Sales Manager (Food Ingredients)

Cargill; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 500 000 - 800 000; Full time

Job summary

Cargill is seeking a Functional System and Solution Manager to enhance customer relations and drive sales within their food ingredients and bio-industrial business. The role involves developing processes to engage prospective customers, understanding their needs, and suggesting appropriate solutions. Candidates should possess a Bachelor's degree and a minimum of four years of relevant experience, with a focus on strategic account management.

Benefits

Competitive salary and benefits

Outstanding career development opportunities

Qualifications

• Minimum of four years of related work experience.
• Experience in managing complex customer relationships.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Help identify, develop and typically close new sales.
• Monitor customer and competitor activity and industry trends.
• Execute sales plans to grow relationships with targeted customers.

Skills

Customer Relationship Management

Sales Strategy

Market Analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Job description

Want to build a stronger, more sustainable future and cultivate your career? Join Cargill's global team of 155,000 employees who are committed to safe, responsible and sustainable ways to nourish the world. This position is in Cargill’s food ingredients and bio-industrial business, where we anticipate trends around taste, nutrition and safety to innovate and provide solutions to manufacturers, retailers and foodservice companies.

Job Purpose and Impact

The Functional System and Solution Manager will help build and maintain customer relations with the company's strategic accounts that typically involve an international partner or major global accounts. In this role, you will support the development of processes to identify and contact prospective customers, build relationships to generate future sales and repeat business, assess the customer's needs and suggest appropriate products, services and solutions.

Key Accountabilities

• Help identify, develop and typically close new sales.
• Create demand for products and services by raising their profile with customers.
• Monitor customer and competitor activity and industry trends.
• Participate in regular status and strategy meetings with customers' senior management to understand and meet their needs.
• Execute sales plans with strategies to protect, grow and diversify relationships with targeted customers.
• Independently handle complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating only the most complex issues to appropriate staff.
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience
• Minimum of four years of related work experience

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.

Our team of 160,000 professionals in 70 countries draws together the worlds of food, agriculture, nutrition and risk management. For more than 150 years, we have helped farmers grow more, connecting them to broader markets. We are continuously developing products that give consumers just what they’re seeking, advancing nutrition, food safety and sustainability. And we help all of our partners innovate and manage risk, so they can nourish the world again tomorrow.

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