# Sales Agronomist III-Dekalb/ASGROW-Central South Dakota

**Company**: Bayer
**Location**: South Dakota
**Work arrangement**: remote
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $90,640.00 - $135,960.00
**Category**: Sales
**Industry**: Manufacturing
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q152051

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## Description

At Bayer, we're seeking a Sales Agronomist III-Dekalb/ASGROW-Central South Dakota to lead the development of a comprehensive Bayer portfolio business plan with Field Sales Representatives (FSRs) for assigned geography, prioritising ~100 growers with high growth opportunity.

Your primary responsibilities will include building relationships with key growers by providing value-added support, including agronomic insights, product selection, and placement recommendations. You will also deliver squad goals by leading grower demand generation plans and supporting others' role responsibilities.

Additional responsibilities include providing whole-farm agronomic advice through education, product selection, and placement, while staying informed of agricultural research. You will drive trials related to Bayer Portfolio with targeted growers and offer additional support at key seasonal milestones such as crop planning, in-season product needs, field scouting, and harvest monitoring.

Collaboration with FSRs, TAs, and Partner on business planning, understanding, and influencing growers' business objectives is also essential. You will resolve performance issues and support key grower needs in season, including PPIs and Replants.

Strategic recommendations to leadership on innovative ways to enhance business results are also required. You will connect with company peers on programs and issues to gain alignment and support for resolutions.

Managing an annual SG&A budget and program expenditures, as well as travelling approximately ~60% with significant face-to-face customer interaction, are also key aspects of this role.

## Skills

### Required
- Agility in communication approach
- Digital fluency with industry tools
- Strong analytical, influence, innovative sales, and negotiation skills
- Excellent facilitation, presentation, written communication, and conflict management skills
- Ability to quickly start and grow strategic relationships and influence customer behaviour

### Nice to have
- 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

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