Sales Representative
to January 29, 2021
Sales Representative
Main functions
Reporting to the Commercial Manager, Canada your job responsibility will focus on building and supporting our inoculant business with concentrated efforts through our retail partners. You will also serve 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 meetings. With many new and innovative product launches planned over the next several years; this will truly be an exciting and rewarding opportunity for a sales professional who is keen and enjoys business development.
Location: Alberta or southern Saskatchewan (remote office)
Is this offer for you? Apply with your cover letter and resume now to: Scott Gray, Commercial Manager, Canada: sgray@lallemand.com
Thank you for your interest in our organization, please note that for reasons of treatment volume, only retained candidates will be contacted.
Technical skills
Required- Degree or diploma in agriculture or related field;
- Sound knowledge of the western Canadian crop protection market and distributor/retail landscape;
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft programs (Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint) .
- 5+ years of retail / grower sales experience in the seed or crop protection market. Biological agricultural inputs industry preferred;
- Field agronomy experience in specialty crops, preferably crops of significance across the Canadian prairies;
- Understanding of current agronomic practices & constraints;
- Field trial management experience.
Personal skills
Required- Keen interest in business development and building a brand in the market with retails and growers;
- Demonstrated ability to execute and complete projects ;
- Organized and reliable; able to juggle multiple streams of work while keeping things on track and consistently meeting deadlines with a strong attention to detail;
- Excellent customer service orientation, with excellent written and verbal communication skills;
- 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;
- Logical with a strong degree of common sense;
- Enthusiastic personality;
- Self-motivated and driven to succeed;
- Desire to learn continuously;
- Large sense of autonomy;
- Great team spirit.
- Detail oriented.
General criteria
Required- Willingness to travel extensively across Alberta for business development and customer support. Some additional travel across Canada and the USA may occur occasionally for training and meetings.
Organization
Lallemand is a privately held Canadian company, founded at the end of the 19th century, specializing in the development, production and marketing of yeasts and bacteria. The company is comprised of 11 major business units, each focused on specific applications of yeast and bacteria, with activities throughout worldwide. Administrative offices for the parent company are in Montreal, Canada. Today, Lallemand employs more than 4000 people working across more than 45 countries, on 5 continents.
Yeast, bacteria, mushrooms: micro-organisms have always lived in harmony with plants, and they are now being recognized for their many agricultural benefits. As an international specialist in micro-organisms, Lallemand Plant Care carefully selects strains for agricultural use, in order to improve plant nutrition, health, and productivity. Joining the Lallemand Plant Care team means collaborating with people who work passionately to de-velop sustainable, efficient, and clean solutions for agriculture professionals, green spaces, and the forestry sector. We are regularly looking to recruit new talent across the globe to help support our commercial, logistical, marketing, production, and research and development efforts.
Sales Representative
Principales fonctions
Reporting to the Commercial Manager, Canada your job responsibility will focus on building and supporting our inoculant business with concentrated efforts through our retail partners. You will also serve 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 meetings. With many new and innovative product launches planned over the next several years; this will truly be an exciting and rewarding opportunity for a sales professional who is keen and enjoys business development.
Location: Alberta or southern Saskatchewan (remote office)
Is this offer for you? Apply with your cover letter and resume now to: Scott Gray, Commercial Manager, Canada: sgray@lallemand.com
Thank you for your interest in our organization, please note that for reasons of treatment volume, only retained candidates will be contacted.
Compétences techniques
Required- Degree or diploma in agriculture or related field;
- Sound knowledge of the western Canadian crop protection market and distributor/retail landscape;
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft programs (Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint) .
- 5+ years of retail / grower sales experience in the seed or crop protection market. Biological agricultural inputs industry preferred;
- Field agronomy experience in specialty crops, preferably crops of significance across the Canadian prairies;
- Understanding of current agronomic practices & constraints;
- Field trial management experience.
Qualités personnelles
Required- Keen interest in business development and building a brand in the market with retails and growers;
- Demonstrated ability to execute and complete projects ;
- Organized and reliable; able to juggle multiple streams of work while keeping things on track and consistently meeting deadlines with a strong attention to detail;
- Excellent customer service orientation, with excellent written and verbal communication skills;
- 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;
- Logical with a strong degree of common sense;
- Enthusiastic personality;
- Self-motivated and driven to succeed;
- Desire to learn continuously;
- Large sense of autonomy;
- Great team spirit.
- Detail oriented.
Critères généraux
Required- Willingness to travel extensively across Alberta for business development and customer support. Some additional travel across Canada and the USA may occur occasionally for training and meetings.
Organisation
Lallemand is a privately held Canadian company, founded at the end of the 19th century, specializing in the development, production and marketing of yeasts and bacteria. The company is comprised of 11 major business units, each focused on specific applications of yeast and bacteria, with activities throughout worldwide. Administrative offices for the parent company are in Montreal, Canada. Today, Lallemand employs more than 4000 people working across more than 45 countries, on 5 continents.
Levures, bactéries, champignons : les micro-organismes accompagnent les plantes depuis leur origine et sont maintenant reconnus pour leurs multiples bénéfices agronomiques. Spécialiste mondial des micro-organismes, Lallemand Soin des plantes sélectionne des souches d’intérêt pour l’usage agricole, afin d’améliorer la nutrition, la santé et la productivité des plantes. Joindre Lallemand Soin des plantes, c’est faire partie d’une équipe qui travaille avec passion pour développer des solutions efficaces, rentables et saines pour les professionnels de l’agriculture, des espaces verts et de la sylviculture. Nous recrutons régulièrement de nouveaux talents partout dans le monde pour nos services commerciaux, logistiques, de marketing, de production et de R&D.
