Territory Sales Representative

Territory Sales Representative This position is remote/virtual and can work from home but must be located in Nebraska in order to partner directly with our customers. The ideal area would be South Central Nebraska.

Job Summary:
The WinField United Sales Development Manager serves as a direct partner and coach to our customer-owner’s top 1000 retail sellers to expand the retail seller’s competencies and selling skills. Responsibilities include daily direct farm-gate calls in partnership with the retail seller.

Responsibilities:
60% Sales Generation

- Manages and grows business through a defined plan and consistent communication with assigned owners and internal teams with strong focus on STAMPS, seed, and services

- Coaches and trains top retail sellers at the farm-gate on products, programs, services, and technologies with the goal of influencing grower decisions

- Utilizes pre-call planning tools and approach

- Relies on agronomy or services experts for technical knowledge as needed

- Records all relevant account details in the CRM software (Salesforce)

40% Strategy Execution

- In partnership with top retailer sellers, executes by using tools such as the Account Plan, Farmer by Farmer (FxF) Plan, and ACRE sprints.  Measures and monitors progress against plans.

- Owns and is accountable for the FxF Plan and for digital and services adoption by retailer sellers

- Coaches and communicates at the farm-gate level the total acre value proposition to the top 1,000 retailer sellers including brand ladder, partnered and proprietary brand strategies, programs, pricing, services, and digital technology and platforms

- Supports the retail seller in Answer Plot and post-harvest meetings

- Coordinates with local manufacturer representatives

- Implements Account Plan with retail sellers

- Manages discretionary and insight trial seed

Required Qualifications:

- Bachelor’s degree in agriculture or business-related field of study from an accredited university plus 3 years of industry or direct sales experience; or an equivalent of 7 years of successful work experience in industry or direct sales

- Ability to see the “big picture” of the organization and the farmer’s operation

- Understands how the key drivers of the business relate to each other and work together to produce profitable growth

- Proactive communicator with exceptional written, verbal, and formal presentation skills

- Trustworthy with a strong level of personal commitment

- Ability to coach and mentor others by suggesting improvements and leading change

- Ability to make sound decisions and complete tasks in a fast-paced work environment

- Ability to work independently and manage productivity

- Experience demonstrating agility and leading/adapting quickly to change

- Technical agriculture product / crop expertise and ability to develop and educate others on products, services, and programs

- Ability to effectively manage projects.

- Solid experience using Microsoft products (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint); virtual collaboration tools (Teams, Zoom); and CRM software (Salesforce)

- Must have current and valid state driver’s license

- Travel up to 50%, including evenings and some weekends making direct farm-gate calls; may require working long hours during peak seasons

Essential Functions/Work Environment:

- Travel up to 50%, including evenings and some weekends making direct farm-gate calls; may require working long hours during peak seasons.

Compensation

- This is a sales role that is compensated with a target mix of base salary plus commission.

- Base salary is dependent upon experience/tenure and generally ranges between: $81,000 - $121,000

- Target bonus is: Thirty Thousand

- In most cases, candidates offered employment can expect to be hired at a pay rate near the middle of our salary ranges.
About Land O'Lakes, Inc.

Join us and be part of a Fortune 250, farmer- and member-owned cooperative that is reimagining the business of food. We have been named a Top Workplace by Indeed and LinkedIn, and to the TIME 100 Most Influential Companies list.

Benefits for most full-time roles include medical, dental, vision, PTO, life & disability insurance, education assistance, a 401k and a variety of well-being resources. Most part-time employees are eligible for prorated PTO, holiday pay, employee development programs, prorated education assistance, and a 401(k).
Land O'Lakes, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) M/F/Vets/Disabled. The company maintains a drug-free workforce, including post-employment substance abuse testing pursuant to a Drug and Alcohol Policy.

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