Technical Sales Representative (Vector)
Technical Sales Representative (Vector)
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Job Description
Azelis Agricultural & Environmental Solutions (A&ES) is seeking a talented and experienced Technical Sales Representative to join our vector team. Thisposition is responsible for contacting and calling on all existing and potential customers in the representatives assigned Midwest territory and performing related assignments for the purpose of selling and servicing our products and services.
About Azelis A&ES
Azelis Agricultural & Environmental Solutions (A&ES) distributes herbicides in the industrial aquatics rightsofway range and pasture and agriculture markets; and has served the forestry market for more than 20 years. We have also been the leading US supplier of insecticide and biorational products to the professional vector control market within the U.S. since 1985. Azelis A&ES also is a supplier of raw ingredient chemistry into the Agricultural chemical formulation market.
- Position Summary: This position is responsible for contacting and calling on all existing and potential customers in the representatives assigned geographical territory and performing related assignments for the purpose of selling and servicing our products and services.
- Duties & Responsibilities:
- Achieve a high level of sales efficiencies by continually identifying and exploiting profitable sales opportunities
- Optimize sales results by identifying prioritizing and selling products that yield the most profitability to the company and by disengaging from sales and services which do not fit the companys focus or profitability objectives
- Provide monthly and annual sales forecasting for products and region of responsibility
- Use manage and update all relevant information in Azelis A&ESs CRM system
- Develop and maintain a high level of product knowledge by reading and studying product data sheets
- Achieve a level of expertise so as to act as a problem solver for customers thereby increasing value to the customer
- Establish relationships with all personnel at each key account and sustain the relationships to assure continuity
- Plan/carry out/support local marketing activities to agreed budgets and timescales and integrate personal sales efforts with other organized marketing activities eg. product launches promotions advertising exhibitions and telemarketing
- Provide written technical reports of the highlights of all sales calls with emphasis on significant information as it relates to new or lost business pricing changes usage rates strategies by competition and new development projects
- Participate with Vice President of Sales in developing goals and shortterm targets to increase sales volume with each customer and in developing and implementing sales strategies to accomplish them profitably
- Establish and provide necessary focus target accounts for suppliers when applicable
Schedule and make joint sales calls with supplier company personnel on key customers. Objective to introduce new products and discuss existing products resulting in increased sales
As requested recommend pricing levels at accounts and maintain pricing logs for all nonstandard pricing. Submit nonstandard pricing proposals to company management for approval
Plan and manage T&E expenses according to agreed upon budgets
Manage the administrative functions and responsibilities of job to comply with all company practices policies and procedures
Establish develop and sustain effective relationships with other team members (supply chain customer service pricing) within the company
- Present technical solutions to our customers by utilizing our labs industry experts and world class suppliers.
- Grow the GP of our territory and achieved budgeted goals
- Work with established customer base to build needed forecasts for planning purposes
- Track and utilize market/competitive pricing in partnership with bid manager to effectively respond to customer RFBs
- Increase customer base of customer products by selling additional products to existing accounts
- Coordinate and schedule specific targeted sales visits with suppliers and VP of Product Development
- Increase sales volume and market share of all company specific products
- Provide monthly business reports and synopsis of all activity in specific market/s
- Log and update opportunities in a timely basis
- Develop short term and longterm strategic sales plan
- Attend regional and national trade shows; participate in industry associations such as the American Mosquito Control Association if applicable.
Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree (chemistry biology entomology or technical degree preferred from an accredited fouryear college/university
- 35 or more years field sales experience
- Industry experience preferred
- Demonstrated ability to work as a team member
- High moral and business ethics orientation
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Full-Time
