Sales Account Manager

Sales Account Manager

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 Food Enterprise where we are committed to serving food manufacturers, food service customers, and retailers with a complete range of innovative ingredients and branded products. Our portfolio includes poultry, beef, egg, alternative protein, salt, oils, starches, sweeteners, cocoa and chocolate.

Job Purpose and Impact

The Sales Account Manager will develop customer sales strategies and build relationships based on the company's values. In this role, you will be responsible for managing a portion of our customer portfolio, new customer growth through prospecting, and organic growth. Having great communication skills along with being able to multitask is very important with a business environment that is fluid and market driven. Individual will also work closely with our AR team, transportation team, operations team, along with other internal stakeholders. Having the right behaviors is very important to balance these complexities in a constructive manner. This position is part of the Protein Sales Team, located in Fort Worth, TX and will be supporting Texas and neighboring states.

Key Accountabilities

• Align with customer partners to provide protein goods to customers in the Texas market, including neighboring states, while keeping face-to-face interaction with current customers and prospects.
• Process customer orders, manage overall order fill rate, and delivery service.
• Gather and communicate changes in the marketplace, changes in customer behavior, and competitive intel
• Nurture customer relationships while utilizing the Cargill Sales Framework, and other business systems, including logging customer interactions and activities on Salesforce.
• Learn the protein markets/trends by applying that information to consult our portfolio of customer that trade in the retail space/food service/manufacturing
• Independently solve moderately complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating more complex issues to appropriate staff
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Valid driver's license in good standing
• Proven negotiation and selling skills experience
• Minimum requirement of 2 years of relevant work experience.
• Bilingual in English & Spanish

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field
• SAP experience
• Protein trading experience
• Data analytics experience
• Proficient with Microsoft Office
• Salesforce experience

Position Information

• The business will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.
• Relocation assistance will not be provided for this position.
• This position is located in Fort Worth, TX
• 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: to learn more (subject to certain collective bargaining agreements for Union positions).

Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet