Cattle Sales Representative (Southwest Wisconsin)

Job Description

Our Territory Representatives interact face to face with our customers, understand their needs and consult to offer the right solutions. We work collaboratively in Field Sales Teams and play a critical role in supporting our customer centric business model. 

The Sales Representative is a key member of the field sales team and plays a critical role in supporting our customer centric business model.  This position is responsible for working in their respective territory to understand and identify customer needs, by selling our Animal Health products, supporting pull-through activities relative to the customer strategy, and ensuring that Animal Health is viewed as bringing value and technical innovations aligned to our strategic focus the Science of Healthier Animals.   In addition, the Sales Representative demonstrates an understanding of the resources available across Animal Health and our Distribution Partners.

This role will cover the Southwest Wisconsin territory.  It is required that our sales employees reside in the territory in which they support.

Key responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:

• Communicates about product in a way that's meaningful and relevant to each individual customer; customizes discussions and interactions based on understanding of customer's needs

• Primary point of contact for assigned customers, meets with key personnel/decision makers to understand practice structure, business model, key influencers, customer needs and identifies business opportunities.

• Develop customer strategy - outlining strategy for interactions/relationship, solutions, partner involvement and potential offerings for customer resulting in sales opportunities and account sales growth of Animal Health products and services.

• Develop territory and specific account plans for all assigned customers.  Partners with National Account Managers, Corporate Account Team, Technical Service team members, Feed Account Team, Monitoring Solutions Specialists, Identification Specialist and Distribution Field Partners to maintain strong focus on accounts to drive sales growth.  

• Work collaboratively across all species teams to foster our approach to enhance knowledge of the entire AH product portfolio.

• Shares with other team members within the region to foster growth and development within the team.

• Analyze sales results on a regular (monthly) basis and manage expenses within budget guidelines. 

• Identifies and selects programs/services available within Animal Health’s available resources to address customer needs and provide education & training opportunities to accounts.

• Works with leadership and Field Technical Services to develop and deliver relevant offerings that address desired customer needs.

• Develop current understanding of Animal Health products, industry trends and competitor landscape, business model, key influencers/ network structure and make information available to relevant stakeholders and to influence sales trends. 

• Articulates and communicates relevant customer, industry, product, and market trends appropriately through the organization.

• Responsible for developing and meeting learning and development objectives agreed upon with leadership.

Education Preferred: 

• Bachelor's Degree in Animal Science, Dairy Science, Agribusiness, Marketing, Business, Agriculture

Required Experience and Skills**: 

• Familiarity with the Ruminant and or agriculture Industry

• Excellent interpersonal/communication and presentation skills 

• Ability to adapt to a changing environment

• Proficient computer skills including working knowledge of Word, Excel and PowerPoint and the ability to use an iPad.

• Ability to work independently and also as part of a team

• Ability to travel overnight and some weekend activity

Preferred Experience and Skills:

• Will be expected to offer a high level of proficiency and demonstrate success regarding:

  • Technical, Product & Market Knowledge.

  • Territory & Business Management.

  • Selling Skills

  • Leadership and  teams building

• Sales &/or experience within the Animal Health Industry

• Knowledge of animal health biological, pharmaceutical, identification and or monitoring products

• Understanding &/or prior experience working with distribution

• Internships or current role in agriculture sales

• Strategic Thinking

• Project Management

• Busines