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 AccountabilitiesIn 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.QualificationsMinimum QualificationsBachelor’s degree in any disciplineMinimum of 2 years of related work experienceOther minimum qualifications may applyPreferred QualificationsYears of experience: 8 - 12 years Atleast 5 years of experience in Dairy/Cattle Feed Sales/ Agri Sales - Maharashtra RegionShould have excellent connects with farmers in MaharashtraProven experience in business growth, geographic expansion, and profitability in the assigned territoryMust have exposure of managing a direct on roll team of atleast 4 employeesStrong experience of handling distributor sales specifically in rural areas