# Seed Account Manager II Corn States

**Company**: Bayer
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $146,320 - $219,480
**Category**: Sales
**Industry**: Agriculture
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q152051

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## Description

At Bayer we're visionaries, driven to solve the world's toughest challenges and striving for a world where 'Health for all Hunger for none' is no longer a dream, but a real possibility.

As a Seed Account Manager II Corn States, you will incorporate Corn States/Bayer strategy into the strategic direction of assigned accounts to develop a comprehensive licensee business plan providing success for both companies.

Your tasks and responsibilities:

- Build relationships with assigned accounts, serving as the business consultant to deliver short- and long-term business objectives and achieve partnership status.

- Develop and implement annual business plans.

- Collaborate with accounts to set business direction and identify business opportunities.

- Communicate, promote and implement Corn States marketing programs and account-specific tactics within P&L guardrails.

- Develop and implement growth strategies with assigned Corn States accounts.

- Manage expense and marketing resources within budget.

- Influence longer-term strategic plans with key Corn States accounts and work collaboratively with enablement and strategy teams to define LTI/Customised agreement scope.

- Collaborate with Corn States Technical Product Rep to assess and develop strategic production planning strategies for each assigned account that supports the Corn States genetic and trait strategy.

- Manage trait and germplasm sales forecasting for assigned accounts.

Required qualifications:

- Account management experience.

- Proven ability to lead through influence.

- Proven success in building effective business relationships across divisions of organisations.

- Strong business acumen, strategic thinking, negotiation skills, leadership.

- Ability to balance Bayer and customer needs to achieve mutually beneficial business results.

- Strong communication and influencing skills to drive execution of account plans with stakeholders.

- Valid driver's license and ability to drive for the company.

- Willingness and ability to travel 30%-50%.

Preferred qualifications:

- 8-10 years relevant professional commercial experience plus a Bachelor's Degree in a related field or 6 years relevant professional commercial experience plus a Master's Degree or MBA in a related field.

- Direct selling experience preferred.

Benefits include health care, vision, dental, retirement, PTO, sick leave, etc. Salary range: $146,320 - $219,480 per year, with additional compensation possible through bonus or commission.

## Skills

### Required
- account management
- strategic thinking
- negotiation
- leadership
- communication
- influencing

### Nice to have
- direct selling
- Bachelor's Degree in a related field
- Master's Degree or MBA in a related field

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