Job Title: of Sales Agronomist Reporting to: Sales Manager Location: Southern Belt

Job Summary: Active involvement in the sales of agrochemicals, seeds and fertilizer by establishing and maintaining an efficient sales/marketing program for the company’s existing product range.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Sale and Marketing of entire range of Products. (Crop Protection Product’s, Fertilizer, Seed, Spraying
  machines, Farm tools and Accessories to Customers (Distributors, Retailers etc)
• Conduct training and Sensitization on various product protocols to Farmer groups, Associations and
  Unions to patronize the company’s product packages to elicit sales.
• Prospects for Retailers, Distributors and other stakeholders in the agribusiness industry to elicit sales
  of product.
• Conduct periodic market research on the sales and patronage of the company’s product vis a vis that
  of competition.
• Engage License Buying Companies (LBC) and other stakeholders in the cocoa industry for collaboration
  on the sale of the company’s cocoa products.
• Engage relevant stakeholders to conduct trials to elicit sales
  Achieve sales operational objectives by contributing regional sales information and recommendations to strategic plans and reviews
• Prepare and complete action plans; implementing production, productivity, quality, and customer- service standards; resolving problems; completing audits; identifying trends; determining regional
  sales system improvements; implementing change.
• Meet sales financial objectives by forecasting requirements; preparing an annual budget; scheduling
  expenditures; analyzing variances; initiating corrective actions.
• Establish sales objectives by creating a sales plan and quota for districts in support of national
  objectives.
• Maintain and expand customer base by counseling district sales representatives; building and
  maintaining rapport with key customers; identifying new customer opportunities.
• Recommend product lines by identifying new product opportunities, and/or product, packaging, and
  service changes; surveying consumer needs and trends; tracking competitors.
  Competencies Education & Experience:
• A bachelor’s degree in Agriculture
• A minimum of 3+ years’ working experience
• Knowledge in the use of Microsoft Suite such as Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel etc
• Hands-on experience with inventory with ERP computer system, SAP is a big plus and collaborative
  interactive tools
  Essential Skills and Personality Attributes
• Ability to generate reports and analyze data
•  Strong organizational, time management and problem-solving
• Customer oriented
• Aggressive, competitive and growth-oriented
• Must have strong work ethics
• Possess a strong performance and results orientation
• Detailed oriented
  Commercial Awareness