Job Details#### Job Title:Sales Manager - Decatur, IL#### Location:,, ,#### Company:#### Industry Sector:#### Industry Type:#### Career Type:#### Job Type:Full Time#### Minimum Years Experience Required:N/A#### Salary:### Get Job Alerts**Career Type:** Sales/Retail**Country:** USAI agree to receive alerts from and to the .Your alert was created successfully.x## General Alert Saved* The listings below are jobs matching the criteria you've selected for your General Alert on.Criteria selected was:* General alert saved for .* General alert notifications will be sent weekly on Monday.* Please note that you can only have one general alert active at any given time. Creating a new general alert will override an existing general alert.* Visit the to manage your alerts# Sales Manager - Decatur, IL| Number of Years Experience: | Minimum Education Completed: | || Education Major / Discipline Category: | Most Recent / Current Occupation: | |**Job Description****Sales Manager - ADM Logistics - Decatur, IL**This is an exempt level position.**Position Summary:**The Sales Manager will work alongside ADM Logistics' Sales team and be responsible for sales outreach and relationship building in order to bring on new leads and prospective customers in a fast paced environment. The successful candidate will promote ADM Logistics' capabilities and service and be able to sell in both face to face and digital customer environments. This position will also work with our account team to onboard customers and ensure a high level of customer service is achieved. Success in this role is judged by leads generated, customer metrics and overall customer satisfaction. The Sales Manager will report to the Senior Sales Manager and be based in Decatur, IL.**Job Responsibilities:*** Prospective customer lead generation, follow up and outreach.* Work with Account Team to onboard new customer accounts and maintain relationship.* Proactively follow up with leads to the point of quoting business.* Ability to produce leads from web, phone, trade shows and internal referrals.* Work to understand customer's business and provide customized solutions relative to what ADM Logistics can offer.* Address and support customer challenges, opportunities and threats while considering their tolerance for transit time, cost, risk and market conditions* Elicit customer feedback with periodic customer check ins.* Establish and meet individual goals and objectives relating to all aspect of the position* Quoting customer business* Provide regular activity reports on prospecting and strategy* Utilizing Salesforce and other analytical, web based tools as required* Maintains relationship with all onboarded customers to ensure customer satisfaction* Implementation of strategy for lead generation including cold calling* Participation in meetings as required with regular activity reports submitted* Awareness and ability to discuss the freight market to prospective and existing customers**Job Requirements:*** 3 or more years of sales experience.* Self-motivated and outgoing individual with ability to work independently and within a larger sales group* Proactive, competitive mentality with the desire to grow.* Strong organizational, negotiating and interpersonal skills* Demonstrated ability to run a meeting, sales call or presentation* Knowledge of brokerage, third party logistics and freight forwarding is helpful* Microsoft Office / Salesforce experience is preferred* Ability to build strong internal and external relationships* Travel as needed to current and prospective customers. (15% minimum)* A college degree is preferredADM requires the successful completion of a background check.REF:109746BR**#IncludingYou**Diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging are cornerstones of ADM's efforts to continue innovating, driving growth, and delivering outstanding performance. We are committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce and create welcoming, truly inclusive work environments - environments that enable every ADM colleague to feel comfortable on the job, make meaningful contributions to our success, and grow their career. We respect and value the unique backgrounds and experiences that each person can bring to ADM because we know that diversity of perspectives makes us better, together.We welcome everyone to apply. We are committed to ensuring all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment regardless of race, color, ethnicity, disability, religion, national origin, language, gender, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, sexual orientation, age, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by lawTo apply please click on APPLY TO THIS POSITIONJob Post Date: 06/05/26Here are some other jobs you may be interested in applying for.| | || - | - || Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) Chicago, Illinois | Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) Chicago, Illinois || Stine Seed Company Jefferson and Wayne counties, Illinois | |1 person is interested in this job.