Koch Industries

Territory Business Manager

Koch Industries • $110K — $160K *
Food & Beverages
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 2+ years of field-based agriculture sales or marketing experience.
  • Experience in crop, fertilizer, agricultural chemicals, or seed treatment industries.
  • Willingness to travel up to 75%, including overnight stays.
  • Valid driver's license required.
  • Must reside within North Carolina, South Carolina, or Virginia.

Responsibilities

  • Lead business growth across the assigned territory.
  • Develop and manage relationships with key customers and partners.
  • Create and execute territory sales strategies and forecasts.
  • Formulate effective sales strategies that add value for customers.
  • Collaborate with marketing and product teams to identify market opportunities.
  • Present to various stakeholders including General Managers and Retail Sales Teams.
  • Forecast sales performance and communicate growth opportunities.
  • Share market insights to support product development initiatives.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
  • Flexible spending and health savings accounts.
  • Life insurance and disability coverage.
  • Retirement plan options.
  • Paid vacation and time off.
  • Educational assistance programs.
  • Potential for infertility assistance and paid parental leave.
Full Job Description
Your Job

We are seeking a motivated and self-driven Territory Business Manager to join our team. The successful candidate will manage sales within a portion of the East region, calling on agricultural retailers, dealers, distribution partners, and retail head offices to drive profitable sales growth.

Our Team

This field-based role will be located within the territory being supported, which is within the states of South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia. The successful candidate must reside within the supported territory.

The role includes significant day travel, overnight stays, and travel of up to 75%. A company truck will be provided.

What You Will Do
  • Lead the business and drive profitable growth across the assigned territory.
  • Develop, own, and manage relationships with key customers, agricultural retailers, dealers, distributors, and target accounts.
  • Create and execute territory sales strategies, prioritization plans, forecasts, and growth initiatives.
  • Develop a point of view on effective sales strategies and tactics that create value for customers and the business.
  • Partner with marketing and product line teams to develop tools, identify market opportunities, and support portfolio expansion.
  • Present and educate audiences including General Managers, Senior Buyers, Dealers, Wholesalers, Distribution Representatives, Retail Sales Teams, and Growers.
  • Accurately forecast sales performance and communicate growth opportunities within the territory.
  • Share market insights and customer feedback to support product development and value creation initiatives.


Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

  • Two or more years of field-based agriculture sales or marketing experience.
  • Experience in the crop, fertilizer, agricultural chemical, seed treatment, seed enhancement, or broader agriculture industry.
  • Willing and able to travel up to 75%, including overnight travel.
  • Valid driver's license.
  • Ability to reside within and effectively support the specific territory within North Carolina, South Carolina and Virgina


What Will Put You Ahead

  • Five or more years of field-based, value-added agriculture sales or marketing experience.
  • Experience selling across large geographic territories.
  • Experience working through distribution channels and agricultural retail networks.
  • Manufacturer or retail sales experience in fertility, chemical, biological, seed, or crop input products.
  • Agricultural retail facility management experience.


For this role, we anticipate paying $110,000 - $160,000 per year. This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form.

This role is not eligible for employment visa sponsorship.

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here .

Who We Are

As a Koch Ag & Energy Solutions company, Koch Agronomic Services is a leader in nutrient management, protection and plant growth. Our team brings a full spectrum of plant health and seed

enhancement solutions, equipping farmers with the right tools to deliver yield results they can count on.

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

About Koch Industries

Koch Industries, Inc. is an American privately-held multinational conglomerate corporation based in Wichita, Kansas. Its subsidiaries are involved in the manufacturing, refining, and distribution of petroleum, chemicals, energy, fiber, intermediates and polymers, minerals, fertilizers, pulp and paper, chemical technology equipment, ranching, finance, commodities trading, and investing. Koch owns Infor, Invista, Georgia-Pacific, Molex, Flint Hills Resources, Koch Pipeline, Koch Fertilizer, Koch Minerals, Matador Cattle Company, i360, and Guardian Industries. The firm employs 120,000 people in 60 countries, with about half of its business in the United States. The company is the largest non-Canadian landowner in the Athabasca oil sands. With annual revenues of $110 billion by 2014, the company is the largest privately held company in the United States. In 2007, it was ranked as the largest privately held company. If Koch Industries had been a public company in 2013, it would have ranked 17th in the Fortune 500. The company was founded by its namesake, Fred C. Koch, in 1940 after he developed an innovative crude oil refining process. Fred C. Koch died in 1967 and his majority interest in the company was split amongst his four sons. In June 1983, after a bitter legal and boardroom battle, the stakes of Frederick R. Koch and William "Bill" Koch were bought out for $1.1 billion and Charles Koch and David Koch became majority owners in the company. Charles owns 42% of the company; trusts for the benefit of Elaine Tettemer Marshall and Elaine's children, Preston Marshall and E. Pierce Marshall Jr., own 16% of the company. The heirs of David Koch, who died on August 23, 2019, own the balance, 42%, of the corporation.
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