Regional Sales Manager (Poultry)

Elevate the Future with Phileo by Lesaffre

About the role

At Phileo by Lesaffre, the team is committed to pushing the boundaries of animal care to better nourish and protect the planet. Driven by our core values of passion, respect, trust, entrepreneurship, and humility, we're constantly pushing the boundaries of what's possible.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates an unwavering commitment to Lesaffre's safety-first culture by strictly following all safety protocols and participating in required safety programs
• Works with the Phileo North America team in obtaining new business and maintaining existing customers within geographical region
• Identifies key accounts and business influencers in their assigned region and formulates plans to build business relationships with those accounts
• Leverages sales support and technical support in collaboration with Phileo’s Technical Services Manager-Poultry
• Develops a close, collaborative working relationship with Phileo’s Technical Services Manager-Poultry and the Phileo North America Monogastric Sales Manager
• Maintains an ongoing market intelligence about the North American poultry marketplace to help identify new sales opportunities and commercial product applications
• Maintains timely, regular professional communication of work-related activities to Phileo’s Monogastric Sales Team and North American Monogastric Sales Manager
• Monitors and evaluates the activities and products of competitors in the region
• Maintains and updates knowledge of process or ingredient changes in the livestock and feed production industries
• Represents the Company at trade and industry functions as necessary
• Utilizes Salesforce for customer engagement documentation

Requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree (BS or BA) preferably in Animal Science with an emphasis on poultry nutrition from an accredited university is required
• 5 or more years of experience in poultry nutrition and feed manufacturing sales are required
• Strong professional interest in poultry feeding and poultry production/nutrition knowledge is required
• Demonstrated aptitude and proficiency in commercial poultry nutrition, production methods, and value-added product application
• Ability to lift up to 55 pounds
• Ability to travel 70% of the time within Canada and the United States for team meetings, trade shows, and face to face sales meetings

Qualifications

• Strong professional interest in poultry feeding and poultry production/nutrition knowledge is required
• Demonstrated aptitude and proficiency in commercial poultry nutrition, production methods, and value-added product application

Skills

• Strong professional interest in poultry feeding and poultry production/nutrition knowledge
• Demonstrated aptitude and proficiency in commercial poultry nutrition, production methods, and value-added product application

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits starting on day one, including health, dental, vision, and 401(k) with employer match
• 11 paid holidays

Pay

TBD

Schedule

TBD

Benefits

• Health
• Dental
• Vision
• 401(k) with employer match
• 11 paid holidays