Job Summary:

We seek to hire sales executives who MUST have experience in horticulture and livestock. As an agricultural sales professional, you will be responsible for demonstrating and specializing in products related to farming.

Key Responsibilities:

• Sell a variety of commercial and agricultural equipment.
• Sell a service or goods such as animal feed, garden equipment, poultry, chickens, cows, seeds, pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, and cattle.
• Work on building a book of business by calling potential customers or going to their business.
• Check to see if orders are in stock.
• Confer with the customer regarding installation, set-up, or layout of agricultural equipment and machines.
• Be familiar with a type of equipment and how it operates or have knowledge in such areas as fertilizers and how they affect crops.
• Negotiate prices.
• Demonstrate how to use equipment and why the company needs the equipment or service.
• Recommend a different and more efficient product, machine, or service.
• Prepare reports.
• Conduct business transactions.
• Inform customers of estimated delivery schedule, service contracts, warranty, or other information about purchased products.
• Attend conferences to discover new products or machines.
• Perform extensive research and keep up to date with competitors
• Keep abreast of market trends, needs, and new companies cropping up.
• Prepare contracts and ensure they are legally binding.

Requirements

• Diploma/Degree in a related line of work
• Must have horticulture/livestock knowledge and retail experience.
• Knowledge in horticulture/livestock farming with the ability to communicate the knowledge clearly to customers.
• Good communication, both written and verbal.
• Great customer service skills, organization, and ability to follow directions.
• Personable, outgoing individual, willing to learn; enthusiastic, self-motivated individual.