Sales Leadership: Coach sales team to enhance selling activity, differentiate products/services, and build relationships. Serve as a role model, teacher and coach to sales representatives, demonstrating sales skills and customer responsiveness. Set sales targets and tactical plans with each sales rep for assigned customers and prospects.
Sales: Responsible for helping sell larger accounts within assigned territory. Team selling with local sellers to accounts in that area 6 includes on farm sales calls for both existing customers and prospects. Directly manage the assignment of customers and prospects to sales representatives. Identify customer and prospect opportunities and establish a plan to capitalize on these opportunities with sellers.
Technical skills/product understanding: Maintain a thorough agronomic and technical knowledge of Pioneer products and services. Troubleshoot customer complaints and work to resolve them. Have a good agronomic understanding of crops grown in this geography. Provide agronomic support and advice to growers and prospects. Provide necessary skills and knowledge training to meet sales performance objectives.
Recruitment: Recruit, select, and retain a high-quality professional sales force that can meet the needs of customers
Requirements
Bachelor's Degree in Agronomy, Business or other related fields.
Will consider other degrees with related field sales experience.
Must be able to sell, negotiate, influence, resolve conflict, and coach.
Agronomy and crop production practices are preferred.
Willingness to travel and work in a rural environment
Ability to pass a driving record background check
Visa sponsorship and International relocation are NOT available for this position.