Technical Sales Manager - Crop Protection Americas

Borregaard AS; United States; Remote; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Borregaard AS is looking for a Technical Sales Manager to lead sales efforts in the Crop Protection sector across North and Central America. This role demands strong sales management skills, a background in agriculture, and robust communication abilities to foster customer relationships and drive growth.

Qualifications

• Minimum of a bachelor's degree in a relevant field.
• Minimum of 5 years technical sales and/or sales management experience.
• Fluency in English and Spanish preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage and grow sales in North and Central America within the crop protection market.
• Identify, engage and acquire new customers and distribution partners.
• Maintain and strengthen customer relationships through consultative selling.

Skills

Sales Skills

Communication

Interpersonal Skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Agronomy, Soil Science, Formulation Chemistry, Microbiology

Job description

Technical Sales Manager - Crop Protection Americas

Borregaard is an international company with a strong global position. Through competence within sales and marketing, research and production, Borregaard has developed the world’s most advanced biorefinery. By using natural, sustainable raw materials, Borregaard produces advanced and environmentally friendly biochemicals, biomaterials and bioethanol that replace oil-based products. The Borregaard Group has 1100 employees in 13 countries throughout Europe, Americas and Asia. Competence is our main competitive advantage, and we are always looking for skilled and dedicated professionals who want to make a difference.

Borregaard USA welcomes candidates to apply for this challenging, yet motivating, work opportunity as a Technical Sales Manager for our Crop Protection application.

Responsibilities

The main area of responsibilities include:

• Manage and grow sales in North and Central America within the crop protection market
• Identify, engage and acquire new customers and distribution partners
• Maintain and strengthen customer relationships through consultative selling

Qualifications

• Minimum of a bachelor's degree in Agronomy, Soil Science, Formulation Chemistry, Microbiology or similar.
• Minimum of 5 years technical sales and/or sales management experience in Crop Protection, Biocontrol or related Agricultural industry
• Advanced understanding of the agriculture market
• Ability to develop value-based solutions to grow business
• An established connection within the Agchem and/or plant nutrition markets
• Strong presentation, communication and interpersonal skills
• Systems competence
• Fluency in English and Spanish is preferred.

Personal requirements

• Self-starter with strong sales skills
• Team player
• Collaborative communication skills to be applied in a cross-cultural international organization
• Ability to build relationships and communicate with all levels of the customer's organization, including purchasing, manufacturing, R&D and upper management.

This role requires up to 50% travel, mainly within North and Central America.

Contact person

HR Manager

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