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Field Sales Rep II CP- 

This territory for this role will cover West Central Iowa.

Position Overview:

As a key member of Bayer's commercial team, you will play a crucial role in achieving assigned targets with Bayer products in collaboration with your squad-mates. You are responsible for the successful delivery of squad goals, supporting others in fulfilling their roles. You will develop and implement dealer business plans, manage forecasting proactively, handle inventory management and product line demand issues, set business directions, and coordinate follow-ups with dealers. Your role involves serving as a key business consultant to retailers and dealers, effectively selling the value of Bayer Crop Science products, and demonstrating proof of product performance against the competition. Collaboration with squad-mates including Field Sales Reps, Sales Agronomist, Technical Agronomists, Digital Enablement Leads, and Technology Development Representatives is essential to maximize services, information, and sales to preferred growers and key customer accounts. You will actively manage inventory concerns, gather and analyze market and competitive information, and utilize data to make key decisions to drive the business. Your responsibilities also include managing expenses, discretionary dollars, and program payments to enable top and bottom-line growth, showing initiative in expanding selling skills and product/portfolio knowledge, ensuring achievement of program execution and fulfillment, and successfully partnering with squad-mates to manage relationships with top growers and retailers.

YOUR TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Achieve assigned targets with Bayer products in coordination with squad-mates;
• Develop and implement dealer business plans, manage forecasting, inventory management, and product line demand issues;
• Serve as the key business consultant to retailers and dealers, effectively selling the value of Bayer Crop Science products;
• Collaborate with squad-mates to maximize services, information, and sales to preferred growers and key customer accounts;
• Actively manage inventory concerns to ensure success in meeting business objectives;
• Gather, assimilate, and analyze market and competitive information to drive business decisions;
• Follow strategies for achieving long and short business plans for key accounts and assigned areas;
• Effectively manage expenses, discretionary dollars, and program payments to enable growth;
• Show initiative in expanding selling skills and product/portfolio knowledge;
• Ensure achievement of program execution and fulfillment, including national/regional marketing initiatives;
• Successfully partner with squad-mates and manage relationships with top growers and retailers;
• Act as a mentor to FSR interns, trainees, or more junior FSRs as requested by leadership;
• Manage area claims per Bayer Crop Science policy and process through effective problem solving, execution, administration, and resource management;
• Travel approximately 60% with significant face-to-face customer interaction.

WHO YOU ARE:

Bayer seeks an incumbent who possesses the following:

Required Qualifications:

• Excellent communication skills (interpersonal, oral, and written);
• Demonstrated initiative, assertiveness, and ability to drive results;
• Strong business acumen, account planning, influencing, and critical thinking skills;
• Financial, time, and territory management proficiency;
• Proven ability to multi-task in a rapid-paced and matrixed environment;
• Strong user level computer and presentation skills (proficiencies in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook);
• Demonstrated digital acumen and ability to analyze data to influence decisions;
• Willingness to travel and live/work in a rural environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree;
• 3+ years of experience in Sales, marketing, account management, or agriculture OR 7+ years of listed experience required with other education levels;
• Demonstrated product, portfolio, and agronomic knowledge.

Employees can expect to be paid a salary of approximately between $71,072.00 - $105,103.00.Additional compensation may include a bonus or commission (if relevant).  Additional benefits include health care, vision, dental, retirement, PTO, sick leave, etc..  This salary (or salary range) is merely an estimate and may vary based on an applicant’s location, market data/ranges, an applicant’s skills and prior relevant experience, certain degrees and certifications, and other relevant factors.