Outside Sales Specialist
Posted on: 15 Jan 2021
Colby, KS
Job Description
Job Posting
CHS is looking for an Outside Sales Specialist for our Cenex branded products in the Colby, KS area. You must be able to make decisions, work independently and in a team environment. You must be detail oriented with excellent communication skills both verbal and written and proficient with Word, Excel and PowerPoint. This opportunity has growth potential and offers mobility within CHS.
You will:
* Increase sales and profitability for the cooperative through implementation of sales, marketing and consulting processes for Cenex products and cooperative services.
* Evaluate current customer programs and develop marketing plans and programs to meet customer needs while growing the cooperative business.
* Collaborate with sales, marketing, distribution, operations, technical staff and credit to heighten the visibility and impact of sales calls.
* Identify needs and provide consultative services for businesses and customers by combining established relationships with product, marketing and technical skills.
* Prepare sales presentations, contracts, bids and proposals to ensure successful outcome of transactions.
* Provide training to co-op staff and customers.
* Service customer complaints and inquiries.
* Manage and complete special projects for the local co-op and customers.
* Develop knowledge of multiple energy products and apply this knowledge in all aspects of the job.
* Maintain and promote a strong safety culture and follow all safety policies, procedures and regulations. Identify and communicate workplace hazards and correct or seek assistance in correcting unsafe actions or conditions.
Training Provided by CHS:
* Product Training
* CHS Sales Training
* National Sales Certification available
* Computer Training on CRM Software
Basic Qualifications: (required)
* High school diploma or equivalency
* 2 plus years of outside sales experience
* Valid drivers license with clean driving record
Preferred Qualifications: (desired)
* Bachelors degree
* Previous outside sales experience to include; presentations, utilizing persuasive negotiation skills, customer service, conflict resolution, and working independently.
* Petroleum, Refined Fuels, or Lubricant experience
* Experience developing marketing plans, calculating margins, and profit
* Mechanical understanding of equipment
CHS Inc.
Inver Grove Heights, MN
CHS Inc., an integrated agricultural company, provides grains, foods, and energy resources to businesses and consumers worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Energy, Ag, and Nitrogen Production. It engages in the operation of petroleum refineries and pipelines; supply, marketing, and distribution of refined fuels, including gasoline, diesel fuel, and other energy products; blending, sale, and distribution of lubricants; and the supply of propane and other natural gas liquids.
The company also processes and sells crude oil into refined petroleum products under the Cenex brand name to member cooperatives and other independent retailers through a network of approximately 1,500 sites; and provides transportation services. In addition, it is involved in the purchase or resale of grains and oilseeds; and provision of seeds, crop nutrients, crop protection products, animal feed, animal health products, refined and renewable fuels, and propane, as well as refined oils, meal, soy flour, and processed sunflower products.
Further, the company produces and sells nitrogen-based products, including methanol, UAN and urea, and related products; and manufactures, packages, and distributes vegetable oil-based products, such as packaged frying oils, margarine, mayonnaise, salad dressings, sauces, and other food products. Additionally, it offers open account financing services; cooperative associations with various loans that meet commercial agriculture needs; loans to individual producers; commodity risk management services to agricultural producers and commercial agribusinesses; and property and casualty insurance products, surety bonds, safety resources, employment services, and group benefits to agribusiness, construction, energy, and processing industries. The company also engages in the wheat milling activities. CHS Inc. is headquartered in Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota.
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IndustryAgricbusiness/Forestation
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No. of Employees10,495
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