# Sales Agronomist III Dekalb/Asgrow

**Company**: Crop Science
**Location**: Residence Based,Tennessee,United States
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $90,640.00 - $135,960.00
**Category**: Sales
**Industry**: Agriculture

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## Description

At Bayer, we believe work should matter. Every day, our teams push toward a future where 'Health for all, Hunger for none' is within reach, and every role, from the lab to the field to the boardroom, helps us get there.

As a Sales Agronomist III with Dekalb/Asgrow in Western Tennessee, you will lead the development of a comprehensive Bayer portfolio business plan with Field Sales Representatives (FSRs) for your assigned geography, focusing on around 100 growers with high growth opportunities.

Your main responsibilities will include:

- Building relationships with key growers by providing value-added support, including agronomic insights, product selection, and placement recommendations.

- Delivering squad goals by leading grower demand generation plans and supporting others' role responsibilities.

- Providing whole-farm agronomic advice through education, product selection, and placement, while staying informed about agricultural research.

- Driving trials related to the Bayer Portfolio with targeted growers.

- Offering additional support at key seasonal milestones such as crop planning, in-season product needs, field scouting, and harvest monitoring.

- Collaborating with FSRs, TAs, and partners on business planning, understanding, and influencing growers' business objectives.

- Resolving performance issues and supporting key grower needs in season, including PPIs and Replants.

- Making strategic recommendations to leadership on innovative ways to enhance business results.

- Connecting with company peers on programs and issues to gain alignment and support for resolutions.

- Monitoring grower account inventory progress, tracking planned activities, and identifying new issues or opportunities throughout the year.

- Managing an annual SG&A budget and program expenditures.

- Traveling approximately 60% of the time with significant face-to-face customer interaction.

To succeed in this role, you should possess:

- Agility in communication approach to effectively interact with organisations or individuals.

- Ability to speak to company practices regarding current and future products and corporate initiatives.

- Demonstrated strategic thinking capability using business insights to project decisions.

- Digital fluency with industry tools and a desire to use data-driven decisions to grow the business.

- Strong analytical, influence, innovative sales, and negotiation skills with documented ability to drive results.

- Excellent facilitation, presentation, written communication, and conflict management skills.

- Ability to quickly start and grow strategic relationships and influence customer behaviour.

- Strong task management, prioritisation, and ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously for effective customer support.

- Exceptional networking and consultative sales skills to engage customers and build new relationships.

- Ability to quickly learn and apply agronomic knowledge to promote options fitting customer needs.

Preferred qualifications include:

- A bachelor's degree in an agriculture-related discipline, business, or related field.

- Minimum of 8 years of relevant agriculture experience in agronomy, technology, sales, or marketing.

- Experience with sales teams and teams working remotely.

In terms of compensation, you can expect a salary ranging from $90,640.00 to $135,960.00 per year, along with additional benefits such as health care, vision, dental, retirement, PTO, and sick leave.

## Skills

### Required
- strategic thinking
- data-driven decision making
- analytical skills
- influence
- innovative sales
- negotiation
- facilitation
- presentation
- written communication
- conflict management
- task management
- prioritisation
- networking
- consultative sales
- agronomic knowledge

### Nice to have
- bachelor's degree in agriculture-related discipline
- 8 years of relevant agriculture experience
- sales team experience
- remote work experience

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