What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sales Assistant. position at Cargill?
Cargill’s size and scale allows us to make a positive impact in the world. Our purpose is to nourish the world in a safe, responsible and sustainable way.
Cargill is a family company providing food, ingredients, agricultural solutions and industrial products that are vital for living. We connect farmers with markets so they can prosper. We connect customers with ingredients so they can make meals people love. And we connect families with daily essentials — from eggs to edible oils, salt to skincare, feed to alternative fuel. Our 160,000 colleagues, operating in 70 countries, make essential products that touch billions of lives each day. Join us and reach your higher purpose at Cargill.
This position is in Cargill’s protein and salt business, where we provide wholesome, high-quality food products to a wide range of customers, from foodservice operators and grocery stores to manufacturers and exporters.
Job Purpose and Impact
The Sales Assistant will provide moderately complex, varied to routine administrative and clerical support needed to develop customer sales strategies. In this role, you will coordinate, integrate and implement assigned administrative or staff functions to assist the protein sales team located in Logan, NJ.
Key Accountabilities
- Apply knowledge of department operations and infrastructure, policies and procedures to perform moderately complex administrative processes.
- Assist in the development of customer sales strategies to meet customer goals and objectives by helping process customer orders and manage overall order fill rate and on time delivery service.
- Schedule and coordinate meetings, diaries and travel arrangements.
- Solicit, collect and organize documentation and data, performing moderately complex data entry into one or more systems, including customer order entry.
- Receive and relay messages and respond to varied and routine administrative requests.
- Handle moderately complex clerical, administrative, technical or customer support issues under general supervision, while escalating more complex issues to appropriate staff.
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
Position Information
Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability / Vet
