Technical Sales Representative - Northern Alberta, Canada

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Principales fonctions

Reporting to the National Sales Director - Canada, you will focus on building and supporting our microbial business with concentrated efforts through our retail and end-user customers across northern Alberta. Also serving as our technical ambassador; helping to train our customers in the proper use of our products, troubleshooting challenges when required and representing our company at relevant trade shows and industry meetings.

Main responsabilities are:

• New business development and excellent customer support across the territory;
• Customer training and education relating to our technology and innovation;
• Demand creation tactics with end-user customers to support market development (e.g., farm calls, grower meetings etc.);
• Territory field trial campaign developed and executed upon annually to support new product launches and business development;
• Attendance at regional tradeshows and industry meetings;
• Contribute to our team’s success in exceeding our annual business budget and management of your annual territory expense budget.

At Lallemand Plant Care, we encourage autonomy, innovation, collaboration; routine is not part of our vocabulary! As we grow, we offer career and professional development opportunities locally and internationally. If you are looking for a challenging job where your opinion is valued and you feel you can make a difference, both in your work and to the environment and society, you have come to the right place.

Compétences techniques

Requis

• Degree or diploma in agriculture or related field and 3+ years of retail/grower sales experience in the seed or crop protection market preferred
• Sound knowledge of the western Canadian crop protection market and distributor/retail landscape
• Field agronomy experience in row crops, preferably crops of significance across the Canadian Prairies
• Understanding of current agronomic practices & constraints
• Keen interest in business development and building innovative brands in the market with retails and growers
• Field trial management experience
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft 365 programs (Teams, Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint)

Un atout

• Knowledge and experience selling, and marketing microbial technology

Qualités personnelles

Requis

• Organized with strong planning abilities
• Demonstrated ability to execute and complete projects
• Excellent customer service orientation, with strong written and verbal communication skills
• Logical with a strong degree of common sense
• Large sense of autonomy
• Self-aware, reflective, and able to learn from mistakes. Shows an ability to learn quickly while on the job and through formal training
• Excellent work ethic
• Ethical and honest
• Enthusiastic personality, self-motivated and driven to succeed
• Great team spirit

Critères généraux

Requis

• Willingness to travel extensively across the specified territory (75%) for business development and customer support. Some additional travel across Canada and internationally may occur occasionally for training and meetings.
• Work from home, in southern Manitoba, Canada
• Possess a valid passport, driver’s license, and clean driver abstract
• Be able to sit for long periods of time (driving or at the desk) and occasional lifting (up to 50 lbs.)

Organisation

Lallemand est une société canadienne privée fondée à la fin du XIXe siècle, qui développe, produit et commercialise des micro-organismes pour divers marchés. Les bureaux administratifs de la société mère sont situés à Montréal, au Canada. Aujourd'hui, Lallemand emploie plus de 5 000 personnes travaillant dans plus de 45 pays sur 5 continents.

Levures, bactéries, champignons : les micro-organismes ont toujours vécu en harmonie avec les plantes depuis leur origine et sont aujourd'hui reconnus pour leurs multiples bénéfices agronomiques. En tant que spécialiste mondial des micro-organismes, Lallemand Plant Care sélectionne avec soin des souches à usage agricole, pour améliorer la nutrition, la santé et la productivité des plantes.

Lallemand Plant Care est une unité d'affaires en plein développement et offre de nombreuses possibilités d'évolution de carrière et de développement professionnel à une échelle locale et internationale. Rejoindre l'équipe de Lallemand Plant Care, c'est collaborer avec des personnes qui travaillent avec passion pour développer des solutions durables, efficaces et propres pour les professionnels de l'agriculture, de l'horticulture, des espaces verts et du secteur forestier. Nous recrutons régulièrement de nouveaux talents à travers le monde pour soutenir notre croissance et nos efforts commerciaux, logistiques, marketing, de production et de recherche et développement.

Veuillez prendre note que des mesures d'adaptation seront prises à toutes les étapes du processus d'embauche. Les candidats doivent faire connaître leurs besoins à l'avance.