Sales Account Manager - Animal Nutrition & Health

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Detail information about job Sales Account Manager - Animal Nutrition & Health. Terms and conditions vacancy

• Flexible in a Wagga or Sydney base
• Ranked amongst the top 10 businesses in sustainable global impact
• Global business within the Animal Nutrition and Health Industry

DSM – Bright Science. Brighter Living.™

Royal DSM is a global science-based company active in health, nutrition and materials. By connecting its unique competences in life sciences and materials sciences DSM is driving economic prosperity, environmental progress and social advances to create sustainable value for all stakeholders simultaneously. DSM delivers innovative solutions that nourish, protect and improve performance in global markets such as food and dietary supplements, personal care, feed, medical devices, automotive, paints, electrical and electronics, life protection, alternative energy and bio-based materials. DSM and its associated companies deliver annual net sales of about €10 billion with approximately 25,000 employees. The company is listed on Euronext Amsterdam.
More information can be found at www.dsm.com.

Sales Account Manager – Animal Nutrition & Health

The Challenge

Seeking a key player to be responsible for the development and management of designated existing and new Key Accounts including finished product and premix preparation and quotation, technical support, specific product management and liaison with Production staff regarding customer supply. The focus would be on new sales development in the pig, layer production and ruminant markets.

The successful individual would display:

• A strong technical ability including analytical, attention to detail and problem-solving skills along with the marketing skills required to form strong customer relationships.
• An entrepreneurial self-driven attitude who is goal-focused.
• A personality that enjoys challenge and face-to-face customer interaction. 

If you are that type of person with such drive, then we encourage you to apply!

The Position

1. Maintain current business portfolio.
2. Aggressively grow profitable sales.
3. Expand market share in national pig, layer & Ruminent Markets.
4. Launch & rapidly expand sales of new products into the market.
5. Maintain current Price Lists.
6. Maintain good working relationships through visiting each customer at least once per year, allowing 50% of available time spent visiting customers.
7. Prepare timely quotations on new Premixes.
8. Answer technical queries during customer feedback.
9. Liaise with production staff regarding customer supply.
10. Maintain technical skills & knowledge of recent advances by attending conferences and seminars; Ideally between 2 to 4 National conferences per year.
11. Take on the role of DSM Australia's pig and/or layer industry expert through attending at least 4 technical industry meetings a year.
12. Observe Safety, Health and Environment (SHE) policies and instructions, and report on incidents and near misses.
13. Quality system responsibilities where non-conformities relating to product, process and quality  when recognized can be liased with QA Representatives to plan and prevent such future issues.

.The Ideal

1. Ideally 5 years' experience within the Australian animal premix, stockfeed for animal production industries in a technical and marketing role is preferable.  If you possess less experience or are a new grad, we are still interested in your application.
2. Good communication / presentation skills.
3. Sound technical and practical understanding of animal nutrition and feed formulation for all species.
4. Tertiary qualifications, such as B.Sc. or B.Appl.Sc. in area required to fulfil the technical requirements of the position as a minimum..
5. Industry and marketing experience with customer base knowledge
6. Familiarity with HACCP, ISO, GMP is advantageous.
7. A relevant Masters degree is preferable but not essential.

    

The Reward

We offer you a rewarding and challenging job with lots of opportunities for personal growth and career development in a professional, entrepreneurial, no-nonsense and very agile environment. We strive to be an Employer of Choice and ensure that our employees are nurtured and given the opportunity to develop their talents. Terms and conditions as well as fringe benefits and salary are in line with market standards.

Procedure & Contact

Interested in this position? Please apply on-line by sending us your CV & Motivation letter in English via the career portal (www.dsm.com/careers). For further information, please contact [email protected]

Reference check procedures are part of the DSM Recruitment & Selection Process. You will be contacted when these references checks are required.

Royal DSM is an equal employment opportunity and
affirmative action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, protected veteran status, status as a qualified individual with a disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.