Job Description:

Sales Account Specialist – Royal Canin PRO Division

Preferred Location: North Carolina

Field-Based Territory Role – Covering North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia

The Sales Account Specialist for the Royal Canin PRO division is responsible for driving sales and quality recommendations with partners within a specific geographical region. They are responsible for the day-to-day management of key partners and existing partners and will recruit partners/new customers into Royal Canin and Eukanuba programs. They are also involved in internal activity plus cross collaboration with other Business units to drive strategic partnership and growth. This role will require 4 days on site (in field) and approximately 25 overnight stays annually.

What are we looking for?

Bachelor’s Degree 

3+ years sales experience, preferably B2B

Excellent communication & presentation skills (oral and written)

Knowledge of or interest in pet professional/nutrition industry

Experience & proficient in Excel, PowerBI, Salesforce, etc.

Possession of a driver’s license and a clean driving record

Overnight travel required, occasional weekends for conferences; approximately 50% travel

What would be your key responsibilities?

Create and implement territory coverage plans for optimal account coverage

Conduct 85% in-person sales calls

Use Salesforce to manage partners and customer data

Forecast and build territory sales plan/ Deliver on annual sales

Understanding territory sales data and developing a unique strategy for growth

Attend appropriate/relevant events annually within your territory

Educate partners on Royal Canin and Eukanuba nutritional diets and programs

Recommend Royal Canin and Eukanuba nutritional and SOL solutions

Present customer programming and building estimated feeding guidelines / budget

Drive recommendation from partners

Recruit and source new partner acquisition across working professionals

Collaborate with PSRO and Vet Colleagues to drive PRO business and Recommendations

Achieve profitable sales growth objectives within assigned territory by utilizing strong selling skills while developing and understanding customer needs to increase growth of sales.

Develop and maintain strong customer relationships with key individuals within PRO customers and continue to identify new potential customers and set strategies to align customers for recommending Mars products as their primary diet for their clients.

Collaborate with your team and other company associates to provide valuable contributions to the company and provide customer insights to your regional team.

Attend and participate in events, regional and company meetings/conference calls as required.

Complete weekly activity, expense, and other ad-hoc reporting as needed by your manager.

What can you expect from Mars?

Work with over 140,000 diverse and talented Associates, all guided by The Five Principles.

Join a purpose driven company, where we are striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.

Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.

An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.

This role includes a company vehicle.

All applicants must have permanent legal authorization to work in the United States. Mars does not sponsor employment visas for this role.

This position is not eligible for relocation benefits.

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Mars is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request.