Feed Sales Representative

Feed Sales Representative

We're hiring a Feed Sales Representative with Purina Animal Nutrition to focus primarily on cattle and dairy feed sales with a partnered business in the central MN area. This role focuses on selling feed and all related products that will optimize the dealer's market share and savings, improve the dealer's efficiency, and help to achieve the dealers mission and goals. This is a remote (virtual) field-based sales position that must be located close to the geographic territory of Morrison County and surrounding counties.

Your responsibilities will include :

• Calling on animal owners (primary focus being beef cattle, dairy young animal, and dairy lactating cows) to evaluate existing feeding programs, and to recommend and assist them with their nutritional programs.
• Selling / consulting at the farm gate (up to 25 farm calls per week) with the end goal of selling Purina, Co-op, Triple Crown and Cumberland Mills products and programs and growing sales and market share. This includes developing new prospects and making sales cold calls.
• Organizing and conducting effective educational meetings / events to enhance Purina's brand image, sell product, and build store traffic with the local co-op / dealer.

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This is a sales role that is compensated with a target mix of base salary plus commission. Base salary is dependent upon experience / tenure and generally ranges between : $55,000 - $65,000. Target bonus is : Ten Thousand. In most cases, 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). 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.