Purina Feed Sales - Dairy at Land O'Lakes, Inc. in Saint Cloud, Minnesota

Job Description:

Join Land O'Lakes, Inc., and help us bring food from farmer to fork, building vibrant communities along the way. We're a global, Fortune 250 company and a farmer-owned cooperative, which means we work for one another-not Wall Street. We're proud to rank a Top Workplace. We offer:

• Competitive compensation and rewards


• Best-in-class healthcare for you and your family


• Powerful savings programs


• Training and career progression

Purina Feed Sales - Dairy

We're hiring a Livestock Production Specialist (LPS) to focus primarily on Dairy feed sales with our partner co-op in the central Minnesota territory. This role focuses on selling feed and all related products that will optimize the cooperative/dealer's market share and savings, improve the cooperative/dealer's efficiency, and help to achieve the cooperative/dealers mission and goals.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Calling on dairy farms to evaluate existing feeding programs, and to recommend and assist them with their nutritional programs.
  
  


• Selling/consulting and building relationships, at the farm gate with the end goal of selling Purina products and programs and growing sales and market share. This includes developing new prospects and making sales cold calls.
  
  

Required Experience/Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Animal Science or related field strongly desired.
  
  


• Candidates with a pending bachelor's degree or candidates who possess proven sales and industry experience may be considered.
  
  


• Basic command of making nutritional and feeding recommendations to dairy farms in the market.
  
  


• Candidate should have an understanding of the dairy industry, husbandry, current management practices, and nutritional guidelines, general market, and industry knowledge. Work/life experience in management and care of dairy animals.
  
  


• Competent in providing accurate feeding and management recommendations
  
  


• St rong computer skills, specifically MS Office, plus the ability to be trained on ration balancing software (HerdSmart), Salesforce etc.
  
  

Required Competencies & Other Skills:

• Excellent verbal and written communication along with strong organization and time management skills.
  
  


• High internal drive, a natural ability for relationship building, and leadership in a team environment.
  
  


• Ability and drive to make multiple daily sales calls to customers and prospects operations.
  
  


• On farm interaction, in all-weather types at producer facilities for a walk through, and animal evaluations.
  
  


• Ability to network in the industry to put producers together to earn additional business and relationships
  
  


• Ability to lift and carry 50 pounds.
  
  


• Solid public speaking skills
  
  


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• Strong background and previous professional experience with dairy and cattle operations.
  
  


• Previous sales experience desired
  
  

Percentage of travel:

• 15% overnight travel, in addition to daily travel in the assigned geography.
  
  

Land O'Lakes, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) M/F/Vets/Disabled. The company maintains a drug-free workforce, including pre- and post-employment substance abuse testing pursuant to a Drug and Alcohol Policy.

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