Seed Sales Manager

PT Timbang Deli Indonesia; Galang; On-site; IDR 100.000.000 - 200.000.000; Full time

Job summary

A leading agricultural company in Indonesia is seeking an experienced Sales Manager to lead a team and drive innovative solutions in the oil palm industry. The ideal candidate has over 3 years of B2B sales management experience, a strong commercial acumen, and a university degree in a relevant field. This role offers competitive compensation, a performance bonus, and opportunities for professional growth.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Performance bonus

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• 3+ years of B2B sales management experience in agricultural sectors.
• Proven track record in leading and motivating sales teams.
• Experience in implementing sales strategies.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coach the sales team to achieve sales targets.
• Implement the company's sales strategy.
• Guide the team through the sales cycle.

Skills

B2B sales management experience

Coaching and motivating sales teams

Commercial acumen

Consultative selling

Fluency in English and Bahasa Indonesia

Education

University degree in Agriculture, Agronomy, or related field

Tools

CRM systems

Job description

Overview

Are you an experienced sales manager with a passion for agriculture and innovation?

Do you want to lead a sales team in a company that is revolutionising the oil palm industry?

Verdant Bioscience is a leading Indonesian oil palm seed producer, specialising in high-yielding, non-GMO planting materials. We are on a mission to transform the future of agriculture. We are pioneering the world's first F1 Hybrid oil palm seeds for commercial release in 2029, which have the potential to double yields.

We are looking for an experienced and motivational Sales Manager to lead our high-performing commercial team, drive our sales strategy, and help us bring our groundbreaking products to the market.

Why join Verdant Bioscience?

We’re committed to growing not just crops, but careers. You’ll be part of a forward-thinking company that values innovation, integrity, and impact. We invest in our people and empower them to lead with purpose.

Make a Real Impact: You will lead your sales team to be at the forefront of agricultural innovation, introducing game-changing, high-yielding seed technology to the market.

Unrivalled Professional Growth: Accelerate your career with dedicated support and coaching from our CEO as well as an International Sales Growth Expert & Coach, designed to enhance your leadership and sales capabilities and set you up for long-term success.

Lead a Team of Trusted Advisors: We don’t want to just sell; we want to build partnerships. You will coach and develop your team to use a consultative approach, becoming trusted advisors who help Oil Palm Plantations maximise their return on investment and sustainability.

Join a Culture of Excellence: Be part of a collaborative and supportive team that is committed to continuous improvement and achieving ambitious goals.

Salary: Competitive + Performance Bonus + Benefits

Your Role

As the Seed Sales Manager, you will lead, motivate, and coach our seed sales team to drive commercial success and build lasting client relationships.

• Lead, motivate, and coach the sales team of 8 people to achieve and exceed ambitious sales targets.
• Implement the company's sales strategy and embed a world-class consultative sales process.
• Develop your team’s capabilities through effective coaching, training, and performance management.
• Guide the team through the full sales cycle, from identifying new clients and conducting discovery meetings to securing long-term customer commitment and growth.
• Champion a culture of excellence in customer service and after-sales support.
• Manage the sales pipeline and provide accurate forecasting using our CRM system.

What You Bring

• 3+ years of B2B sales management experience, ideally within the agricultural or plantation sectors (e.g., oil palm, seeds, fertilisers, or agricultural equipment).
• A proven track record of leading, coaching, and motivating a sales team to achieve high performance.
• A strategic mindset with experience in implementing sales strategies and processes.
• Strong commercial acumen, with experience managing complex, high-value sales cycles.
• Prior exposure to the consultative selling processes and the consistent use of a CRM system are distinct advantages.
• A university degree in Agriculture, Agronomy, Plant Biotechnology, or a related business field.
• Fluency in both written and spoken English and Bahasa Indonesia is essential.
• Knowledge of oil palm cultivation is highly preferred, and proficiency in Mandarin is an advantage.

Ready to cultivate your leadership journey?

If you are a motivated and inspiring sales manager ready to make your mark on the future of agriculture, we want to hear from you.

Apply now to join the Verdant Bioscience team. Please include your CV, a Cover Letter written in English, along with your LinkedIn profile.

About Verdant Bioscience

Verdant Bioscience Pte Ltd, Singapore (Verdant) was established to significantly increase oil palm yields (per hectare per year) as this is the single most advantageous sustainability criterion available to the global oil palm industry, and there is the physiological opportunity to at least double yields. Higher yield will take the pressure off the need for further deforestation and biodiversity destruction, reduce green-house gas emissions (which arose from the cultivation of peatlands), and increase food supply for the worlds hungry. Thus, the Company pursues ethical and significant sustainability goals, as well as commercial objectives. Higher yields will primarily be achieved by genetics but also improved agronomy and crop protection. Verdant also works on other perennial plantation crops but 95% of resources are currently committed to oil palm.

Verdant is a joint venture plant breeding/plantation science company, incorporated and head-quartered in Singapore in 2013. The company’s largest shareholders are two listed Belgium companies (SIPEF and Ackermans & van Haaren). There is also one listed Indonesian plantation company (Dharma Satya Nusantara Tbk), together with the founders’ company. Verdant Bioscience operates through its subsidiary company, PT Timbang Deli Indonesia, located at the Company’s own plantation, close to the Medan International Airport at Kuala Namu, North Sumatra, Indonesia, where the Verdant Plantation Science Centre has been built. The company employs an expatriate Chair (part-time), Managing Director and Chief Scientific Officer, together with ~30 top Indonesian graduate/postgraduate staff. Total permanent employees exceed 350.