Sales Representative (Animal Feeds) at Summit Recruitment and search

Job Description

Key Requirements:

• The selling and supporting animal feed to current and prospective clients.
• To achieve monthly & yearly sales budget.
• The building and maintaining of customer relationships.
• To maintain a regular visit schedule with customers and potential customers to keep current monthly sales and grow sales with prospects.
• Monitor opposition trends on pricing monthly.
• To understand and keep abreast of Animal Feed industry news and developments.
• Monitor the performance of products, to gather production figures from species specific farms on a monthly basis.
• To play an active role in study groups & Trade shows.
• Compiling of and keeping Animal Feed sector plan up to date – January & August of each year.
• Using objective measurement, identifying problems within the company and subsequently identifying the “root cause” of problems.
• Ensuring always that corrective actions taken to resolve problems are, ultimately, permanent and preventative.
• Complying, in line with the Policy Document, departmental procedures and practices.

Qualifications:

• Must have a degree in Agri business or horticulture.
• Must have 3 years of experience as a sales representative for animal feeds.
• Possession of a valid motorbike driver’s license
• Should be able to register as a Professional Nutritionist.
• Preferably have milling background experience.
• Experience in selling and marketing.