ST Biologicals, a Seacole Company, has been helping farmers successfully transition to regenerative agriculture for more than seven years. Our expert team relies on more than four decades of experience helping conventional and organic farmers improve their soils and profits. Our certified crop advisors have the experience, commitment, and technical expertise to help farmers transition to regenerative agriculture.
We are currently seeking a dependable, organized, and hardworking Sales Representative to build relationships with farmers across the upper Midwest. If you love talking regenerative agriculture with farmers, we would love to speak with you!
Essential Job Tasks:
- Maintain business at existing customers by providing information, assistance and problem solving skills
- Target prospective customers by identifying needs and presenting solutions
- Maintain a team approach by utilizing Seacole’s support and technical personnel and supplier resources
- Focused on customer needs and education first, consultative sales
- Develop relationships with prospects to build trust and confidence
- Enable communication between prospective accounts and support personnel of company to meet customer needs
- Generate proposals and facilitate closing of new business
- Communicate customer requirements within Seacole
- Maintain a team approach with the General Manager, sales team, and Customer Service, to provide on-going support and management of customers
- Develop short and long term strategies for growing business to achieve company objectives, including sales plans and forecasts
- Develop and maintain a strong working knowledge of our products, and Seacole’s technical and operational capabilities
Job Requirements & Responsibilities
- Five (5) years sales experience developing new business in the agricultural marketplace
- Bachelor’s degree in an agricultural field a plus
- Previous experience in agricultural sales strongly preferred
- Ability to think strategically and develop long and short term sales plans
- Result-oriented and consistently achieves sales plans
- Self-starter with a “hunter” mentality, yet effective at building lasting relationships
- Team player who can work effectively with the sales and customer service teams
- Ability to effectively communicate, both written and verbal, at all levels of the company
- Thrive out of a home office environment away from corporate headquarters
Seacole is an EOE offering a competitive compensation program and an excellent benefit package.
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: From $80,000.00 per year, higher based on experience
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Referral program
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
- Day Shift
- Monday to Friday, some weekend hours possible in the spring and summer growing season, as well as possible trade shows.
Language: English (Required)
Work Location: Upper Midwest region, travel required
Please include a resume with your application. Resumes may also be emailed to humanresources@seacole.com