Sales & Marketing Manager
Location: Free State (Bethlehem / Vrede)
A well-established and expanding animal feed manufacturing operation is looking for an ambitious Sales & Marketing Manager to drive brand presence, lead high-performing regional sales teams, and accelerate growth across the ruminant and monogastric segments.
This is a career-defining opportunity for a commercially astute, people-driven leader who thrives in the field, understands farmers, and knows how to turn strategy into results.
Why This Role Matters:You will sit at the heart of the businesss growth engine, shaping marketing direction, leading regional sales execution, and influencing decisions across product, pricing, supply, and customer engagement. Your leadership will directly impact market share, customer loyalty, and revenue growth.
What Youll Be Doing:
- Lead, inspire, and develop a team of field-based sales agents operating across multiple regions.
- Drive sales performance through clear targets, strong coaching, and hands-on leadership in the field.
- Translate business objectives into powerful sales and marketing strategies that deliver measurable growth.
- Identify new market opportunities, strategic customer segments, and priority regions.
- Ensure consistent pricing, messaging, branding, and positioning across all sales channels.
- Oversee brand development, product launches, packaging, and marketing campaigns that support sales momentum.
- Act as a trusted partner to key customers, engaging at a senior level and resolving escalated issues where required.
- Represent the business at farmer days, trade shows, and industry events, building visibility and credibility.
- Collaborate closely with Technical, Operations, and Procurement teams to align supply, forecasting, and customer demand.
- Drive technical and product training for sales teams and key customers.
- Analyse sales data, market trends, and competitor activity to guide decision-making and strategy refinement.
- Manage the sales and marketing budget with a strong focus on return on investment.
- Deliver clear, insight-driven management reports with recommendations and action plans.
What Were Looking For:
- BSc (Agric) Animal Science or a similar agricultural qualification.
- A deep understanding of animal nutrition and the animal feed environment.
- At least 5 years experience in a senior sales or marketing leadership role, ideally within agriculture or animal feed.
- Proven success in leading, coaching, and growing sales teams.
- Strong commercial awareness with a data-driven approach to decision-making.
- Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Fluency in Afrikaans and English.
- Confident negotiator with the ability to influence, lead change, and build lasting relationships.
This role offers real authority, high visibility, and the opportunity to lead from the front in a business that values initiative, expertise, and results. For the right individual, this is more than a job its a platform to make a lasting impact.
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