Area Manager Essex & South Suffolk

Frontier Agriculture; Bury St Edmunds; Remote; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK agricultural company is seeking an Area Manager to join their Precision Services team. This home-based role involves promoting services to clients in South Suffolk/Essex, while providing technical support and sales expertise. Ideal candidates will have a strong interest in sustainable farming, alongside relevant skills in commercial acumen and teamwork. Competitive benefits and a commitment to employee development await.

Benefits

Competitive salary

25 days holiday plus purchase options

Employee Assistance Program

Increased parental leave benefits

Life Assurance and pension plan

Volunteer leave

Cycle to Work Scheme

Qualifications

• Strong commercial acumen and genuine passion for precision farming.
• Results-driven with an ability to develop sales and client accounts.
• Full UK driving licence is required.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and develop a customer base through your own strategy.
• Be the regional expert for precision crop production.
• Collaborate across all Frontier product areas to identify new business.

Skills

Commercial acumen

Passion for precision farming

Interpersonal skills

Proficiency in Microsoft Office

Time management

Willingness to learn

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

Overview

We are seeking an Area Manager to join our Precision Services team on a permanent, full-time basis. This is a home-based role, with responsibility for covering the South Suffolk/Essex area. You will be responsible for promoting and selling our services to both new and existing customers. In addition to sales, you will provide a high level of technical support and advice to ensure customers fully benefit from Precision's crop production services. A strong interest in soil health and the development of resilient soils will be essential, as we work towards more sustainable farming practices. This role comes at an exciting time, as the UK agricultural industry increasingly embraces environmentally focused farming, aligning closely with the sustainable principles and practices that Precision Services has been delivering to growers for over 30 years.

Responsibilities

• Maintaining and developing a customer base in your region – managing your own sales and consultancy strategy.
• Being the regional expert and trusted advisor for precision crop production, representing Precision Services to customers and colleagues.
• Work collaboratively across all Frontier product areas within your region to support existing customers and identify new business opportunities.
• Representing the company at trade events, farmer meetings and industry events both nationally and locally.
• Designing and managing your own local events calendar.
• Prepare and deliver presentations on products and services to both customers and colleagues.
• Provide expert technical support and advice to clients across all precision product lines.
• Collaborate closely with operational teams to ensure customers receive the highest level of service.
• Delivering agreed sales targets across multiple product lines.
• Attending national and regional sales team meetings.
• Monitor competitor activity and market developments, reporting relevant information as needed.
• Agricultural background with knowledge of the annual crop cycle and farming operations.

Qualifications

• Possess a strong commercial acumen.
• Genuine passion for precision farming and crop production.
• Highly motivated with a strong willingness to learn and adapt.
• Results-driven, with a focus on developing sales and expanding client accounts.
• Collaborative team player with strong interpersonal skills.
• FACTS qualification an advantage, but not essential.
• Full UK driving licence required.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Excellent time management and organisational abilities.

Benefits

• Competitive salary.
• 25 days holiday per calendar year with option to purchase up to 5 more days (subject to meeting eligibility requirements).
• Dedicated Learning & Development team to support you and your career.
• Employee Assistance Program providing 24 hours support & advice in areas such as health and wellbeing for yourself, your family & friends (up to 5 people in total).
• Increased Maternity, Paternity & Adoption leave benefits for eligible employees.
• Life Assurance scheme and pension plan with employer contributions of up to 7%.
• Up to two days paid volunteer leave per year (only applicable to permanent employees).
• The opportunity to join our employee network groups including LGBTQ+, Menopause wellbeing, Neurodiversity and Women's network groups.
• Cycle to Work Scheme, employee retail discount scheme and free eye test vouchers.

About Us

Frontier is a successful and growing business. We are the largest crop production and grain marketing company in the UK, with over 1,000 employees and a turnover of more than £1.5 billion. With a vision to be the first-choice employer in UK agriculture, we are committed to delivering a culture where people are at the heart of our success. Our business approach is underpinned by our core values - Integrity, Customer First and Expertise - or 'ICE'. These values support our whole philosophy and way of working.