Sales Manager- Swine - Remote - IL, IA, MO, or MN

Illinoisagconnection; Iowa (LA); Remote; USD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dynamic Sales Manager for the swine sector. This remote position focuses on building a high-performing sales team and fostering strategic relationships with key customers. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in animal nutrition sales and a proven ability to lead teams. This role offers the opportunity to drive growth in a vital market segment while working collaboratively with various stakeholders. If you are passionate about making an impact in the agriculture industry, this is the perfect opportunity for you!

Qualifications

• 5+ years in sales management within the animal nutrition sector.
• Proven track record in account management and team leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead a sales team to achieve growth in the U.S. swine industry.
• Cultivate relationships with key customer segments and manage sales activities.

Skills

Team Leadership

Account Management

Sales Strategy

Customer Relationship Management

Communication Skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Salesforce

Job description

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Job Details

Job Title:

Sales Manager- Swine - Remote - IL, IA, MO, or MN

Location:

Quincy , IL ,USA

Company:

Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM)

Industry Sector:

Agribusiness

Industry Type:

Input Retail, Cooperative and Related Crop Services

Career Type:

Sales/Retail

Job Type:

Full Time

Minimum Years Experience Required:

N/A

Salary:

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Job Description

Sales Manager- Swine - Remote - Midwest

We need this person in either Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, or Minnesota.

Position Summary:

To accelerate growth and strengthen market presence across the U.S. swine industry, the goal is to build a high-performing sales team while simultaneously cultivating deep, strategic relationships with key customer segments. These include swine production accounts, regional feed companies, and influential nutrition consultants.

Sales Manager- Swine Business (Location Midwest)

ADM Animal Nutrition, a division of Archer Daniels Midland Company, is a leading manufacturing, nutrition and ingredient business offering a wide range of innovative products for the animal nutrition market. We are seeking a Team leader with a proven track record in account management/sales to hold the position of Business Development Manager for key specialty additives and ingredients that would primarily include the North American Market.

This person will manage a small team along with develop relationships with strategic accounts primarily consisting of regional and national feed companies and swine accounts in the U.S.. Sales activity will focus on uncovering and understanding individual customer goals and priorities and then positioning the appropriate ADM AN products and services to meet and exceed those needs.

Responsibilities for this position include:

• Team Leadership & Development
• Participate in face-to-face and remote selling while providing solutions to new and existing customer base for FA&I's, Premix, and Amino Acids.
• Prospect and qualify new sales leads
• Collaborate with sales and technical service teams to ensure requirements are met such as sales numbers and profit goals across FA&I's, Premix, & Amino Acids.
• Cultivating positive interactions and relationships with sales representatives, team leaders and managers, and executives to evaluate sales strategy and results.
• Builds market position by locating, developing, defining, and closing business relationships.
• Developing ways to improve customer experience and build brand loyalty.
• Strong understanding of company products & services as well as business position and competition to keep business competitive.
• Ability to move effortlessly from strategic planning to execution in a complex environment.
• Ability to communicate and partner cross-functionally, across all levels of the organization.
• Understanding of sales reporting for assigned reps, wholesalers and/or territory - should there be "co-responsibility" for sales goals by accounts. With sales force we will have more visibility.
• High Impact Activities logged upon completion of site or customer visit.
• Planning and driving new marketing initiatives.
• Create plan and deliver presentations on company products to meet customer objectives.
• Communicate customer and prospect product pain points to appropriate departments.
• Maintain a well-developed pipeline of prospects
• Meet and/or exceed quotas
• Develop and update comprehensive business plan including financial targets per account while maintaining strategic relationships in the markets.
• Identify all potential accounts while maintaining & analyzing clear concise financial goals and opportunities via salesforce.
• Monitor and report feed ingredient pricing in the assigned region along with other feed industry trends and competitor activities.
• Work closely with assigned customer service professional to efficiently service customer needs.

Requirements for this position include:

• Proven ability to lead a team of account executives, consistently achieving monthly sales targets.
• Bachelor's degree or higher with 5+ years of experience in animal nutrition, trends in production, and specialty additive knowledge related to swine.
• Knowledge and experience working with Swine integrators across North America is a plus.
• Proven work experience as an Account Manager, Key Account Manager, Technical sales manager, Sales Manager.
• Experience in implementation of business development strategy.
• Ability to solve problems and build strong relationships with key customer base.
• Superior verbal and written communication, time management, and organizational skills.
• Continue learning and better understanding the legacy ADM portfolio.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Genuine enthusiasm for all ADM Animal Nutrition solutions, embodying the spirit of the brand.
• Expectations to travel 40-60% of the time

Excited about this role but don't think you meet every requirement listed? We encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this role or another one of our openings.

ADM requires the successful completion of a background check.

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We are committed to ensuring all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment regardless of race, color, ethnicity, disability, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, sexual orientation, age, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

We welcome everyone to apply, especially those individuals who are underrepresented in our industry, as we strive to ensure our workforce represents the world that we help to feed: people of color, women, gender non-conforming, LGBTQIA+, veterans and persons with disabilities. For more information regarding our efforts to advance Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging, please visit our website here: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion | ADM.

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