Regional Agronomy Sales Leader

Cooperative Farmers Elevator; Ocheyedan (IA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Cooperative Farmers Elevator seeks a Regional Agronomy Sales Manager to lead growth across agronomy products, services, and digital solutions. You will coach agronomy teams, develop strategic accounts, and align sales plans with market opportunities to boost profitability.

You will collaborate with product leadership, leverage CRM systems, and drive precision agriculture adoption while delivering measurable marketplace results.”

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Agronomy, Agribusiness, Agricultural Business Management, or related field preferred.
• Minimum 5 years of agronomy sales experience; 3 years of leadership, coaching, or team development experience preferred.
• Demonstrated success in sales growth, customer relationship management, and business development; strong knowledge of seed, crop protection, crop nutrition, biologicals, and precision agriculture solutions.

Responsibilities

• Execute regional sales strategies and business plans; recruit, coach, develop, and retain high-performing agronomy sales professionals.
• Provide field coaching through ride-alongs, customer visits, territory reviews, and performance discussions; establish clear expectations, accountability standards, and development plans.
• Develop future sales leaders, support succession planning, and foster ownership, customer focus, teamwork, and continuous improvement.
• Manage and grow 5–10 strategic accounts; develop customer business plans that align agronomic solutions with customer goals and increase retention and share of wallet.
• Support complex opportunities, serve as an escalation point for significant customer, operations, agronomic, or business concerns, and model consultative, system-based selling.
• Implement agronomy product, service, campaign, and growth priorities consistently across the region.
• Use customer segmentation and territory planning to maximize opportunities; monitor sales, margin, market share, retention, and profitability performance.
• Promote consistent use of CRM, sales planning, and customer management processes.
• Partner with agronomy product leadership on portfolio strategy, pricing, training, launches, demonstrations, agronomic positioning, and growth priorities.
• Drive adoption of precision agriculture technologies and digital agronomy solutions; integrate data and technology into customer recommendations.

Skills

Sales leadership

Customer relationship management

Strategic selling

Financial and analytical acumen

Education

Bachelor's degree in Agronomy / related field

Job description

Cooperative Farmers Elevator seeks a Regional Agronomy Sales Manager to lead growth across agronomy products, services, and digital solutions. You will coach agronomy teams, develop strategic accounts, and align sales plans with market opportunities to boost profitability.

You will collaborate with product leadership, leverage CRM systems, and drive precision agriculture adoption while delivering measurable marketplace results.”