Regional Sales Manager - North England

Redfox Executive Selection Ltd; North East; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading plant breeding company is seeking a Regional Sales Manager covering the North of the UK. The role focuses on cross crop sales and customer engagement through various channels. The ideal candidate will have a degree in agricultural sciences and at least 3 years of sales experience in agriculture. Benefits include a competitive salary, company car, and a pension scheme with a 16% company contribution.

Benefits

Company car (fully expensed)

30 days of annual leave

16% Pension scheme

Life Assurance

Private Health Care Plan

Profit Related Bonus Scheme

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of work experience in Sales or Agronomy.
• Strong understanding of distribution channels in agriculture.

Responsibilities

• Execute cross crop sales activities for the northern region of the UK.
• Promote products to farmers and trade representatives.
• Analyze market situations to define action plans.

Skills

Sales experience

Knowledge of UK agricultural market

Fluent English

Education

Academic degree in agricultural sciences or related

Job description

HOME-BASED - North of England

GBPExcellent salary + car + bonus + 16% Pension!

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:

• Executing cross crop sales activities for the northern region of the UK.
• Actively promote products to farmers, agronomists, trade representatives and others to influence purchasing decisions in favour of hybrid and C2 seeds.
• Analyse and understand the market situation, evaluation and future to define action plans for the region.
• Feed market information back into the UK business to support action plans for the company.
• Regularly attend relevant open days, field events, trade shows etc.
• Act as first point of contact for customers for product questions, complaints etc.
• Design sales campaigns together with Commercial Director and marketing, price offers and contracts with customers and partners.
• Distribute trial/demo seed according to sales strategy

Your Qualifications:

• Preferred: academic degree in agricultural sciences, agricultural economics or similar
• Minimum 3 years of work experience in Sales or Agronomy
• Knowledge of UK agricultural market / distribution channels
• Fluent English skills

Package:

• Company car (fully expensed)
• 35 working hours weekly additional working hours will be expected based on seasonal demands (especially in July Sep)
• 30 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
• Highly competitive Pension Scheme with 16% Company contribution and 1.2% minimum employee contribution
• Life Assurance, of three times annual salary
• Income Protection Plan at 75% of salary for long-term illness and disability for a period of three years
• Private Health Care Plan
• Profit Related Bonus Scheme, targeted at 15% of annual salary
• Membership of Lifestyles discount scheme
• Reduced diesel prices from the company s fuel pump

For a confidential chat about this vacancy please give Ian Reed at Redfox a call, or get your application in via. this website without delay quoting ref: 5922IR