Synagro

Agricultural Product Sales Representative

Synagro

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Pennsylvania • United States

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Salary

💰 $80,000 - $100,000 per year

About the role

  • Perform all work in a safe, professional, and conscientious manner
  • Approximately 50% of time domestic travel through the sales territory to meet with customers or for periodic training events
  • Initiate and develop sales and perform customer service calls to identify and seek beneficial relationships with potential agriculture customers with a focus on increasing product revenue for our Greener World brand
  • Work directly with existing and new end user customers to support and ensure they understand agronomic, soil, and beneficial use consideration
  • Establish marketing and distribution plan for agriculture markets to enhance diversification for year-round product use and financial performance of plant
  • Identify innovative product marketing opportunities to increase diversity through soil blending, land reclamation, and alternative fuel projects
  • Maintain pipeline of leads and complete weekly reports, forecasts and schedules
  • Review monthly product sales financial reports and prepare weekly forecast reports
  • Manage financial risk associated with receivables from Product Sales and ensure necessary financial pre-screening is completed of accounts to whom product is shipped or sold
  • Immediately respond to any biosolids land application complaints including site visits and meetings with town or city officials
  • Interact with local politicians, farm bureaus, conservationists, etc. as needed for ongoing understanding of biosolids use in local plant areas
  • Provide logistics and technical guidance for land application programs, including agronomy, as needed for local plant support
  • Work with plant administrators to organize trucking logistics and site/stockpile locations
  • In conjunction with marketing, provide input to continuously improve marketing materials that will educate users on biosolids benefits and use
  • Attend biosolids and agriculture-related conferences and workshops
  • Ensure product distribution activities maintain compliance with fertilizer regulation and land application permits and all applicable state and federal laws.

Requirements

  • Associate’s degree in Soil Science or Agronomy or comparable, or equivalent combination of experience and education required
  • Certification in one or more of: crop advisory, agronomy, soil science, nutrient management planning, or allied disciplines considered a plus
  • Three to five years in agricultural sales experience
  • Three to five years of experience working with biosolids recycling and soil
  • NetSuite experience a plus but not required
  • Must be able to travel domestically 25-50% with occasional overnight stays required
  • Willingness to learn nuances of various federal, state, and local regulatory programs controlling fertilizer and soil amendment sales and distribution.
Benefits
  • 15 days paid time off
  • 10 Holidays
  • Medical/Dental/Vision (within 30 days of hire)
  • Health Saving Account (HSA) with company match
  • Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
  • 401(k) with company match (fully vested upon hire)
  • Career growth and promotional opportunities
  • Tuition Reimbursement
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard Skills & Tools
agronomysoil sciencenutrient management planningcrop advisorybiosolids recyclingfinancial forecastingmarketing strategylogistics managementsales reportingland application
Soft Skills
customer servicerelationship buildingcommunicationproblem solvingteam collaborationorganizational skillsadaptabilityprofessionalismconscientiousnessleadership
Certifications
Associate’s degree in Soil ScienceAssociate’s degree in Agronomycrop advisory certificationagronomy certificationsoil science certificationnutrient management planning certification