Now Hiring - Sales Manager-Pork Products & Medical Tissues in Sheboygan Falls, WI

At Johnsonville, our members are responsible for everything! If you're passionate about making a difference, we want you to help make our products, our processes, our communities and each other better. Since 1945, Wisconsin-based Johnsonville has proudly made our products in the U.S.A.! Our family-owned company has grown from a small butcher shop to the No. 1 national sausage brand. We employ 3,000+ members. Johnsonville products are enjoyed in 45 countries and served in 130 sports stadiums throughout the U.S.

Johnsonville, LLC

Job Posting

Sales Manager – Pork Products and Medical Tissues

Position Overview:

The Sustainable Swine Resources (SSR) division focuses on driving value optimization and sustainability for the porcine tissue and pork product/ raw materials available from our harvest facilities. The individual in this position will be responsible for developing and executing sales strategies across current and prospective industries with direct impact on company growth. This is an opportunity to act as an owner to continuously realize maximum value and societal importance of porcine raw materials.

Responsibilities:

• Build business by identifying and executing sales across a variety of sectors and industries
• Identify new business opportunities and develop supporting business cases for new products and modifications to existing products
• Cultivate, maintain, and grow relationships with current and prospective customers
• Build network and brand awareness through exhibiting at industry relevant events

• Leverage your network of industry, academic and vendor relationships to drive product use and business sales
• Work closely with the SSR team, operations, and supporting team members while effectively communicating throughout all levels of the organization
• Maintain quality service by establishing customer requirements and collaborating cross-functionally to meet and maintain those requirements
• Identify and implement cost management opportunities across the SSR supply chain
• Evaluate and drive actions to create successful partnerships and joint ventures opportunities
• Continually improve SSR’s product and technologies with innovative ideas to become the best supplier of porcine tissue in the world
• Maintain leading edge knowledge of emerging markets and innovative changes within existing markets by remaining current on industry trends, market activities, and competitors

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree required

Experience:

• At least 3 years of experience selling and/or sourcing meat products or animal tissues required
• Experience in industries where pork products and tissues are sold – Retailers, Processor Sales, Animal feed, Pet Industries, Pharmaceuticals, Medical, Research, etc.
• Experience with international sales preferred
• Knowledge of USDA/FDA regulations and standards

Skills and Competencies:

• Demonstrated agility to move across various product types and industries with ability to provide solutions to customers
• Results oriented and comfortable with influencing decisions across the organization
• Strong interpersonal skills with ability to communicate details to technical and non-technical individuals
• Skilled at managing multiple priorities

Coach for this position: Director of SSR

(We don’t have bosses at Johnsonville. We have Coaches. They are there to help you develop your talents. They cannot make you run laps.)

Location: Watertown or Sheboygan Falls, WI; Remote in proximity to fresh plant locations possible

Travel: Approximately 15%

(Not a ton)

Member Status: Fulltime, Salaried

(At Johnsonville, you are not an employee. You are a Member and, yes, Membership has its privileges – like the ability to buy sausage at great discounts. Our more traditional benefits are great, too.)

Reason for Posting: Member was promoted

(We love it when that happens!)

About our Company

Since 1945, our family-owned band of sausage-makers has invented better ways to make, eat and prepare crave-able sausage. Today, we are 2,000 Members strong. We sell our famous sausage in all 50 United States and more than 40 countries. We have a culture built on the idea that if we make developing your talents our top priority, great business results will follow naturally. We call it The Johnsonville Way. It has been our secret sauce for decades, and we hope you get to experience it for yourself!

How to Apply:

External candidate: Apply on-line only at: careers.johnsonville.com

We value the diversity of our workforce and we embrace the principles of Equal Opportunity Employment. M/F/Vet/Disability

Johnsonville values the service Veterans and their family members have given to our country. We support the hiring of returning service members and military spouses.