Sales Agronomist – Lead

🕒 5 days ago

🌽 Illinois, Iowa, +2 more states – Remote

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💵 $123.9k - $185.9k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🤑 Sales

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Land O'Lakes, Inc.

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5001 - 10000 employees

Founded 1921

🌾 Agriculture

Agriculture • Food & Beverage

Land O'Lakes, Inc. is a farmer-owned cooperative that has been operational since 1921. The company engages in various sectors of the agriculture industry, providing animal nutrition, crop inputs, and dairy foods. Known for their commitment to sustainability, Land O'Lakes employs cooperative efforts to support their members and communities. They are involved in agtech, working towards a sustainable future for agriculture through innovation and collaboration. Land O'Lakes values the impact of their work on the environment and community, aiming to create a better world through their agricultural products and initiatives.

📋 Description

• Responsible for leading, coaching, and developing a team of Sales Agronomist • Drive agronomic strategy, product adoption, and revenue growth across the Business Unit • Partner closely with BU leadership to align agronomy execution with business priorities • Build a high-performing, collaborative team • Lead a team of Seed Sales Agronomists, Crop Protection Sales Agronomist, and Market Development Agronomists • Develop and execute agronomic strategies aligned to business priorities • Increase focus on key growth areas including CPP and seed portfolio expansion • Support execution of account plans to grow revenue and margin • Foster collaboration across MDA, CPSA, SSA, and broader sales teams

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in agriculture or business-related field • 5+ years of industry experience • Experience coaching, training and executing technical agronomic decisions • Understanding of seed crop growth and development and physiology for core crops relevant to geography • Ability to create working relationships internally and externally while leading through influence at all levels in an organization • Ability to make sound and timely decisions • Experience demonstrating agility and leading/adapting quickly to change • Must have current and valid state driver’s license • Ability to travel up to 50%, some evenings and weekends; may require working long hours during peak seasons • Prefer candidate to live in the Central or Eastern US but not required

🏖️ Benefits

• Broad portfolio of benefits to keep you and your family at your best