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Job Purpose and Impact

The Sales Account Manager will develop customer sales strategies and build relationships based on the company's values, for Cargill Protein’s Distribution business across all channels with primary focus on Retail, Foodservice, and Processors within Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Montana, Idaho, and Nebraska territories. In this role, you will help identify and contact prospective customers and build relationships and contribute to the assessment of customer needs and suggest appropriate products, services and solutions that maximize product revenue and improve profitability. You will work primarily with customers using traditional telephone communication as well as video telephone software.

Key Accountabilities

• Align with customer partners to sell boxed beef, pork and chicken, quoting and negotiating product pricing within pricing function guidelines.
• Develop customer sales strategies to meet customer goals and objectives.
• Process customer orders and manage overall order fill rate and on time delivery service.
• Gather and communicate channel, market, customer or competitive information and intelligence and interact with team on strategy and pricing functions.
• Manage contracts and risk with pricing and trade promotions teams then resolve and coordinate the investigation of claims and disputes.
• Independently solve moderately complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating more complex issues to appropriate staff.
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience
• Minimum of two years of industry related work experience
• Proficient in the use of Micrososft Office (Microsoft Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Bilingual in Spanish 
• Drivers license in good standing 

Preferred Qualifications

• Proven experience selling products in a business to the business sales environment
• Sales and buying experience within the protein industry (Beef, Pork, or Poultry)
• Experience with SAP & Power BI
• Understanding of the meat market trends

Position Information

• Position is based in Denver, CO.
• Accepting applications until job is filled and/or 60 days from the posting date.
• The expected salary for this position is $75,000 to $95,000. Compensation varies depending on a wide array of factors including but not limited to the specific location, certifications, education, and level of experience. The disclosed range estimate may be adjusted for any applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. This position is eligible for a discretionary incentive award. The incentive award amount is dependent upon company performance and your personal. At Cargill we put people first. As part of your overall rewards, we offer a comprehensive benefit program including medical and/or other benefits dependent on the position offered and hours worked. Visit: https://www.cargill.com/page/my-health/mh-health-and-wellness to learn more (subject to certain collective bargaining agreements for Union positions).