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Cencora

Distributes medicines and supports patient care

Dairy Technology Sales Representative

Field SalesUpdated on Nov 5
Full-time$94.5k - $148.1k

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree and one to three years of outside sales experience are required; candidates without a bachelor's degree must have at least ten years of related experience.
  • Excellent interpersonal, presentation, and organizational skills and a proven ability to sell are required.
  • A valid driver's license and a good driving record are required.
  • The ability to travel overnight occasionally, potentially up to 50% of the time, is required.
  • Ability to make decisions by identifying goals and constraints, considering risks, generating alternatives, evaluating options, and selecting the best alternatives.
  • Ability to recognize problems, identify possible causes, and devise and implement action plans to resolve them.
  • Ability to identify relationships, use logic to draw conclusions, identify and apply rules and principles to new situations, and determine correct conclusions from analysis of facts and information.
  • Ability to seek input, collaborate and cooperate with others, and develop effective working relationships with key associates.
  • Customer-service skills, including responsiveness to customer needs and priorities, establishing customer relationships, and taking appropriate action on customer needs.
  • Ability to adapt to changes in routine, scope, or type of work.
  • Ability to prioritize realistically, assess time requirements, and efficiently schedule activities.
  • Ability to respond quickly to day-to-day changes related to department priorities.
  • Project-management skills, including developing proposals, recommendations, action plans and budgets; allocating resources; tracking and reporting progress; communicating with project teams, management and customers; and completing projects effectively and on time.
  • Knowledge of customers, the market territory, key competitors, customer segment needs and expectations, and marketplace changes and opportunities.

Responsibilities

  • Travel throughout the assigned territory to call on existing and prospective customers and maintain a current list of ten best prospects.
  • Build long-term, mutually beneficial relationships with dairy businesses, consulting veterinary practices, consulting nutritionists, and state livestock associations.
  • Present and demonstrate new technologies to customers and educate them about product features, advantages, benefits, hardware and software requirements, costs, performance expectations, anticipated savings, updates, ease of use, and technical support.
  • Quote prices and credit terms based on target margin objectives and prepare sales contracts for orders obtained.
  • After establishing a customer account, ensure an orderly transfer of the customer relationship to the appropriate customer representative and make periodic return calls to ensure customer satisfaction.
  • Compile and maintain prospective-customer target lists as sales leads using master lists, business directories, industry journals, referrals, and other resources.
  • Assist field support computer technicians with installation or repair of technology management systems and assist installation personnel with equipment and machinery installations.
  • Provide secondary support for technologies in the assigned territory by identifying equipment problems and recommending changes to improve system operation and reduce servicing and maintenance costs.
  • Coordinate and assist with training personnel to use technology systems.
  • Participate in sales efforts with Territory Managers and Sales/Service Representatives in the assigned territory, sharing information about prospective and current customers and jointly making customer calls.
  • Prepare business transaction reports, including accurate and timely expense and sales-call reports.

About the Company

Cencora

Distributes medicines and supports patient care

Cencora buys and distributes medicines for pharmacies, hospitals and physician practices, while helping drug manufacturers bring treatments to patients. Its businesses combine wholesale supply networks with specialty distribution for complex therapies and services that support prescribing and patient access. Customers order medicines through its distribution systems, and its teams manage sourcing, storage and delivery alongside pharmacy operations and manufacturer support. It earns revenue from pharmaceutical sales and fees for logistics and healthcare services. The parent company was formed in 2001 through the merger that created AmerisourceBergen, adopted the Cencora name in 2023, and is headquartered in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Conshohocken, PA
Founded
2001

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