Territory Sales Rep - ERP
Job description
Responsibilities
- Effectively manage a territory and maximize business potential.
- Drive new customer business through networking, referrals, cold calling, and trade shows.
- Conduct sales presentations and product demonstrations to customers.
- Build a strong customer base by demonstrating products, services, and technical product solutions.
- Enter all Customer Opportunities into SalesForce and actively manage and maintain opportunity status.
- Submit weekly sales and progress reports.
- Work with internal departments and/or divisions to solve problems and develop solutions for customer accounts.
- Strategize with management to locate and maximize sales opportunities.
- Develop strategies and provide feedback to ensure we remain competitive in the market.
- Gather and share competitive information with appropriate internal departments.
- Execute sales strategy within existing territory to meet monthly, quarterly, and annual revenue goals.
- Assist with customer retention by being aware of competitive situations and following up with customers.
- Build relationships with customer decision makers and provide extraordinary customer service.
- Ensure sales targets and retention goals are met. Source and manage customers as needed.
Qualifications
- Have a minimum of 5 to 10 years of demonstrated sales and customer service achievements preferably in the Ag Industry.
- Agriculture Retail experience including Grain Handling industry combined with technical knowledge of Agriculture Software preferred.
- Possess sales and business acumen, ideally coupled with an Ag Business, Economics, or related degree, or equivalent commensurate experience.
- Have solid understanding of market segmentation, product line, and new product development.
- Be well organized and pay close attention to detail.
- Have superior customer relationship skills, including active listening and a proven history of managing customers.
- Possess a valid driver’s license and can travel domestically and internationally.
- Travel required 60-70% of the time within the region.
- Excellent verbal and written communication.
- Proficient with MS Office Applications including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams.
- Experience working with a CRM system would be an asset.