Livestock Feed Advisor
Posted 3 days ago by CAFRE - College of Agriculture, Food & Rural Enterprise
Cultra Connect have an opportunity: Accelerate your sales career and build strong, trusted farmer relationships, driving growth for a company that values and rewards your personal development.
Livestock Feed Advisor presents a fantastic opportunity for an experienced sales professional to drive growth for a highly respected company. Covering a territory in Northern Ireland with an existing ledger, you will leverage your sales expertise to nurture current customer relationships while expanding our client's customer base. Your ability to connect with farmers, understand their needs, and deliver tailored solutions will be key to building strong, lasting partnerships. As part of a growing sales team, you'll adopt a consultative sales approach to achieve both individual and team targets, making a real impact on the continued success of the business. Alongside this, you will benefit from supportive, personalised training designed to enhance your skills, foster personal growth, and help you take your sales career to the next level.
The Company: An established animal feed manufacturer, producing a range of feed solutions for the agricultural sector. With modern, state of the art facilities and a commitment to sustainable practices, the company delivers tailored nutrition solutions while supporting local farming communities. Employees benefit from a collaborative culture, career development programs, and opportunities to innovate within a forward thinking, farmer focused environment.
Role Responsibilities- Conduct regular farm visits, evaluate the farm needs to optimise livestock performance
- Foster long term relationships with existing customers by providing exceptional service and tailored nutritional solutions
- Actively identify and generate new leads to drive business growth in the designated area
- Develop and maintain in depth knowledge of products and solutions
- Meet and exceed sales targets and provide regular reports on sales progress and opportunities
- Collaborate across the business to ensure customers' needs are met and ensure smooth operational coordination
- Represent the company at shows and events, and participate in training as needed to enhance skills
- Proven experience in sales within the livestock feed sector or a relevant field
- Capable of understanding and explaining basic livestock nutrition principles
- Excellent communication, negotiation, and interpersonal skills
- A relationship builder, able to forge and cultivate long lasting relationships fluidly
- Self motivated, adaptable, and goal oriented with a focus on achieving results
- Experienced in delivering excellent customer service and understanding farmers'needs
- A team collaborator with the ability to work autonomously when required
- Driven to develop and achieve personal growth through training opportunities
- The willingness and desire to travel
- Proficient in IT skills
- UK driving licence
- Experience and knowledge of livestock farming and production systems
- Knowledge of the wider farming industry and the business cycles
Remuneration: A competitive salary and package, including a company car, commission commensurate with the successful candidate's level of experience.
Are you interested? If you're interested in this role and would like to learn more, please get in touch using the contact details provided.
Sector: Feed & Nutrition
Role: Livestock Feed Advisor
Location: Northern Ireland
Job Ref: CR 2622
Contact: Becky Erskine