| | Sales & Agronomy Lead - Seeds - Central Manitoba
| | | | Job Function/Dept: Syngenta Seeds
Job Level:
Travel:
Date Posted: 2/4/2010 12:00:00 AM | | |
| | | Key Responsibilities: | | | • Develop and implement regional plans and cross functional coordination of all market development aspects as they relate to Corn, Soybeans, and Sunflowers
• Recruit, train, coach, manage, motivate, and service a distribution network that is capable of achieving the required market share objectives for Western Canada
• Produce and execute activity plans to meet seed sales and marketing objectives
• Provide input to marketing program development through communication of value-added customer needs, competitive activities and general market intelligence.
• Implement the business Marketing and Sales plans to ensure its success.
• Contribute to the corporate profit targets by achieving regional sales goals while managing expenses within budget.
• Promote the Company, Brand, and Products in a professional and technically competent manner to the distribution channels, growers, and centers of influence
• Extensive travel throughout the sales region will be required. Home reporting base will be Central Manitoba
| | | Position Guidelines: | | | • Minimum Bachelor’s Degree in agricultural economics, business and marketing, or agronomy
• Minimum 5 years related experience in the agricultural industry
• Prior experience in people management, marketing or account management is preferred
• Excellent interpersonal and social skills with the ability to nurture positive employee and customer business relationships
• A self starter, able to work alone or in a team environment
• Strong negotiation and selling skills
• Strong analytical and strategic thinking skills
• Highly organized with excellent planning skills
• A passion for customer satisfaction
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills
• Strongly committed to a team environment, with a solid foundation and understanding of the Syngenta Frameworks
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| | | Contact Information: | | | If you are interested in submitting your résumé for any current openings or general areas within Syngenta Canada, please forward your résumé to hr.canada@syngenta.com |
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