Sustansiya
Sustansiya

Sales Manager | Agronomist  

Sustansiya

  • Taguig, Philippines
    Net Lima, 26th St, Taguig, Metro Manila, Philippines
    Taguig
    Metro Manila
    Philippines
    Philippines
  • Full timeFULL_TIME

Expired 7 years ago

2017-03-14T16:00:00+00:00
Job closed.

Job Description

Sustansiya, a fast-growing agribusiness startup, is seeking an Agronomy/Fertilizer Sales Manager to join our highly-motivated team. The Manager will be responsible for all aspects of manure sales and for customer service including developing and maintaining relationships with customers. The Manager will need a deep curiosity to understand the needs of our customers and understand the market value of organic fertilizers versus commercial fertilizers. This individual will work with established distributors, provide customer service, conduct farm visits, manage field trials and participate in trade shows and related conferences. Extensive travel will be required. The Manager will be expected to develop agronomy services offered including soil sampling, variable rate application and other services that increase value and profitability.

Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Fertilizer Sales
    • Sales of manure as organic fertilizer working to find long-term customers, understanding their needs and marketing a product that meets their need and maximizes the value to the company
    • Develop sales for externally source manure as an organic fertilizer
    • Ensure all required sales documents are completed correctly
    • Understand the market value of organic fertilizers versus commercial and gain insight into competition
  • Customer Support
    • Communicate with customer and document customer’s needs, field requirements and date filed can be hauled and spread so logistics can be managed accordingly
    • Develop and maintain relationships with customers and gain insight into their needs as a guideline to offer new or additional products or services
    • Flag fields as needed to ensure accurate delivery and field identification
    • Work with producers to resolve any issues including collection issues
  • Agronomy Services
    • Develop the agronomy services offered by Sustansiya including soil sampling, variable rate application, or other products or services that increase value and profitability
    • Develop an understanding of services that would add value to producer and their market value
    • Lead new team members to develop sales in new territories that have been added to the Sustansiya area
    • Work in the field with new team members to train them how to sell manure to farmers.
    • Assist new team members to close sales that they need help finishing up
    • Help develop a sales program for all the territories inclusive of advertising, promotions, and sales calls
    • Operate equipment as needed to ensure timely delivery, and spreading of manure (equipment may include, loaders, trucks, spreaders, and scale house equipment

Minimum Qualifications

  • Agronomy degree or 2-4 years experience in agronomy focusing on: soil tilth and types, NPK requirements by crop and soil type, grid sampling, manure or other organic fertilizer
  • 3 years experience in agriculture sales
  • Knowledge and understanding of key economic drivers of a successful agronomy business
  • High proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and internet applications
  • Detail oriented with good organizational ability
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Punctual and consistently meets deadlines
  • Excellent people skills and comfortable working with people from different cultures
  • Flexible and able to multi-task; can work within an ambiguous, fast-moving environment, while also driving toward clarity and solutions;
  • Personal qualities of integrity, credibility, and commitment to the mission of Sustansiya
  • Willingness to travel across Luzon and other areas of the Philippines as needed
  • Advantage but not required: has own vehicle (car, motorbike, or other) for transportation to different sites

Jobs Summary

Job Level
Mid-Senior Level / Manager
Job Category
Sales and Marketing
Educational Requirement
Bachelor's degree graduate
Recruiter response to application
Often
Office Address
Net Lima, 26th St, Taguig, Metro Manila, Philippines
Industry
Manufacturing and Production
Vacancy
3 openings
Website
http://www.sustansiya.com

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About Sustansiya

Sustansiya is a Philippines biofertilizer manufacturer and poultry services company. Our vision at Sustansiya is to become the No.1 producer of certified organic biofertilizers in Southeast Asia. Global awareness for the hazards of long-term chemical fertilizer use is growing. Because of this, more and more farmers all over the world are shifting to organic fertilizers. The food & agricultural industries have also recognized this trend, and increasingly employ campaigns to promote organic and natural fertilizers. Among the benefits of using organic fertilizers are non-toxic food, lower cost, better soil fertility, and of course, a safer and more sustainable environment. Our fertilizer products are created from poultry manure, which is universally acknowledged as one of the highest naturally occurring NPK (Nitrogen – Phosphorus – Potassium) sources available. Through our unique, innovative and sustainable service to poultry growers we are consolidating our position to become the largest processor of poultry manure in the Philippines. Utilizing the security of supply of the raw material we can now build our manufacturing capacity to process our manure through organic certification processes and begin exploring international markets for our products. As we embark on our journey to become the largest biofertilizer company in SE Asia we are building our team to assist us meet our vision. We believe that by hiring talented and passionate individuals and advisors who share a mission similar to our own, who are action oriented with a love for problem solving that we can identify, create and implement sustainable solutions to the benefit of our climate and our planet. We hope you can join us along this exciting journey!

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