Regional Sales Manager - Crop Protection

Developing, registering and marketing products for crop protection and environmental health use in ANZ, our client is a name brand and global supplier committed to agricultural R&D investment. With a team of sales and technical support staff based in key agricultural production regions, they have a strong footprint in horticulture and row crop production.

Their long term strategic global focus is sustainable agriculture – complementary use of conventional chemistry and biological products for effective, low impact, low residue food production. With over twenty years of direct operations in Australia the company has developed and commercialised a diverse range of products which, backed by a strong future pipeline, ensures the economic stability of the organisation now and into the future. A key strength is the focus on innovative products into high value market segments.

The Australian business has been provided with a degree of freedom and autonomy to operate, that has fostered an entrepreneurial culture within the team. With an envious record of operational stability and a focus on customer relationships, they have become not only a supplier of choice for retailers and growers, but also an employer of choice for agribusiness professionals.

Due to impending retirement, there is now the requirement for a Regional Sales Manager - to join the field sales team, reporting to the National Sales/ Business Development Manager. You will be leading the sales and product support activities across the diverse horticultural and broadacre market segments. The region includes the highly productive areas of SE QLD and Northern Rivers of NSW.

This involves regular travel coordinating sales and training activity, managing customer relationships and reporting.

To be successful in this autonomous role you will be a self-starter, and ideally have:

• Agricultural Sales experience with crop protection or nutrition products
• Background in agronomy
• Strong relationship building and negotiation skills
• Some industry presence to gain the confidence of customers
• Familiarity with territory management

This is your opportunity to come and work with a stable company, continuing good growth, who are known to be easy to deal with. They have a diverse portfolio of interesting old and new products with a focus on soft biologicals, organics and sustainability. You will be involved with the launch of an exciting new product.

A fully maintained vehicle is provided along with phone and laptop.

Enquiries, please call Al Kellaway of Rimfire Resources on 1300 380 701 or apply via www.rimfireresources.com.au.