Dairy Feed Consultant

Dairy Feed Consultant

This Remote Outside Sales opportunity represents an excellent chance to work in the Southern Virginia, North Carolina, and Georgia dairy markets.

To best serve our customers, ideal candidates would be located in Virginia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia or the panhandle of Florida.

This role has a focus on growing our clientele and helping them achieve improved production/profitability in their operations.

You will be part of a dynamic team that brings expertise to their customers through a consultative selling approach.

Responsibilities include:


* Develop strategies to Increase the market share


* Work closely with Sales Professionals in providing education and solutions for dairy producers.


* Demonstrate strategic and tactical planning skills necessary to provide solutions based selling of value add technologies.


* Ability to work and produce independently while contributing and participating in a team oriented environment needed.


* Provide tracking reports on marketing and service activities as management requires and maintain up to date and accurate client history records.


* Maintain a high level of proficiency and competency in nutrition, production management, and selling skills through recommended training and verified by documented sales results.


* Work both individually and as part of a team, helping producers to mutually benefit by providing the right recommendations for nutrition and management practices.


* Performs other duties and assume other responsibilities as assigned or requested.

Required Experience-Education:


* Bachelor's degree in Animal Science or other related agriculture fields preferred


* Preferred candidates will have a minimum of 3 years of experience with an animal science/nutrition emphasis, and a proven track record of growing and maintaining a customer base.

Candidate should have a good understanding of animal husbandry, current management practices, and nutritional guidelines.


* Successful candidate should be competent to have basic command of animal nutrition and management recommendations in the market.


* There is a requirement of excellent verbal and written communication skills, focus, along with strong organization and time management skills.


* Success in this position requires cold calling, high internal drive, a natural ability for relationship building, public speaking aptitude, and leadership in a team environment.

This is a sales role that is compensated with a target mix of base salary plus commission.

Base salary is dependent upon experience/tenure and generally ranges between:

$87,000 - $107,000

Target bonus is: 30,000

In most cases, candidates offered employment can expect to be hired at a pay rate near the middle of our salary ranges.

Individuals are eligible to participate in a vehicle reimbursement program

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