MARKETING Sales Consultants

Are you a driven and relationship-oriented sales professional looking for a hands-on career opportunity supporting local farms and farm families in your community to expand their participation in the agri-food value chain?
If this sounds like you , AGRIS Co-operative Ltd. has an opportunity for a motivated crop sales specialist to join our Leamington Branch Team working with our farm member owners. As the crop sales specialist, you will develop business relationships with farmer customers and demonstrating your capability to deliver agricultural innovation, services, and achieve sales targets within a specified territory in our communities to enhance our farm owner profitability. We strive to be there for our customers when others are not and demonstrate there is always a solution to our customers' needs.
Provide an exceptional customer experience at every interaction.
Using provided software tools, provides farm and field specific plans, recommendations, and solutions to meet our customers needs with a focus on the “Whole Farm Plan,” from precision planning and application, ending with grain handling and marketing.
In collaboration with the area manager and agronomy sales manager, compiles lists of existing and prospective customers meeting the Co-operative's target account criteria.
Travels throughout assigned territory on a planned basis that will result in calls on existing and prospective customers on a timely basis to assist with field-by-field management and solicit orders for the co-op's products and services.
Displays or demonstrates products, services, and effective agronomic, economic, and environmental solutions on a field-by-field basis.
Obtains credit applications and such other supporting information as required to permit prompt handling of new credit applications or renewal of existing credit facilities on an annual basis.
Keeps customers informed of changing technology, market trends and farming practices.
Prepares and submits reports of business transactions, customer profiles, farm calls and competitive activity on a weekly basis. Maintains a sales contact management program as defined by the Co-operative. (Keeps abreast of changing agronomy, grain and petroleum markets and makes recommendations to producer.
Attends training and product knowledge meetings as may periodically be required.
Ability to support precision planning including GIS mapping, soil sampling, and interpreting the GIS data for customers.
Understanding and supporting overall branch operation, administrative functions, as well as the branch and individual sales targets.
5 to 7 years demonstrated expertise in agronomy, fertilizer, chemical, seed, and grain marketing.

• Have or committed to obtaining the certified crop advisor (CCA) designation within three years.
• Travel as required to support farm owner and branch needs.

AGRIS Co-operative Ltd . is a dynamic and successful farmer owned Co-operative that prides itself on providing quality agronomic and grain marketing solutions for our customer/owners. We are a leader in precision farming technology, seed, and agronomy and petroleum services.
AGRIS Co-operative Ltd. is a 100 per cent farmer-owned grain marketing and farm-input supply company that serves more than 1,000 farmer owners in 14 locations in Essex, Kent, Elgin, Middlesex, and Lambton Counties. It is a leader in precision farming technology, seed, agronomy, and petroleum services.
AGRIS Co-operative is a member-owner of GROWMARK, Inc. and markets products and services under the FS banner.
Job Type: Full-time
Casual dress
Company car
Company pension
Dental care
Disability insurance
Employee assistance program
Life insurance
Flexible Language Requirement:
~ French not required

Monday to Friday
Bonus pay

Ability to commute/relocate:
~ Wheatley, ON N0P 2P0: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Bachelor's Degree (required)

Ag Retail sales: Work Location: Hybrid remote in Wheatley, ON N0P 2P0