Regional Sales Manager (Seeds) – North

Redfox Executive; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading plant breeding company is seeking a Regional Sales Manager to cover the northern UK. The role will focus on executing sales operations, promoting products in the agricultural market, and is ideal for candidates with a degree in agricultural sciences and relevant sales experience.

Benefits

Company car (fully expensed)

30 days of annual leave plus bank holidays

Highly competitive Pension Scheme

Life Assurance

Income Protection Plan

Private Health Care Plan

Profit Related Bonus Scheme

Lifestyles discount scheme membership

Reduced diesel prices

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of work experience in Sales or Agronomy.
• Knowledge of UK agricultural market / distribution channels.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Sales

Agronomy

Market Analysis

Education

Academic degree in agricultural sciences, agricultural economics or similar

Job description

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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.
• Designsales 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

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