Job Title: Farm Sales Specialist (Forage/Fertiliser/Seed/Feed/Animal Health/Dairy/Youngstock/Beef/Sheep/Poultry)
Location: Midlands and South Wales areas
Company: Wynnstay (Agricultural Supplies) Ltd; a main trading business of Wynnstay Group plc
Industry: Agricultural supply and services, specialist merchanting, manufacturing, processing and distribution
Job type: Permanent and full time, including structured skills and knowledge development schemes and career paths
Job role details:
1.To grow and develop sales of Wynnstay products and services. On an ongoing basis, this will involve achieving or exceeding various targets relating to sales, volumes and margins.
2.To win new business for Wynnstay within own designated area by identifying and seeking potential new business and new markets, while maintaining your existing customer base.
3.To provide technical product support to customers within own designated area, in line with the company standards defined by the Technical Product Managers and Sales Development Managers.
4.To provide input into the annual budget setting process for your region, projecting sales and determining profitability.
5.To market Wynnstay as a leading supply company and promote the Wynnstay brand within own designated area; generally increase the awareness of customers/potential customers about Wynnstay.
6.To build and maintain constructive relationships with other key sales channels, including the Depots, working closely with staff from Sales and other divisions within the company, to maximise returns from group trading activities.
7.To roll-out marketing and product management campaigns within own designated area, liaising where necessary with the Marketing and Product Management teams.
8.Fully utilising the Sales Support and CRM function, to monitor customer and sales trends for determining key accounts and future sales strategies.
9.To regularly report in an accurate and timely fashion to the Sales Manager on general activities, market opportunities, competitor activities, and so on, as required.
10.To offer technical input into company sales and marketing programmes where necessary.
11.To undertake any project work as directed by your manager.
12.To participate in various training and development activities as agreed with your manager.
Purpose of role: To professionally represent Wynnstay, whilst working closely with other sales, depot and other specialist colleagues to effectively and profitably develop field sales activity within your designated territory. Specialist areas of expertise may include some of the following: Forage/Fertiliser/Seed/Feed/Animal Health/Dairy/Youngstock/Beef/Sheep/Poultry
Ideal person, skills and qualifications: We welcome applications of interest from all driven sales people who have an affinity with our farmer customers and hold a solid understanding of any of the specialist areas above.
Additional Information: For the right candidate, we will prepare a bespoke training and development programme to support ambitious career paths in agri sales within our company.
Discipline: Sales experience or a driver to sell products and solutions to our dedicated livestock or arable farmer customers.
Salary Package: A competitive salary and bonus package benchmarked within our industry will be offered to any successful candidate, and will be dependent on experience and specialist ability.
How to apply: Use the 'Apply Now' button to upload your CV, or you may contact Wynnstay via their careers website at careers@wynnstay.co.uk
