Protein Sales Associate

Want to build a stronger, more sustainable future and cultivate your career? Join Cargill's global team of 160,000 employees who use new technologies, dynamic insights and over 157 years of experience to connect farmers with markets, customers with ingredients, and people and animals with the food they need to thrive.

Connect to meaningful work. Feed the world. Achieve your higher purpose.

What if your ideas could nourish the world? As an associate, we transfer your knowledge and skills into profound experiences that positively impact our global community. From food to transportation, your innovative solutions, collaboration and dedication will evolve industries to tackle tomorrow's greatest challenges. And that's just the beginning. Because when your skills meet our unrivaled network and breadth of opportunity, your career is without bounds.

Join our community to realize the impact of your work, help people around the world and connect with something greater

Our Protein Sales Associates receive individualized, localized and business facilitated training. They gain technical understanding of animal protein processing, including process flow, yields, variances, USDA regulations, accounting, and information technologies. Our team also receives additional training in core business functions, leadership development, professional sales, and career planning to prepare to become a sales professional. Development will be collaborative and delivered in a multi-level team environment to efficiently prepare you for an extraordinary career with protein!

In time, you will actively engage and manage a customer portfolio promoting, selling, and merchandising Cargill Protein products.

Potential Business Areas:

Trade Sales (Including Beef and Food Distribution);
Retail Sales;
Protein Ingredient Sales; and Food service Sales

Think about the opportunity to join in a structured training and development program crafted to build specific skills and knowledge while being exposed to all facets of our Protein business operations. The training is designed to teach various aspects of the business prior to placement in an area that connects both the candidate interests and business needs. Portions of the training will include visits to plants, processing facilities, corporate and other offices.

During the one-year training program, you will gain:
Leadership and development training;
Plant operations experiences;
Focused sales training; and Assigned business projects.

This training enables the individual to become familiar with the workflow of business operations, and to develop knowledge of meat processing production, including food safety, products, markets, USDA and Cargill's global reach.

Associates will receive training in a number of areas to learn skills and gain knowledge vital to succeed in a sales leadership role. Following the training program, associates will be placed in an account manager role that aligns the candidate with business needs.

• Apply broad theoretical job knowledge to sell directly to customers.
• Engage in all training/development programs as crafted.
• Solicit and deliver sales bids, proposals, presentations, and product demonstrations as guided.
• Identify and contact prospective customers.
• Build customer relationships that generate future sales and repeat business.
• Perform with minimal direction and independently handle sophisticated clerical, administrative, technical, and customer support issues while referring only the most complex issues to higher-level staff.
• Other duties as assigned; building reports, participating in projects etc

The expected salary for this position is $63,000.00. The disclosed salary has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled.

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.

No matter who you are or where you are, we’ve designed our plans and programs to meet multiple needs.…