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Dairy Technical Sales

Company: Harbro
Salary: Unspecified
Location: Home/Field based in Central/Southern Scotland
Date posted: 16 May 2025
Apply before: 3 June 2025

 

The Job:

Harbro are looking for individuals interested in establishing a long-term and rewarding career supporting farmers. Our goal is to future-proof the dairy industry by providing quality nutrition and leading advice, and we are renowned for innovation and focusing on our customers’ needs. We will support you to become a successful sales professional, focused on raising awareness of the Harbro brand, building long-term relationships with livestock farmers, and providing them with on-farm sales and technical support. We will provide industry-leading nutritional training and development with real opportunities to progress in a forward-thinking and expanding business. Training will be individually tailored to your interests and needs, and will include dairy production systems, animal health and welfare, dairy technology, feed and feed additives, nutrition and ration formulation, data collection and analysis, regulation, marketing, and sales. To be successful in this role, you need to be a customer-focused, driven and motivated individual with the hunger to learn and succeed in a sales career. If you are keen to join a progressive business and think you have what it takes to work in a fast-paced and innovative environment, we are waiting to hear from you.


  • Location: Scotland, Ayrshire & Arran, Scottish Borders, Greater Glasgow & The Clyde Valley, Edinburgh & The Lothians
  • Industry: Agriculture
  • Job type: Permanent, Full-time

Dairy Technical Sales

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The Candidate:

Essential:

  • Background in livestock industries with hands-on experience of working with livestock
  • Confident and outgoing nature
  • Driven, pro-active and self-motivated individual
  • Good interpersonal skills, in particular good verbal communication skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Able to cope well under pressure
  • Eager for self-development
  • Resilient
  • Academic qualifications in livestock science or related field.

Desired:

  • Prior experience in agribusiness, ideally working with livestock.

The Package:

  • Company Car
  • Annual leave of 30 days including public holidays
  • Company Pension Scheme (salary sacrifice)
  • Staff Discount in our Retail Stores
  • Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
  • Employee Referral Scheme
  • Perkbox
  • Discount in Retail Stores.

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