Territory Business Manager (Southern WI, Northern IL)

It's fun to work in a company where people truly believe in what they are doing!

It’s fun to work in a company where people truly believe in what they are doing!

Territory Business Manager

Remote position covering Southern Wisconsin and Northern Illinois

This role requires frequent travel throughout the assigned territory to meet with existing customers, prospective customers, distributors, and other business partners.

We are looking for a competitive, results-driven Territory Business Manager to develop sales strategies, identify new business opportunities, and drive growth across the assigned territory.

In this role, you will make an impact by:

• Managing the Southern Wisconsin and Northern Illinois territory to drive growth of Neogen Food Safety products and solutions
• Developing and executing territory sales strategies aligned with business priorities
• Delivering against revenue, profitability, and forecast expectations
• Conducting territory and account planning to support growth across direct customers, channel partners, key accounts, and targeted market segments
• Identifying new sales opportunities, developing qualified leads, and closing business to achieve or exceed sales targets
• Adjusting sales strategies based on changing market conditions, customer needs, and competitive activity
• Partnering cross-functionally with internal teams to support customers and drive business growth

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Independently manage and grow business within the assigned geography
• Build and maintain strong relationships with existing and prospective customers
• Develop new business opportunities through prospecting, lead generation, and account development
• Close and grow sales through effective communication, consultation, and solution-based selling
• Identify customer needs and concerns and recommend appropriate solutions
• Increase market awareness of Neogen products and services by clearly communicating product features, benefits, and value
• Maintain accurate records of customer interactions, opportunities, and account activity
• Deliver technical presentations, product demonstrations, and webinars
• Prepare responses to requests for proposals (RFPs) and requests for information (RFIs)
• Attend and participate in trade shows, conferences, customer events, and other marketing activities
• Understand pricing structures and perform pricing calculations as needed
• Research market requirements, trends, customer needs, and relevant market data
• Maintain awareness of competitive products, pricing, positioning, and marketing strategies
• Maintain current knowledge of Neogen products and solutions
• Demonstrate and explain product applications, installation techniques, and best practices as appropriate
• Collaborate with internal sales, technical, marketing, customer service, and operational teams to support customer success

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Microbiology, Biology, Food Science, another scientific discipline, Business, Sales, or a related field preferred
• Demonstrated success managing a sales territory
• Proven history of meeting or exceeding sales targets and forecasts
• Strong time management, organization, and territory planning skills
• Excellent communication, presentation, and relationship-building skills
• Strong attention to detail and critical-thinking abilities
• Experience using Salesforce or another Customer Relationship Management (CRM) platform
• Experience with solution-selling or consultative-selling methodologies
• Strong computer skills, including proficiency with Microsoft Office
• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively across teams

Travel and Physical Requirements

• Ability to travel frequently throughout the assigned territory and perform essential job functions in a variety of customer environments, including manufacturing facilities, laboratories, warehouses, and production areas
• Domestic travel may be up to 75%
• Must be able to occasionally lift, carry, push, or move items weighing up to 40 pounds, with or without reasonable accommodation

Come Be Part of a Mission That Matters

From inside the farm gate to our dinner plates, Neogen helps protect the world’s food supply. Through animal health products and food safety solutions designed to detect dangerous bacteria, allergens, toxins, drug residues, and more, Neogen plays an important role in protecting people, animals, and the global food supply.

Come be part of a mission that matters.

From inside the farm gate to our dinner plates, Neogen protects the world’s food supply. Through a variety of animal healthcare products, to food safety solutions for dangerous bacteria, allergens, toxins, drug residues and much more, Neogen is there — and you can be too.