Sales Development Manager

Job Summary:

The WinField United Sales Development Manager serves as a direct partner and coach to our customer-owners top 1000 retail sellers to expand the retail sellers competencies and selling skills. Responsibilities include daily direct farm-gate calls in partnership with the retail seller.

This position is remote/virtual and can work from home but must be located within Fort Dodge IA /Ames.

Duty or Area of Responsibility:

60% Sales Generation

• Manages and grows business through a defined plan and consistent communication with assigned owners and internal teams with strong focus on STAMPS seed and services
• Coaches and trains top retail sellers at the farm-gate on products programs services and technologies with the goal of influencing grower decisions
• Utilizes pre-call planning tools and approach
• Relies on agronomy or services experts for technical knowledge as needed
• Records all relevant account details in the CRM software (Salesforce)

40% Strategy Execution

• In partnership with top retailer sellers executes by using tools such as the Account Plan Farmer by Farmer (FxF) Plan and ACRE sprints. Measures and monitors progress against plans.
• Owns and is accountable for the FxF Plan and for digital and services adoption by retailer sellers
• Coaches and communicates at the farm-gate level the total acre value proposition to the top 1000 retailer sellers including brand ladder partnered and proprietary brand strategies programs pricing services and digital technology and platforms
• Supports the retail seller in Answer Plot and post-harvest meetings
• Coordinates with local manufacturer representatives
• Implements Account Plan with retail sellers
• Manages discretionary and insight trial seed

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in agriculture or business-related field of study from an accredited university plus 2 years of industry or direct sales experience; or an equivalent of 7 years of successful work experience in industry or direct sales
• Ability to see the big picture of the organization and the farmers operation
• Understands how the key drivers of the business relate to each other and work together to produce profitable growth
• Proactive communicator with exceptional written verbal and formal presentation skills
• Trustworthy with a strong level of personal commitment
• Ability to coach and mentor others by suggesting improvements and leading change
• Ability to make sound decisions and complete tasks in a fast-paced work environment
• Ability to work independently and manage productivity
• Experience demonstrating agility and leading/adapting quickly to change
• Technical agriculture product / crop expertise and ability to develop and educate others on products services and programs
• Ability to effectively manage projects.
• Solid experience using Microsoft products (Outlook Word Excel PowerPoint); virtual collaboration tools (Teams Zoom); and CRM software (Salesforce)
• Must have current and valid state drivers license
• Travel up to 50% including evenings and some weekends making direct farm-gate calls; may require working long hours during peak seasons

Essential Functions/Work Environment:

• Travel up to 50% including evenings and some weekends making direct farm-gate calls; may require working long hours during peak seasons.

Competencies:

• Executes as a Valued Business Partner
• Demonstrate a Coaching Mindset
• Optimize Selling Effectiveness
• Drive for Total Acre Solutions
• Lead and Embrace Change
• Demonstrate Agility
• Execute with Focus and Accountability
• Engage and Include
• Act Strategically
• Make Insightful Decisions
• Business Acumen
• Exemplify Land OLakes wide leadership competencies: Collaboration Innovation Courage Ownership and Decisiveness

Compensation

• This is a sales role that is compensated with a target mix of base salary plus commission.
• Base salary is dependent upon experience/tenure and generally ranges between: $93360 - $140040
• Target bonus is: Forty Thousand
• In most cases candidates offered employment can expect to be hired at a pay rate near the middle of our salary ranges.

About Land OLakes Inc.

Join us and be part of a Fortune 250 farmer- and member-owned cooperative that is reimagining the business of food. We have been named a Top Workplace by Indeed and LinkedIn and to the TIME 100 Most Influential Companies list.

Benefits for most full-time roles include medical dental vision PTO life & disability insurance education assistance a 401k and a variety of well-being resources. Most part-time employees are eligible for prorated PTO holiday pay employee development programs prorated education assistance and a 401(k).

Land OLakes Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) M/F/Vets/Disabled. The company maintains a drug-free workforce including post-employment substance abuse testing pursuant to a Drug and Alcohol Policy.

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Land OLakes does not use Automated Decision-Making Technology as defined by California law to substantially replace human decision-making or make significant decisions about applications for employment or contracting opportunities.