The Sales Specialist for Agriculture for all sales and sales strategies, assisting in setting the direction and achieving the desired sales results for the Jalisco Area of Mexico
Responsibilities
Accelerate sales growth by implementing tactics to improve Rain Bird’s influence with growers and corporate farm customers.
Achieve exceptional sales market share growth through existing Rain Bird agriculture irrigation customers and quickly develop new accounts.
Establish aggressive call coverage cycles on target customers (Ag designers, distributors, and agricultural irrigation retailers) to establish a loyal Rain Bird Agricultural distribution network.
Differentiate Rain Bird from its competitors by providing greater customer service, a local presence, and constant follow-up on projects and business opportunities.
Manage significant projects through the different stages (design and specification stage, pricing, and installation) and secure them for Rain Bird.
Educate and train distributors, dealers, and growers on Rain Bird Agricultural applications, products, features, benefits, troubleshooting, maintenance, etc.
Successfully develop and execute targeted sales and marketing programs to capture incremental sales.
Assist Rain Bird customers with after-sales, technical support, and quality issues.
Be the technical expert on irrigation specifications and be a resource to Rain Bird Area Managers in the territory.
Participation in developing strategic distributor events, tradeshows, and regional events.
Assist the Agriculture division in determining market needs, competitive information, and overall market trends.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications:
A. or B.S. Degree.
5+ years of sales experience in the agricultural industry and a proven ability to sell to dealers, end users, and distributors.
Strong communication skills, written, oral, and general business skills.
Motivated, results-oriented self-starter eager to take ownership of job requirements.
Familiarity with word processing, spreadsheets, and presentation (PowerPoint™) applications.
Must live within the territory (this position may require some overnight travel) and travel 50% of the time.