Seed Sales Representative NY State

 

At Nutrien, our purpose is Feeding the Future and we do so with safety, inclusion, integrity and results as our core values. Nothing is more important than sending our people home safe, every day.

 

Nutrien Ag Solutions is the retail division of Nutrien™, the largest crop inputs company in the world. As part of our collective mission of Feeding the Future, Nutrien Ag Solutions provides full-acre solutions through our trusted crop consultants at more than 2,000 locations in North America, South America, Europe and Australia. For more than 150 years, we have been helping growers achieve the highest yields with a wide selection of products, including our proprietary brands: Loveland Products, Inc.; Proven®Seed and Dyna-Gro®Seed; as well as financial, custom application and precision ag services.

 

We harvest the best. Diverse views and experience make us strong. We look for people who have a safety-first mindset, who are collaborative team players, who deliver on their commitments, act with integrity, and who support inclusion.

 

Working at Nutrien Ag Solutions will provide you an opportunity to help us raise the expectation of what an agriculture company can be, and grow your career.

 

 

What you will do:

 

• Connect directly with growers to develop and grow the sales of the strategic Nutrien seed partners (Bayer, Dyna-Gro, Brevant, NK) in the assigned sales territory
• Central and Eastern NY position
• Responsible for the maintenance and growth of seed sales in the assigned territory
• Collaborate with Division Leadership to develop and execute business plan to achieve profitable market share seed growth which includes a grower by grower sales plans across territory
• Communicate with Nutrien retail stores within territory to ensure alignment, collaboration and maximized seed sales
• Work with farmers daily as a trusted advisor with digital agronomy and Seed Advisor tools while providing a high level of customer service and professionalism
• Build brand awareness and deep product confidence across territory, while utilizing Supplier brands to place the best, un bias portfolio on each farmers fields
• Achieve and exceed defined sales targets across territory
• Partner with brand management team to ensure alignment on product positioning and plot strategy across sales territory
• Attend and participate in Division meeting and other company functions as determined by Division Leadership

 

What you will bring:

 

• Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture, Business or closely related field is preferred.  2-year degree will be considered with adequate experience
• 2+ years’ experience in sales or marketing management in seed role is preferred
• Passion for selling seed and working directly with farmers daily
• Strong sales ability with a proven track record of success
• Strong interpersonal skills, outstanding communication capabilities, and the ability to influence others at all organizational levels
• Ability to work effectively with other groups in the organization to achieve a common goal
• Digital proficiency to support Seed Advisor, Digital Agronomy and other Digital Experience tools
• Proficient in Microsoft Power Point, Word, and Excel

Compensation & Benefits:

 

The estimated salary that Indeed, Glassdoor and LinkedIn suggested does not represent Nutrien's compensation structure.

 

Salary range $81840 - $95480 per year. This range is estimated for Seed Sales Representatives in NY. Actual salary and benefits may differ based upon location. Pay is negotiable and based on experience.

 

We provide an attractive benefits package that includes comprehensive medical, dental, vision coverage, and life insurance and well as disability coverage for positions working more than 30 hours per week. In addition, we have a retirement program that encourages our employees to save for the longer term, with generous matching employer contributions.  Our benefit package also demonstrates our culture of care with paid vacation, sick days and holidays as well as paid personal and maternity/parental leaves and an Employee and Family Assistance Program.  Details of the benefits package will be shared in the application process. 

 

In addition to base pay, this role is also eligible to participate in our annual incentive plan and long-term incentive plan, consistent with the terms of our program(s) where discretionary pay out of awards is reflecting components such as performance of the company and the employee.  Details will be discussed through the application process.

 

This information is provided in compliance with applicable state equal pay and pay equity legislation and is the company's good faith and rea