[Hiring] National Sales Manager @Nutreco

Role Description

Join Our Purpose - Feeding the Future

As a National Sales Manager at Trouw Nutrition, a Nutreco company, you’ll own national sales performance by:

• Leading and motivating the sales team to build winning account plans.
• Executing in-store merchandising and training to grow brand visibility.
• Consistently delivering against sales targets.
• Taking accountability for forecasting and territory budgets.
• Using data and CRM discipline to turn insights into clear action plans.
• Proactively removing barriers to customer success by partnering closely with operations and distribution.
• Staying plugged into market and competitor trends.
• Strengthening long-standing customer relationships.
• Directly managing a portfolio of key accounts.
• Developing new business opportunities that move the business forward.

Qualifications

• Proven sales leadership experience.
• Strong strategic thinking and negotiation skills.
• Ability to make decisions in a fast-paced, performance-driven environment.
• Strong planning discipline (business and sales planning, budgeting/forecasting).
• Solid digital/CRM fluency.

Requirements

• Sales leadership & coaching: Proven ability to lead, motivate, and develop a sales team to consistently deliver against targets.
• Strategic selling & negotiation: Strong commercial judgment with well-developed strategic sales planning and negotiation skills.
• Planning, forecasting & budget management: Experience building business/sales plans, forecasting accurately, and managing territory budgets to meet objectives.
• Customer relationship & key account management: Ability to build durable customer partnerships, grow existing accounts, and develop new business opportunities, ideally with previous experience in consumer-packaged goods or Pet Food Sales.
• Data/CRM fluency & communication: High competency using CRM and sales analytics to drive action, paired with excellent written and verbal communication (English; French is an asset).

Benefits

• Robust pension plan with employer matching that begins on Day 1!
• Competitive health benefits - Medical/Dental/Vision/HSA, that start on Day 1!
• Short-term/Long-term Disability and Mental Health spending allowance.
• Maternal top-up and Tuition Reimbursement.
• 15 vacation days to start (tiered).

Company Description

Trouw Nutrition is the global leader in innovative feed specialties, premixes, and nutritional services for the animal nutrition industry. Our mission is Feeding the Future.

• Trouw Nutrition provides species-specific nutritional solutions consisting of feed concepts, products, and nutritional know-how.
• The unique combination of products, models, and services boosts productivity and supports animal health through all life stages.
• Trouw Nutrition has locations in 25 countries and around 5000 employees.