Monogastric Nutrition Consultant

You will love being a part of our team

As a recent Top Small and Medium Employer, you will work with people who are passionate about their jobs and take initiative, people who want to do their best every single day, and people who care deeply about their customers and deliver top-quality service. You'll work with a team of people who "do the right thing." You'll be a part of an entire organization that will never be satisfied with the status quo and will always look for ways to improve and be more efficient while taking care of the customer.   

The Role

The Connect OnFarm Monogastric Nutrition Consultant will provide nutritional and management solutions to Connect On Farm's monogastric customers. You will manage individual customer accounts and build customer loyalty through the consultative selling process. As part of the Connect OnFarm sales team, you are an active team player who is engaged in supporting the company's vision and growth objectives.

Primary Roles and Responsibilities 

• Work directly with Connect On Farm's customers and internal specialized nutritionists to provide leading-edge, customized nutritional solutions and value-based management services
• Continuously use and improve your consultative selling approach and manage direct accounts so that you are the number one value contributor to each customer's business
• Create and implement initiatives to drive the development of new business through innovation, nutritional solutions, prospect management and producer meetings
• Understand that working with the colony agriculture segment in Western Canada requires a working knowledge of the unique relationship-connecting skills that align with their communal lifestyle choices.  Occasional evening and weekend communication may be required to support these customers' service requirements
• Embrace teamwork and support within the Connect OnFarm; understand internal capabilities and processes of manufacturing and logistics
• Keep up to date with industry trends to understand producers' evolving expectations and needs
• Develop new business through prospect management and producer meetings
• Increase Retail product sales to colony monogastric segment and possess the technical ability to answer their questions
• May lead individual field-based projects on behalf of Connect OnFarm that bring innovation to our customers
• Develop and maintain relationships with other industry advisors including veterinarians, financial institutions and reproductive technicians
• Act as a Connect OnFarm representative at internal and external customer events, industry trade shows and conferences
• Passionate about creating happy customers by "Keeping it Simple" and doing what's right for the customer and Connect OnFarm
• Other duties as required and assigned

Skills & Experience Required

• Strong communication skills that align with various personality types; ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with sales team and company employees
• Positive, self-motivated and goal-oriented team player who is open to learning, challenging and improving
• Detail-oriented and resourceful with strong analytical capabilities and decision-making skills
• Strong time management and organizational skills
• Advanced understanding of monogastric nutrition and farm management with the capabilities to advance these skills through a continuous learning process
• Honesty, integrity and a strong sense of ethics in all decisions and actions
• Exceptional customer service and relationship-building skills
• Flexible, adaptable and able to thrive in a fast-paced and ever-changing environment

 Qualifications include

• University or college diploma or degree in an agriculture-related program or equivalent experience
• Monogastric industry experience essential
• Agricultural sales experience preferred
• Colony experience an asset
• Previous ration balancing expertise and the ability to adjust ration recommendations accordingly
• Ability to analyze on-farm records and to utilize this data to identify areas for improvement
• Intermediate knowledge of all Microsoft applications

Role Location

• Expected to reside within southern Alberta allowing easy access to business facilities and customers (within the Canadian Prairie Provinces)

A Little About Us

Since 2005, More Than Feed and its family of Brands have proudly served Western Canada's feed industry with high-quality products and services. Our Connect OnFarm Brand caters to colony monogastric producers. Together with More Than Just Feed, Connect OnFarm is revolutionizing the feed industry by helping their customer's operations prosper for generations. It is our commitment to have transparent relationships based on a personal knowledge of our customer's needs using innovation, technology, technical expertise and nutritional solutions. If you want to join a dynamic team of highly skilled Nutrition Consultants who help farmers feed families, apply today