Job Purpose and Impact

• The Dairy

• Area Sales Manager will be aligned to Cargill's Animal Nutrition Health business in Maharashtra and help build the strategy, sales teams and processes to achieve revenue targets for sales teams. You will get an opportunity to be a part of a fast paced growing business and handling a large scale of operations.

• Key Accountabilities

• In this role, you will provide strategic vision and tactical direction while leading and overseeing all aspects of employees and represent the organization in promoting and selling products and services.

• Responsible for assessing customer needs and suggest appropriate products, services and solutions to the farmers.

• Responsible for personnel decisions related to hiring, performance and disciplinary actions for your direct reports.

• Direct and lead sales personnel in supervised area.

• Build customer relationships that help generate future sales and repeat business.

• Establish, control and evaluate sales goals.

• Evaluate, measure and handle the product and brand profit and loss.

• Supervise groups that divide sales performance into products or areas.

• Meet product volume and profit targets.

• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Minimum Qualifications- Bachelor's degree in any discipline

• Minimum of 2 years of related work experience

• Other minimum qualifications may apply

• Preferred Qualifications

• Years of experience: 8 - 12 years

• Atleast 5 years of experience in Dairy/Cattle Feed Sales/ Agri Sales

• Maharashtra Region

• Should have excellent connects with farmers in Maharashtra

• Proven experience in business growth, geographic expansion, and profitability in the assigned territory

• Must have exposure of managing a direct on roll team of atleast 4 employees

• Strong experience of handling distributor sales specifically in rural areas