Senior Feed Sales Representative
About the role
We're hiring a Purina Senior Feed Sales Representative to work in the Mid-South region (Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Tennessee). In this role, you will be responsible for sales and retail support for the vibrant and growing Farm & Ranch Agricultural Retail channel. This position is a customer-facing, dynamic, and consultative sales position that is key to our channel growth.
Responsibilities
- Elevate the Purina Feed brand's/products in store conditions and presence to ever higher levels by influencing Farm & Ranch operations management.
- Partner with retailer District Managers for training new and existing stores and selling in new and existing Purina products.
- Manage a third-party broker retail team within a specified geographic area to execute against key retail/store business objectives.
- Manage regional event support.
- Attend headquarters sales calls on Regional and National Farm & Ranch retailers as needed.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree required
- 2+ years’ experience training at store-level with a focus on selling (consumer packaged goods or related retail)
- 70% travel (2-3 overnight stays each week)
Qualifications
- Time management
- Self-starter; ability to develop your own execution for your territory against the strategic plan
- Excellent versatility, organizational, communication, interpersonal, persuasive skills
- Strong financial and analytical acumen; sales data analysis
- Able to relate Purina business strategies for positive outcomes
- Able to manage shifting and multiple priorities, motivated, responsive manner with Shoppers and Retail store associates
- Strong Public Speaking Skills
Skills
- Agricultural and/or livestock background
- Communication across platforms
- Feed industry knowledge
- Strong knowledge of agricultural retailers or related retail experience
- Digital Platforms, such as Canva, Social Media, Content Creation
Benefits
Compensation includes a target mix of base salary plus commission. Base salary is dependent upon experience/tenure and generally ranges between $93,360 - $127,000. Target bonus is twenty thousand. Most candidates offered employment can expect to be hired at a pay rate near the middle of our salary ranges.
About Land O'Lakes, Inc.
Join us and be part of a Fortune 250, farmer- and member-owned cooperative that is reimagining the business of food. We have been named a Top Workplace by Indeed and LinkedIn, and to the TIME 100 Most Influential Companies list. Benefits for most full-time roles include medical, dental, vision, PTO, life & disability insurance, education assistance, a 401k, and a variety of well-being resources. Most part-time employees are eligible for prorated PTO, holiday pay, employee development programs, prorated education assistance, and a 401(k).
Company Information
Land O'Lakes, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) M/F/Vets/Disabled. The company maintains a drug-free workforce, including post-employment substance abuse testing pursuant to a Drug and Alcohol Policy. Neither Land O’Lakes, nor its search firms, will ever contact you and ask for confidential information over the phone or in email. If you receive a call or email like this, please do not provide the information being requested.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Land O'Lakes, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) M/F/Vets/Disabled. The company maintains a drug-free workforce, including post-employment substance abuse testing pursuant to a Drug and Alcohol Policy. Neither Land O’Lakes, nor its search firms, will ever contact you and ask for confidential information over the phone or in email. If you receive a call or email like this, please do not provide the information being requested.