Job Description

Date posted: Nov 17, 2023



Location: Chedburgh, ENG, GB Immingham, ENG, GB



Job Function: Sales & Marketing



Job Type: Permanent



Job Requisition ID: 18101

Sales Area Manager

About the Unit

Yara grows knowledge to responsibly feed the world and protect the planet. Supporting our vision of a world without hunger and a planet respected, we pursue a strategy of sustainable value growth, promoting climate-friendly crop nutrition and zero-emission energy solutions. Yara\xe2\x80\x99s ambition is focused on growing a nature positive food future that creates value for our customers, shareholders, and society at large and delivers a more sustainable food value chain.
To achieve our ambition, we have taken the lead in developing digital farming tools for precision farming and work closely with partners throughout the food value chain to improve the efficiency and sustainability of food production. Through our focus on clean ammonia production, we aim to enable the hydrogen economy, driving a green transition of shipping, fertilizer production and other energy intensive industries.
Are you a highly motivated sales professional who can help Yara continue to achieve growth within a specific area and add real value to our customers? Do you have strong agronomy, sales and negotiation skills to build lasting business relationships to achieve success? If so, this may be your ideal opportunity!
The ideal candidate requires strong agronomic and commercial experience and a passion for Crop Nutrition.
Reporting to the Head of Crop Nutrition Services for our retail fertilizer business we are seeking two Sales Area Managers to join our commercial team. The candidates should ideally be based in Central England and East Anglia.
The successful candidate will be home based and have specific responsibility for the sale and promotion of Yara products, digital tools and services within their territory.

Responsibilities

• Managing own portfolio of farm accounts
• Formulate and monitor sales plans covering the full product portfolio
• Providing a full crop nutrition service within the territory
• Accurate order book management
• Technical support for Yara digital tools and services
• Providing agronomic advice and support to key stakeholders within the region
• Support Customer Services and Transport in providing high quality service to the customer
• Support Finance with credit limits and debt management
• Coordinate the marketing plan within the territory and represent the company at events, farmer meetings, field days and shows
• Updating wider teams on market intelligence

Profile

The ideal candidate should:

• be educated to degree level or equivalent (not essential) or relevant Agricultural experience
• FACTS qualification is essential (training can be provided for the right candidate)
• BASIS advantageous but not essential
• demonstrate success in Sales and Technical advice
• develop a close relationship with Farmers and Agronomists
• have a good awareness of legislation affecting agriculture
• have excellent interpersonal skills
• display sound financial understanding
• be self-motivated and results driven
• be proficient with Microsoft Office
• hold a valid UK driving licence.

Additional Information

Yara offer an attractive rewards package including company car, quarterly bonus scheme, 10% employer pension contributions, private health along with access to a wide range of development opportunities across all Yara businesses.
This is an exciting time to join us contributing towards our strategy to grow a nature positive food future!
Knowledge grows through differences Yara is committed to creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We believe that creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive work environment is not only the right thing, but also the smart thing to do. To deliver on this, Yara has firmly anchored Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I) in our business strategy and has more than 400 employees worldwide involved in DE&I ambassador networks. We welcome all applicants from all backgrounds to apply.

Contact details

helen.coxon@yara.com Senior HR Advisor

Apply no later than

Apply directly on the job advert on our website by 3rd December 2023. 1st interviews planned 11th December 2023 2nd interview planned 18th December 2023

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