Dairy Focus Support

Cargill

Cargill helps feed, 400 million people every year. Cargill Animal Nutrition is a leading nutrition provider for commercial animal agriculture across 24 countries. Our successful 100+ history is a result of our commitment toward a culture and values centered on customer focus and enrichment of people and communities. Our offerings are developed to meet and exceed customers’ needs; from accounting to agri-business management, marketing to risk management and sales consulting to plant operations. Cargill has a job that to meet your interests and goals. Our global career opportunities are as far reaching as our business.

Dairy Focus Support Specialists are involved in all phases of on farm consultative dairy management, professional communication, feed manufacturing, market knowledge and most importantly customer needs. The role will work alongside a Dairy Focus Consultant (DFC) for initiating, developing and supporting relationships with prospective customers along with continuing to deepen relationships with established customers to discover/create opportunities to meet customer needs. Cargill has industry leading training programs to develop and enhance your career and personal skill sets regardless of your experience.

Principal Accountabilities:

75% - Support and expand strong working relationships with customers. Build multi-level and cross functional relationships with strategic customers.

15% - Introduce new business; generating profitable new accounts, growth at targeted accounts by identifying and recommending new technologies and new market opportunities related to customers’ needs.

5% - Develop, execute and frequently review annual sales strategy/plans for assigned accounts/geography based on strategic importance, understanding of market, first hand customer information, and alignment with regional and US strategies.

5% - Personal learning and development activities.

Required Skills:

B.S. in Agriculture or relevant experience considered in lieu of degree
3 + years sales or dairy industry experience
Demonstrated effective communication and organizational skills
Self-starter, independent thinker. Ability to make decisions
Ability to work as a part of a team
Must be able to travel weekly
Strong commitment to customer excellence and needs

Preferred Skills:

5 + years dairy industry experience

**There are multiple locations available across the US**

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