Regional Sales Manager - North

Regional Sales Manager - North

Field of Work:  Business Development
Location: 

Thriplow, East of England, GB

Legal Entity:  KWS UK Ltd. (9700)
Contract Type:  Regular
Is Full Time?:  Yes
Onsite/ Remote: 
Job ID:  15175

KWS UK Ltd. is looking for a new Regional Sales Manager - North! Are you ready to be the face of KWS in the northern market? This role will focus on delivering cross crop sales operations in Northern UK by focusing on serving customers through the optimal channels such as agencies and distributors. 

Your Responsibilities:

  • Executing cross crop sales activities for the northern region of the UK.

  • Actively promote KWS products to farmers, agronomists, trade representatives and others to influence purchasing decisions in favour of KWS hybrid and C2 seeds.

  • Analyse and understand the market situation, evaluation and future to define action plans for the region.

  • Feed market information back into KWS UK to support action plans for the company.

  • Regularly attend relevant open days, field events, trade shows etc.

  • Act as first point of contact for customers for product questions, complaints etc.

  • Design sales campaigns together with Commercial Director and marketing, price offers and contracts with customers and partners.

  • Distribute trial/demo seed according to sales strategy

  • Supports KWS in project related work.

 

Your Qualifications:

  • Preferred: academic degree in agricultural sciences, agricultural economics or similar

  • Minimum 3 years of work experience in Sales

  • Knowledge of UK agricultural market / distribution channels

  • Fluent English skills

 

Our Offer:

  • Key focus on professional and personal development. “Make yourself grow”.

  • 35 working hours weekly – additional working hours will be expected based on seasonal demands (especially in July - Sep)

  • 30 days of annual leave plus bank holidays

  • Highly competitive Pension Scheme with 16% Company contribution and 1.2% minimum employee contribution

  • Life Assurance, of three times annual salary

  • Income Protection Plan at 75% of salary for long-term illness and disability for a period of three years

  • Private Health Care Plan

  • Profit Related Bonus Scheme, targeted at 10% of annual salary

  • Membership of Lifestyles discount scheme

  • Reduced diesel prices from the company’s fuel pump

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About KWS
KWS is one of the world’s leading plant breeding companies. Nearly 5,000 employees in more than 70 countries generated net sales of around €1.68 billion in the fiscal year 2023/2024. A company with a tradition of family ownership, KWS has operated independently for almost 170 years. It focuses on plant breeding and the production and sale of seed for sugarbeet, corn, cereals, vegetables, oilseed rape and sunflower. KWS uses leading-edge plant breeding methods to continuously improve yield for farmers and plants’ resistance to diseases, pests and abiotic stress. To that end, the company invested more than €300 million last fiscal year in research and development. For more information: www.kws.com/career. Follow us on LinkedIn® at https://linkedin.com/company/kwsgroup/.

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