KWS UK Ltd. is looking for a new Regional Sales Manager - East! Are you ready to be the face of KWS in the eastern market? This role will focus on delivering cross crop sales operations in eastern UK by focusing on serving customers through the optimal channels such as agencies and distributors.
Your Responsibilities:
1. Executing cross crop sales activities for the eastern region of the UK.
2. Actively promote KWS products to farmers, agronomists, trade representatives and others to influence purchasing decisions in favour of KWS hybrid and C2 seeds.
3. Analyse and understand the market situation, evaluation and future to define action plans for the region.
4. Feed market information back into KWS UK to support action plans for the company.
5. Regularly attend relevant open days, field events, trade shows etc.
6. Design sales campaigns together with Commercial Director and marketing, price offers and contracts with customers and partners.
7. Distribute trial/demo seed according to sales strategy
8. Supports KWS in project related work.
Your Qualifications:
9. Preferred: academic degree in agricultural sciences, agricultural economics or similar
10. Minimum 3 years of work experience in Sales
11. Knowledge of UK agricultural market / distribution channels
12. Fluent English skills
Our Offer:
13. Key focus on professional and personal development. “Make yourself grow”.
14. 35 working hours weekly – additional working hours will be expected based on seasonal demands (especially in July - Sep)
15. 30 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
16. Highly competitive Pension Scheme with 16% Company contribution and 1.2% minimum employee contribution
17. Life Assurance, of three times annual salary
18. Income Protection Plan at 75% of salary for long-term illness and disability for a period of three years
19. Private Health Care Plan
20. Profit Related Bonus Scheme, targeted at 10% of annual salary
21. Membership of Lifestyles discount scheme
22. Reduced diesel prices from the company’s fuel pump