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Regional Sales Manager

Darling Ingredients Inc.

Cold Spring, KYFull-time$7.25/hrSeen 2w agoSeen in employer's feed 5 days ago

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At a glance

Compensation
$7.25/hr
Location
Cold Spring, KY
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Regional Sales Manager develops and manages Nature Safe markets in an assigned region, building and supporting a distribution network and communicating the company’s mission. The role serves as a technical resource for distributors and customers, develops strategies to open markets, and executes marketing activities at trade shows. It is office-based with constant travel to off-site locations.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Agricultural Fertilizer SalesAgronomySalesCommunicationTeamworkOrganizationTime ManagementSelf-MotivationPresentation SkillsLifting Up to 100 Lbs

Qualifications

High School Diploma or GED5+ Years Agricultural Fertilizer Sales or Related FieldBachelor's in Agronomy, Plant Science or Related Field

Full job description

Experience Required

5 - 20 years

Minimum Education Required

High School Diploma/G.E.D.

Compensation

$7.25 / hourly

Hours Per Week

40

Number Of Positions

1

Work Schedule and Shift Requirements

First (Day)

Job Description

We're one of the world's leading practitioners of circularity, transforming materials from the animal agriculture and food industries into valuable ingredients. Ingredients that nourish people, feed animals and crops, and fuel the world with renewable energy.

The Nature Safe Regional Sales Manager's primary responsibility is to develop and manage Nature Safe markets as assigned, along with recruiting, managing, motivating and training distributors, creating expectations and managing those expectations within the assigned territory.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities

Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

Focuses and held responsible for the sales in assigned region.

Establish a strong distribution network in assigned region.

Recruit additional distribution as necessary.

Communicate company's mission for Nature Safe to current and new distributors.

Serve as a technical resource as needed for distributors, customers, and Nature Safe team members.

Ability to give end-user and distributor directed presentations.

Call reports each week (detailed activity with distributors and related projects).

Develop and execute strategy to open new markets and associated business.

Exhibit and execute marketing strategy at trade shows.

Other duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications

High School Diploma or GED equivalent.

Minimum of 5+ years' agricultural fertilizer sales experience or related field.

Must live in the assigned territory.

Preferred Qualifications

Bachelors' Degree in Agronomy, Plant Science or related field preferred.

Proven industry track record of successful sales.

Strong understanding of agronomy with proven sales skills.

Exceptional communication skills both written and oral.

Ability to work as a team.

Highly organized with effective time management skills.

Self-starter and highly motivated.

Working Conditions and Physical Demands - PLANT

Frequently exposed to high noise levels, strong odors, varying temperatures, and biohazardous conditions.

Requires prolonged sitting and movement throughout office/work locations, as well as occasional use of computers and office equipment.

Must frequently stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, and climb or balance.

Must be able to communicate effectively and identify potential workplace hazards.

Requires the ability to occasionally lift and/or move up to 100lbs.

Position is based in an office environment

Constant travel to off-site locations is required.

Frequently exposed to high noise levels, strong odors, varying temperatures, and biohazardous conditions.

Constantly travel to off-site locations is required.

Requires prolonged sitting and movement throughout office/work locations, as well as occasional use of computers and office equipment.

Must frequently stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, and climb or balance.

Must be able to communicate effectively and identify potential workplace hazards.

Requires the ability to occasionally lift and/or move up to 50lbs.

Working Conditions and Physical Demands - CORPORATE

Position is based in an office environment

Constant travel to off-site locations is required.

Frequently exposed to high noise levels, strong odors, varying temperatures, and biohazardous conditions.

Constantly travel to off-site locations is required.

Requires prolonged sitting and movement throughout office/work locations, as well as occasional use of computers and office equipment.

Must frequently stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, and climb or balance.

Must be able to communicate effectively and identify potential workplace hazards.

Requires the ability to occasionally lift and/or move up to 50lbs.

Darling Ingredients is an equal opportunity employer and gives consideration to qualified applicants without regard to r ace, color, creed, r eligion, age, pregnancy, s ex, s exual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetic information, physical or mental disability, military service, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state and local law. Know Your Rights: If you would like more information, please click on the link and paste into your browser: https://www.eeoc.gov/poster of this job.

Job Type

Full time

Benefits Offered

Not specified

Veteran Preference

No

Place of Work

On-site

Requisition ID

1185

How this job compares

Set against the 6,692 open Sales Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$7.25/hr
  • US median$19–23/hr747 hourly ranges

This rate, $7.25/hr, is 65% below the US median midpoint ($20/hr) — in the lowest quarter of Sales Manager hourly ranges across the US.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 86 open Sales Manager jobs in Kentucky and 6,692 across the US. 9% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Kentucky
Experience
This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Sales Manager postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (4,542 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a high school diploma; 1,603 of the 6,692 open Sales Manager jobs (24%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 6, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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