About the role
Cargill is a family company committed to providing food and agricultural solutions to nourish the world in a safe, responsible, and sustainable way. We sit at the heart of the supply chain, partnering with producers and customers to source, make and deliver products that are vital for living. By providing customers with life's essentials, we enable businesses to grow, communities to prosper, and consumers to live well.
This position is in our specialized portfolio enterprise where we serve diverse businesses who support unique customers or markets, including animal nutrition and health, bioindustrial, road safety salt and Cargill joint ventures.
Job Purpose and Impact
The Dairy Management Consultant, will provide guidance and support to existing and new dairy customers to improve their farm profitability and sustainability. You will work in a team supporting the distributors and sales representatives of the Purina brand to consolidate and expand our presence in Central and Southern Italy (Puglia - Basilicata - Molise - Campania). In this role, you will, with guidance, help assess customer needs, solve their inefficiencies and define the appropriate products, services and solutions.
Key Accountabilities
Contribute to developing and delivering sales bids, presentations and proposals and participating in product demonstrations.
Help identify and contact prospective customers, building relationships to generate future sales and repeat business.
With basic knowledge of products, their characteristics and market, sell and stimulate demand for a series of products.
Plan daily activities, including customer visits and quantitative and qualitative objectives to achieve.
Follow market and competition evolution, passing information to senior staff.
Handle basic issues and problems under direct supervision, while escalating more complex issues to appropriate staff.
Other duties as assigned
Compensation Data
The expected starting salary for this position is € 30,000.
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Qualifications
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor's degree in animal science, agricultural sciences or a related field or equivalent experience
Availability for extensive travelling in the designated area.
Minimum 1 year of related experience in feed industry
Excellence knowledge of Italian
Good knowledge of English
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
1- 3 years of related experience at technical consulting positions in feed industry, preferably in the ruminant sector (diary and buffaloes)
Strong teamwork and collaboration skills, with the ability to build effective relationships and work successfully in cross-functional teams.
Ability to build strong customer relationships and deliver customer-centric solutions
Strong communication skills, ability to relate openly and comfortably with diverse groups of people.
Our Offer
We provide a fast paced stimulating international environment, which will stretch your abilities and channel your talents. We also offer competitive salary and benefits combined with outstanding career development opportunities in one of the largest and most solid private companies in the world.
We welcome applications from people with disabilities and are committed to providing an inclusive, accessible recruitment process and workplace. We encourage candidates to let us know if they require any accommodations during the recruitment or interview process so we can support them appropriately.
Interested? Then make sure to send us your CV and cover letter in English today
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