Location: College Station,TX, USA
Advanta is a global seed business adapting to rapidly increasing food insecurity and climate change by providing farmers with innovation and new technologies. As part of UPL Group, Advanta aims to deliver high quality seeds with excellent agronomic practices and crop protection solutions. Advanta operates in over 80 countries under global brands of Advanta, Alta and Pacific Seeds. Advanta holds a leadership position in tropical and sub-tropical geographies in corn, grain and forage sorghum, sunflower, canola, rice, and a variety of vegetables. With over 60 years' experience in plant genetics, Advanta provides seeds technology that ensures crop performance and farmers prosperity.
Advanta US, LLC is an operating unit of Advanta Seeds, a global seed business and a group company of UPL that combines the most advanced techniques in conventional plant breeding and biotechnology to deliver world-class seed. Drawing on our global network of breeders and researchers, Advanta offers exclusive genetics and industry-leading grain and forage hybrids.
Overview
The Forage Specialist is a key role supporting the US sales team. This role actively contributes to sales team competitiveness through demand creation and generation of our elite forage products and is seen and consulted as the expert in forage across not only just the US but also our global teams. Reporting to the Director of Sales & Marketing, this role requires coordination, teamwork, cross functional collaboration, distribution and customers interaction, and a high level of self-initiative. The position is a home-based role, however desired location is west central Midwest and travel will be approx.50%.
Responsibilities:
* Lead the development and delivery of marketing, sales and agronomic training to company employees, channel partners and customers on our forage portfolio to support the dairy & livestock industry.
* Regularly call on distributor partners, dealers/retailers and end user customers
* Serve as face of Advanta to forage industry events, meetings and speaking engagements designed to showcase our portfolio of products and services.
* Provide technical assistance to forage producers and dairy/feedlot producers.
* Coordinate with sales director to establish strategic plan and set targets
* Analyze data to support the benefits of sorghum forage in dairy/feedlot operations.
* Lead yearly process of establishing field demonstrations and trial locations for current and development (innovation) products.
* Collaborate and assist sales team on any complaints, performance and or nutritional advise
* Continuously monitor industry trends, government (local, state, federal) regulations regarding dairy/livestock sector.
* All other duties as assigned
Requirements:
* Bachelor's degree in animal science/nutrition, agronomy or related field required, masters and/or PhD preferred
* 5 years' experience working in a technical and or sales role preferably in forage production
* Proficient skills in Microsoft productivity applications
Skills & Competencies:
* Strong interpersonal and effective communication skills (verbal, written and utilizing all media phone, e-mail, text)
* Demonstrated team player
* Problem solving and customer service skills.
* Practical organization skills with strong attention to detail along with the ability to multi-task and prioritize multiple assignments
* Thrives under pressure in a progressive, fast-paced environment
We are one team, for maximum impact. One team with shared goals. We all play for the team and no one plays against the team. We have a laser-like focus on what our customers need and want, on anticipating their future needs and on how we can create innovative solutions and experiences for them.
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