Sales Development Officer-Mysore

Limagrain; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 420,000 - 540,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career growth

Diversity and Inclusion

Gender Equality

Employee Wellness

Training and Development

Safer Workplace

Rewards and Recognition

Job summary

HM.CLAUSE, a unit of Limagrain, is seeking a Sales Development Officer to develop the Mysore market. The role focuses on demand generation, farmer and distributor engagement, and promoting our vegetable seed portfolio.

You will coordinate field days, dealer meetings, and field demonstrations to boost local turnover and customer satisfaction. The candidate should have agriculture knowledge, strong channel relationships, and good presentation skills.

Qualifications

• Basic knowledge of Agriculture and local farming dynamics.
• Strong network across distributors, dealers and farmers.
• Ability to develop new business and drive sales campaigns.
• Understanding of product requirements and farmer needs.
• Good presentation and communication skills across stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Demand generation through farmers, distributors, dealers and customers.
• Forecast sales, collect payments, promote products and run field demonstrations.
• Improve local turnover with advised crop portfolio and farmer engagement.
• Organize field days, dealer meetings, and crop shows with partners.
• Support dealers on field complaints and crop performance evaluations.
• Ensure timely collections and maintain dealer relationships.
• Organize local trials and provide technical recommendations to farmers.

Skills

Agriculture knowledge

Channel relationships

Business development

Product knowledge

Presentation & communication

Local language & computer basics

Two-wheeler driving license

Mobility & travel readiness

Job description

Job Title: Sales Development Officer-Mysore

Contract type: Permanent

Job Description:

Function

Sales

Main Goal

To Develop sales in Mysore market

Job description

• Demand generation though customers/farmers/distributors/dealer, sales forecast, collection of customer payment, promotion of product, development activities - trail, demonstration, reports.
• Increase local turnover by advising, counselling customers/farmers/distributors linked with sales forecast under the management of ASM. Strongly involved in variety development with the support of RPDM and indirect contact with farmers.
• Sales: Demand generation through distribution partners (Growers/dealer/farmers/ vendor) and promotion activities: organize farmers meeting/field day, dealers meeting, handle customer's complaint – field complaint/ crop performance. Customer dues/ payment collection through bank, maintaining good relationship with dealers. Providing updated marketing information to the reporting manager, . Maintaining good after sales services to farmers with crop visits & recommendations. Developing key farmers relations & data base to conduct & demonstrate crop shows.
• Development Activities: Organizing of new variety trails, demonstration at farmer's field.
• Generate demand through distribution partner (growers/farmers, nursery, distributors, vendors etc.) & promotion activity: field day, dealers meeting, jeep campaign, night meetings pull sales
• Provide support to local dealers on field complaint/ crop performance evaluation, and market information.
• Ensure on-time collection to decrease customer outstanding amounts.
• Organize and follow up local trials on farmer plots to engage farmers confidence and advise them/dealers technically on our portfolio.

What we expect of you

• Basic knowledge of Agriculture
• Good relationship with all the channels (Distributors/ dealers/ farmers/vendor)
• Good expertise in business development
• Knowledge of product requirement
• Good presentation and communication skills
• Understanding of (Local language/ computer basic knowledge)
• Own two-wheeler required/ driving license
• Mobility: Should have two-wheeler and driving license.

Skills

Accountability Collaboration Entrepreneurship Respect Computer Skills Customer Focus Integrity/Ethics Managing for Results Product Knowledge Sales Goals Sales Skills Technical Skills

Your benefits and working environment

• Career Growth
• Diversity and Inclusion
• Gender Equality
• Employee Wellness
• Training and Development
• Safer Workplace
• Rewards and Recognition

Recruitment process

HM.CLAUSE committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued, respected, and empowered to thrive

• Profile Screening
• Phone screening
• Interviews - 3 rounds
• Offer Discussion
• Offer Letter Issue
• Background Verification
• Pre Employment Medical Checkup
• Onboarding

HM.CLAUSE, Business Unit of Group Limagrain, is an innovative global leader in the development, production, and commercialization of vegetable seeds. HM.CLAUSE belongs to the top 5 vegetable seed entities in the world. With over 2,000 varieties in more than 20 vegetable crops, HM.CLAUSE provides innovative solutions to growers worldwide. HM. CLAUSE is a company committed to diversity and inclusion.

Limagrain is a global company with deep local roots. Our parent company is an agricultural cooperative based in the Limagne-Val d’Allier plain, in the heart of Central France’s Auvergne region, while we are an international seed and agri-food group with some 9,600 employees working in 53 countries. As the 4th largest seed company in the world, we achieved sales of 2.522 billion euros in 2023-2024, with additional sales of 729 million euros from activities carried out in collaboration with our strategic partners.