Ag Sales

Summary: Seeking skilled agronomy sales individual who will be accountable for sales and services to growers in an assigned area.  .

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Make sales calls throughout assigned territories to determine agronomy needs, create solutions and build long term relationships with customers that will generate sales of seed, fertilizer, ag chemicals and agronomy services.
• Plans and carries out test plots at farms to demonstrate improved varieties of field crops such as corn and soybeans to use as a sales tool.
• Develop and maintain a current list of customers and prospects and rate them based on potential size of operation, credit worthiness and other pertinent marketing information.
• Keep current on agronomic products, trends, problems, services, and resources to sell agronomy products in an ethical manor.
• Recommends and sells products and programs to the producer within the company credit and pricing policies.
• Relays competitive sales, pricing and marketing information to management in a timely manner.
• Communicates with management about products being sold or prepaid and problems with products, programs, or producers. Relays requested sales contract and other pertinent information to management

Qualifications:

Education and/or Experience: Bachelor's degree from four-year college or university with two to four years related experience; or, Ag Associate's degree with four to five years related experience, or equivalent combination of education and work experience.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: Current driver's license and satisfactory MVR (motor vehicle record) is required. Certified Crop Advisor (CCA) is a plus, but not required.

Other Skills, Abilities, and Qualifications: Will require daily travel within territory, very minimal overnight travel.

Salary: $55,000 - $70,000/year + Commission

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Method Search Consultants is a recruiting firm based in West Des Moines, IA with a nationwide reach.  We are focused on finding top talent and providing them with opportunities that fit their skill set, background, and career goals.  We believe in the companies we do business with and our goal is to increase their bottom line by providing the candidates that aren’t actively looking but are confidentially open to great opportunities.

This doesn’t just happen overnight, there is a Method to what we do. By following the time-tested process and searching for what our candidates and companies are looking for we feel that our candidates will have the opportunity to make a positive career change and our companies will have top talent available to hire.