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Cargill Diamond V - Regional Sales Manager - Central US (IA & NE) in Des Moines, Iowa

Cargill’s size and scale allows us to make a positive impact in the world. Our purpose is to nourish the world in a safe, responsible and sustainable way. We are a family company providing food, ingredients, agricultural solutions and industrial products that are vital for living. We connect farmers with markets so they can prosper. We connect customers with ingredients so they can make meals people love. And we connect families with daily essentials — from eggs to edible oils, salt to skincare, feed to alternative fuel. Our 160,000 colleagues, operating in 70 countries, make essential products that touch billions of lives each day. Join us and reach your higher purpose at Cargill.

Job Purpose and Impact

The Regional Sales Manager – Central US (IA & NE)

Diamond V - Ruminants with the Diamond V ruminant and dairy business will, with guidance, sell directly to the consumer or business purchaser or indirectly through various sales channels. In this role, you will conduct face to face and remote sales with new and existing customers, assist in evaluating customer needs and suggest appropriate products, services, and solutions.

This will be a home office role but needs to reside in either Iowa or Nebraska area

Diamond V’s natural immune support postbiotic feed additives help optimize animal health, animal performance, and preharvest food safety. We provide expert, experienced, technical support to our customers to help keep their animals healthy and grow their businesses. Based on 80 years of research and development, Diamond V continues to explore and innovate in postbiotic and microbial fermentation science and technology.

Key Accountabilities

  • Help identify potential customers and handle existing customer relationships.

  • With guidance conduct market research and pricing, sales, and merchandising activities.

  • Monitor customer and competitor activity and industry trends.

  • Protect, grow, and diversify the relationship with targeted customers.

  • Support business growth by disseminating favorable information about the organization and its products and services.

  • Responsible for achieving sales goals and maintaining expense budget.

  • Independently solve moderately complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating more complex issues to appropriate staff.

  • Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent years of experience

  • Minimum of two years of related work experience in sales, business development or related field.

  • Experience with technical sales, able to provide technical support to dairy farms, nutritionist, and veterinarians

  • Experience in the dairy industry or ruminant nutrition, animal nutrition

  • Able and willing to travel up to 60%

  • Valid driver’s license in good standing

Preferred Qualifications

  • Minimum of five years of sales experience

  • Sales experience in animal nutrition, feed, animal health, additives, supplements

Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet.

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