Sales Manager - Poultry

Responsibilities and essential job functions include but are not limited to the following:

Strategic Planning and Execution

• Develops and implements the Annual Operating Plan consisting of sales targets, sales and marketing plans, and operating expense budgeting.
• Analyzing and evaluating sales activities as well as market trends and customer needs for sales optimization.
• Assist Outside Sales Representatives in developing target markets and identifying opportunities
• Business plan development at the rep level and support of sales force toolkits
• Works closely with internal and external stakeholders to ensure the appropriate objectives and priorities are enabled within the sales organization

Coaching and Development

• Develops and motivates sales team by providing ongoing training and development and by giving specific and constructive feedback and coaching to foster development of skills. 
• Reviewing and evaluating the work of direct reports to assess job performance
• Recruiting, hiring, and onboarding sales and customer service employees.

Customer Focus and Manufacturing Partner Relations

• Establish relationships within the Poultry industry at the management level to facilitate AHI growth opportunities. 
• Orchestrate bid process with large poultry integrators.
• Be personally involved and invested in the relationships with top customers in the region.
• Develop and maintain strong manufacturer relationships and identify new opportunities and partners for the Poultry division.
• Work with Purchasing in monitoring product purchases, inventory levels and pricing, forecasting, and identifying new opportunities.

Critical Competencies

Prerequisite:  Attributes of ethical behaviors, high personal standards, and sound work ethic all employers should expect of employees.

Results Focused:  This leader collaborates with their team on setting standards on how the group will be measured and then effectively communicates to all employees how those standard will be assessed.  They motivate their team to work together to achieve group goals.  They find and retain the best talent available

Collaboration: Understanding the importance of relationships to enabling effective teamwork. Modifying personal style, focusing on the needs of others, and listening effectively to ensure effective outcomes for group endeavors.

Communication: Ability to communicate information, either verbally or written, to individuals in multiple roles.  Ability to listen effectively.  Ability to make formal presentations to groups and adapt presentation style to the group.  Ability to interpret non-verbal communication cues.

Leading Others: Willingness to hold people accountable for task completion and follow-up as necessary.  Ability to generate support from direct reports and colleagues for organizational goals and objectives.  Ability to provide effective performance feedback.  Ability to adapt management style to needs of different people and different situations.  Willingness to lead by example and model the behavior expected from others.  Ability to constructively criticize others in a respectful way.  Willingness to confront others and address problems.  Ability to motivate others.

Interpersonal Skills: Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships.  Willingness to treat other fairly and consistently.  Ability to share opinions with others.  Willingness to listen to accept / consider other viewpoints.  Ability to compromise with others and negotiate mutually beneficial solutions.

Customer Service: Ability to identify customers' needs accurately.  Ability to proactively provide timely service to customers/clients that meets or exceeds their expectations. Willingness to extend oneself to help customers and satisfy their needs even when difficult or inconvenient.  Ability to balance following organizational rules and procedures with satisfying the customer.

Problem Solving: Ability to identify the right problems to solve.  Ability to identify the real cause of a problem.  Ability to develop solutions for typical problems.  Ability to generate solutions to problems not previously faced.  Ability to identify trends in data and information.  Ability to synthesize information from various sources or viewpoints.

Analytical Skills: Ability to analyze and draw conclusions from numerical data or information (e.g., profit and loss figures); ability to combine and use information from multiple sources; ability to analyze data presented in charts and/or graphs.

Decision Making: Ability to make decisions in a timely manner.  Ability to incorporate factual data as well as intuitive information in the decision making process.  Ability to make a decision with incomplete information.  Ability to weigh the short- and long-term implications of decisions and actions.  Willingness to take a calculated risk.  Ability to balance competing priorities.

Planning & Organizing: Ability to organize and schedule the work of self and others.  Ability to define steps or resources needed to attain a goal.  Ability to set priorities among conflicting or competing goals and activities.  Ability to establish short- and long-term goals.  Ability to delegate work appropriately.

Flexibility: Ability to persevere in completing tasks or solving problems despite obstacles or when progress is slow, frustrating, and/or discouraging.  Ability to be resilient and bounce back quickly from setbacks or failures.  Ability to adapt to changes at work quickly and efficiently.  Ability to learn from mistakes and change one’s behavior accordingly.

Job Related Knowledge: Knowledge of financial and accounting procedures (e.g., asset control, profit and loss analysis, general ledger).  Knowledge of basic business principles.  Knowledge of how a business operates and makes a profit.  Knowledge of the inventory control and management processes.

Working Conditions