Area Sales Manager in Scotland

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.

Have you got agricultural sales experience? Are you someone who enjoys building trusted, long-term relationships with farmers across your territory? Do you have a strong background in selling animal feed, fertiliser, or farm supplies, with the confidence to develop both new and existing accounts in a field-based role?

The Company: An agricultural and farming supplies business, supporting farms with essential products across the UK.

The Job Role: As Area Sales Manager you will be responsible for selling a wide range of specialist agricultural products directly to farmers throughout your sales territory in Scotland, including:

• Animal health and veterinary medicines.
• Animal feed and supplements; blended feeds, straight feeds, moist mixes, liquid molasses, feed blocks, and trace element bags.
• Seeds and forage: Grass seed mixtures, root and fodder crops, and forage maize.
• Fertilisers: Solid, liquid, and lime-based fertilisers to cover almost all cropping requirements.
• Crop Packaging: Silage sheets, clamp covers, vacuum film, net wrap, and baler twine.
• Dairy and general farming supplies: Milking plant hygiene products, electric fencing, fuels, fuel tanks, and general yard or workshop equipment.

Location: Scotland - South West of Scotland.

Salary Package: Up to £41,000 Basic Salary Depending on Experience, Commission, Company vehicle, Mobile phone, Laptop, Company pension scheme, Sales and product training and coaching.

Working Hours: Working hours are usually 8.30am - 17.00pm, 5 days a week, Monday to Friday.

Key Responsibilities:

• Generate and capitalise on sales in Scotland, mainly South West of Scotland.
• Identify sales calls to new and existing clients, in person and by telephone.
• Develop and make presentations of company products and services to current and potential clients.
• Maintain sales activity records and prepare sales reports.
• Ensure customer service satisfaction and good client relationships.
• Participate in sales and product training events and sales meetings.
• Be available and prepared for review/sales meetings with Team Leader/Sales Manager.
• Monitor and research competitors, market conditions and product development.
• Keep up to date with changes to product portfolio, pricing policy etc.
• Maintain existing sales and develop new sales in all product areas.
• Ensure comprehensive usage of record monitoring of all computer IT systems.
• Partake in team activities.
• Be available to travel to the head office for pre-arranged business meetings.

Candidate Requirements:

• Agricultural sales experience, selling either animal feed, fertilisers or similar products to farmers.
• Proven and successful experience building and maintaining client and customer relationships.
• FAR (Feed Advisors Registered) qualification and / or FACTS qualified would be an advantage - but not essential.
• Excellent customer service, communication and organisational skills.
• Happy to travel in a field-based sales role.

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.