What are the responsibilities and job description for the Regional Agronomy Business Leader position at AgState?
Do you have the desire to work in a team environment? Do you have excellent and proven leadership skills to help an aggressively growing agronomy business? Join our team TODAY!
As a Regional Leader, you will be responsible for forming deep relationships with our top 20 accounts to help maximize profits with these key growers, as well as coach and develop our agronomy sales team to help grow our market share and overall profitability.
This is a great opportunity for candidates interested in working with agriculture and providing exceptional customer service to our producers. You will find a team atmosphere committed to safety and excellent customer service, along with a stable career that offers outstanding benefits!
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Identify areas to improve the grower market share and provide initiative-taking and strategic solutions to team.
- Develop individual business plans for each sales agronomist.
- Monitor execution of business plan and provide quarterly updates/forecast.
- Promote Product Management Interaction & collaborate on strategy.
- Coach and provide feedback to effectively and constructively enable individuals to achieve high performance and certification.
- Continually recruit new talent by attending industry events.
- Work collaboratively with agronomy leadership team and other area leader’s to increase market penetration and marketshare.
- Develop individual business plans for each sales agronomist.
- Monitor execution of business plan and provide quarterly updates/forecasts.
- Promote key supplier interactions.
- Minimum of 3 days er week making farm sales calls with team members.
- Planning and successful execution of business and action plans.
- Capitalize on unique market opportunities the differentiate AgState.
- Conduct in-field ride alongs with staff and assist in the pre-call planning and post call debriefs.
EDUCATION AND REQUIREMENTS
- Bachelor’s degree or 10 years related experience.
- Knowledge of agriculture and particular disciplines in retails agronomy is a plus.
- Elite culturalist that works to embrace and lead change that will have a positive impact on our customers.
- Valid Iowa Driver’s license.
