Our industry-leading client is one of the world’s leading plant breeding companies. Nearly 5,000 employees in more than 70 countries generated net sales of around €1.68 billion in the fiscal year 2023/2024. A company with a tradition of family ownership, have operated independently for almost 170 years. They focus on plant breeding and the production and sale of seed for sugarbeet, corn, cereals, vegetables, oilseed rape and sunflower.
They are now on the hunt for a new Regional Sales Manager – to cover the North of the UK. This role will focus on delivering cross crop sales operations by focusing on serving customers through optimal channels such as agencies and distributors.
Your Responsibilities:
1. Executing cross crop sales activities for the northern region of the UK.
2. Actively promote products to farmers, agronomists, trade representatives and others to influence purchasing decisions in favour of 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 the UK business to support action plans for the company.
5. Regularly attend relevant open days, field events, trade shows etc.
6. Act as first point of contact for customers for product questions, complaints etc.
7. Design sales campaigns together with Commercial Director and marketing, price offers and contracts with customers and partners.
8. Distribute trial/demo seed according to sales strategy
Your Qualifications:
9. Preferred: academic degree in agricultural sciences, agricultural economics or similar
10. Minimum 3 years of work experience in Sales or Agronomy
11. Knowledge of UK agricultural market / distribution channels
12. Fluent English skills
Package:
13. Company car (fully expensed)
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 15% of annual salary
21. Membership of Lifestyles discount scheme
22. Reduced diesel prices from the company’s fuel pump