Seed Sales Representative

Nutrien

$72K — $110K *
Food & Beverages
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in agriculture, business, or related field preferred; 2-year degree considered with adequate experience
  • 2+ years of sales or marketing management experience in seed role preferred
  • Passion for selling seed and working directly with farmers
  • Strong sales ability with a proven track record
  • Strong interpersonal skills and outstanding communication capabilities
  • Ability to influence others at all organizational levels
  • Digital proficiency supporting Seed Advisor and Digital Agronomy tools
  • Proficient in Microsoft PowerPoint, Word, and Excel

Responsibilities

  • Connect with growers to develop and grow sales of Nutrien seed partners
  • Maintain and grow seed sales in assigned territory
  • Collaborate with leadership to execute business plan for profitable market share growth
  • Communicate with retail stores to ensure alignment and maximize seed sales
  • Provide high-level customer service as a trusted advisor using digital agronomy tools
  • Build brand awareness and product confidence across territory
  • Achieve and exceed defined sales targets
  • Partner with brand management team on product positioning and plot strategy

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Life and disability insurance for positions over 30 hours per week
  • Retirement program with employer matching contributions
  • Paid vacation, sick days, and holidays
  • Paid personal and maternity/parental leaves
  • Employee and Family Assistance Program
  • Eligibility for annual incentive plan based on performance
Full Job Description
Job Title: Seed Sales Representative

Requisition ID: 32095

Location: Galesburg, IL, USA, 61401

Workplace Type: On-Site

Experience Level: Associate

Job Type: Full Time

What You'll Do:

  • Connect directly with growers to develop and grow the sales of the strategic Nutrien seed partners (Bayer, Dyna-Gro, Brevant, NK) in the assigned sales territory
  • Responsible for the maintenance and growth of seed sales in the assigned territory
  • Collaborate with Division Leadership to develop and execute business plan to achieve profitable market share seed growth which includes a grower-by-grower sales plans across territory
  • Communicate with Nutrien retail stores within territory to ensure alignment, collaboration and maximized seed sales
  • Work with farmers daily as a trusted advisor with digital agronomy and Seed Advisor tools while providing a high level of customer service and professionalism
  • Build brand awareness and deep product confidence across territory, while utilizing Supplier brands to place the best, un bias portfolio on each farmer's field
  • Achieve and exceed defined sales targets across territory
  • Partner with brand management team to ensure alignment on product positioning and plot strategy across sales territory
  • Attend and participate in Division meeting and other company functions as determined by Division Leadership


What You'll Bring:

  • Bachelor's degree in agriculture, Business or a closely related field is preferred. 2-year degree will be considered with adequate experience
  • 2+ years' experience in sales or marketing management in seed role is preferred
  • Passion for selling seed and working directly with farmers daily
  • Strong sales ability with a proven track record of success
  • Strong interpersonal skills, outstanding communication capabilities, and the ability to influence others at all organizational levels
  • Ability to work effectively with other groups in the organization to achieve a common goal
  • Digital proficiency to support Seed Advisor, Digital Agronomy and other Digital Experience tools
  • Proficient in Microsoft Power Point, Word, and Excel


Compensation & Benefits:

The estimated salary that Indeed, Glassdoor and LinkedIn suggested does not represent Nutrien's compensation structure.

The salary range for this role, in Central Illinois Division, is between $72,000-110,000. While we provide this range as general guidance, several factors are taken into consideration when making compensation decisions including, but not limited to, candidate skill set, experience and training, licensure and certifications, work location, and other business and organizational needs. Actual salary and benefits may differ based upon location.

We provide an attractive benefits package that includes comprehensive medical, dental, vision coverage, and life insurance and well as disability coverage for positions working more than 30 hours per week. In addition, we have a retirement program that encourages our employees to save for the longer term, with generous matching employer contributions. Our benefit package also demonstrates our culture of care with paid vacation, sick days and holidays as well as paid personal and maternity/parental leaves and an Employee and Family Assistance Program. Details of the benefits package will be shared in the application process.

In addition to base pay, this role is also eligible to participate in our annual incentive plan, consistent with the terms of our program(s) where discretionary pay out of awards is reflecting components such as performance of the company and the employee. Details will be discussed through the application process.

This information is provided in compliance with applicable state equal pay and pay equity legislation and is the company's good faith and reasonable estimate of the compensation range and benefits offered for this position. The compensation offered to the successful applicant may vary based on factors including experience, skills, education, location, and other job-related reasons. Nutrien also makes internal equity a consideration in all pay decisions.

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