# Field Sales Rep II Crop Protection

**Company**: Crop Science
**Location**: Residence Based,Missouri,United States
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $72,000 - $108,000
**Category**: Sales
**Industry**: Agriculture

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## Description

At Bayer, we're visionaries driven to solve the world's toughest challenges and strive for a world where 'Health for all, Hunger for none' is a reality.

As a Field Sales Rep II Crop Protection, your tasks and responsibilities will include:

- Achieving assigned targets with Bayer products in coordination with pod mates;

- Developing and implementing dealer business plans, managing forecasting, inventory management, and product line demand issues;

- Serving as a key business consultant to retailers and dealers, effectively selling the value of Bayer Crop Science products;

- Demonstrating proof of product performance against competitors;

- Collaborating with pod mates, Field Sales Representatives, Customer Business Advisors, and Bayer Agronomists to maximize services, information, and sales;

- Managing inventory concerns, gathering market and competitive information, and utilizing data to make key decisions;

- Following set strategies for achieving long and short business plans for key accounts and assigned areas;

- Effectively managing expenses, discretionary dollars, and program payments;

- Showing initiative in expanding selling skills and product/portfolio knowledge;

- Ensuring achievement of program execution and program fulfillment;

- Partnering with pod mates and managing relationships with top growers and retailers;

- Acting as a business expert for top growers and retailers;

- Mentoring FSR interns, trainees, or more junior FSRs;

- Managing area claims per Bayer Crop Science policy;

- Traveling approximately 60% primarily in the listed geography.

To be successful in this role, you should possess:

- Excellent communication skills;

- Demonstrated initiative, assertiveness, and ability to drive results;

- Strong business acumen, account planning, influencing, and critical thinking skills;

- Financial, time, and territory management proficiency;

- Proven ability to multitask in a rapid-paced and matrixed environment;

- Strong user-level computer and presentation skills;

- Demonstrated digital acumen and ability to analyze data to influence decisions;

- Willingness to travel and live/work in a rural environment;

- Proven interest in supporting collaboration and teamwork.

Preferred qualifications include:

- Bachelor's degree;

- 3+ years of experience in sales, marketing, account management, or agriculture;

- Demonstrated product, portfolio, and agronomic knowledge.

In terms of compensation, you can expect a salary of approximately $72,000 - $108,000 per year, with additional compensation including a bonus or commission. Benefits include health care, vision, dental, retirement, PTO, sick leave, and more.

## Skills

### Required
- communication skills
- initiative
- business acumen
- account planning
- influencing
- critical thinking
- financial management
- territory management
- multitasking
- computer skills
- presentation skills
- digital acumen
- data analysis

### Nice to have
- Bachelor's degree
- sales experience
- marketing experience
- account management experience
- agriculture experience
- product knowledge
- portfolio knowledge
- agronomic knowledge

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