Retail Sales Manager

Summary

Drive Sales. Lead Teams. Shape the Future.

CHS is hiring a Retail Sales Manager in Eastern North Dakota! This is your chance to lead a high-performing team and make an impact in Agronomy, Grain, and Energy markets.

In this role, you’ll plan and execute winning sales strategies, guide large remote teams, and use technology to deliver exceptional customer experiences. If you’re a results-driven leader ready to take charge and grow with an industry leader, we want you on our team!

Why CHS?

✔ Lead a talented, geographically diverse team
✔ Drive growth across multiple product lines
✔ Make a difference in the communities we serve

Ready to lead? Apply today and power the future of agriculture with CHS!

Responsibilities

• Lead the retail sales team for all sales activities with a focus on product lines to include Agronomy, Energy, and Grain, Lead and support all hiring, onboarding, professional development, coaching and mentoring, training, and performance management for immediate sales team members.
• Establish and manage sales goals set in alignment with overall business strategy and focused on achieving target performance within each product line.
• Identify and monitor all KPIs to ensure a focus on growth, margin management and people performance indicators.
• Maintain competence of market competition, trends, and activities while communicating relevant information across stakeholder teams, Establish, build, and maintain relationships with key industry and strategic community partners, Ensure sales team is utilizing aligned sales processes and service delivery to offer the best returns for both the patron and local business units.
• Understand what margins are needed to achieve budget goals and take corrective action when needed to ensure marketing objectives support the achievement of designated budgets, Match capacity and capabilities with sales forecast needs to ensure an efficient and cost-effective supply chain.
• Generate and ensure follow through on sales leads to achieve improved market share within designed geography and territories, Leverage technology, data, and relationships to identify cross-selling opportunities and market share growth across product lines.
• Collaborate and work closely with key internal stakeholders to ensure continuity between business strategy, goals, and critical deliverables.
• Maintain a consistent corporate image throughout all product lines, promotional materials, service delivery, and events.
• Focus on consistent profitability improvements and champion strategic go-to-market objectives while understanding the holistic business impact and contribution.
• Highly effective at identifying skills and talents of others and supporting development plans for individual and team success.

Minimum Qualifications (required)

• High School diploma or GED
• 2+ years of experience in Agronomy, Grain, Animal Nutrition, or Energy Sales
• Or previous experience in a sales role demonstrating and delivering strong sales performance and/or previous experience leading sales teams
• Prior leadership experience with progressively advancing level of leadership responsibilities

Additional Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business and/or agriculture related program.
• Previous experience leading a sales team
• Excellent communication and leadership skills
• Pre-employment screening is based on the job requirements and industry guidelines and may or may not be required for the position. If required, selected candidates must pass pre-employment screenings to include all or a combination of drug, criminal, motor vehicle check, physical requirements and FMSCA Clearinghouse