Regional Business Manager - Seeds in North East

Vacancy Reference: 55067 AB

This role is not eligible for UK Visa Sponsorship - the successful applicant will need to have a pre-existing Right to Work in the UK in order to be offered an employment contract.

Are you an experienced agricultural sales professional? Do you have strong seeds knowledge? Have you got experience working with customers and farmers?

The Company: An established Seed business.

The Job Role: In the role as Regional Business Manager, you will have field-based responsibility for business development and company market share through existing and new wholesale and retail accounts in designated areas. You will also have shared responsibility with other members of the sales team for regional field and non-regional general support, and the achievement of the overall agricultural sales and margin budgets.

Location: North East England - Home based role with travel to customers covering the North East England area.

Salary Package: Competitive basic salary to be discussed at application stage, Electric Vehicle, Bonus, Benefits.

Key Responsibilities:

• You will have direct responsibility for the achievement of sales volume and profit budgets against nominated customer lists.
• To work closely with the wider agricultural sales team to ensure overall budget and strategy objectives are met in relation to agricultural accounts.
• To develop new business through existing and new contacts.
• To offer technical support and training to customer accounts in the field, at sales meetings, trade shows, and more.

Candidate Requirements:

• Self-motivated and able to work on own initiative.
• High level of company product knowledge such as seeds.
• Good practical understanding of UK agriculture.
• Experience dealing with customers and farmers.
• Confident communicator, both verbally and in writing.
• Solid track record in a sales environment.
• Drive and continue to hold a full UK driving licence.
• Good presentation skills.
• Computer literate in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Navision etc.
• Good interpersonal skills and the ability to work as part of a team.

Training and Ongoing Support:

• On-going technical training on company products.
• Computer training as necessary.
• Sales training and presentation skills as necessary.
• Health and Safety training.
• Other training as appropriate.

How to apply: Please click on the APPLY NOW button. Please send your CV to; Angel Bains - Recruitment Delivery Consultant.

As we are a specialist recruitment business within the Agricultural and Farming industry, we do require that ALL applicants must hold an NVQ Level 2, Scottish NVQ Level 2 or an equivalent qualification which is relevant and necessary for the job that you are applying for.

We thank all applicants who apply for this role. However, please be advised that only those short listed for an interview will be contacted. Please be assured that your job application will be managed in complete confidence and your personal details will not be passed to any third party without your prior permission.