Irrigation Sales Manager - Southeast
Location: Greenville, SC
Position: Regional Sales Manager – Agriculture / Irrigation
Location: Southeast (GA / SC / NC / TN / FL)
International Irrigation company with a strong presence in the agriculture market is expanding in the Southeast market and requires a skilled salesperson to work directly with Dealers and Distributors.
The individual must have sales experience in irrigation or related agriculture segments and needs to have an engineering / technical degree, where they can be hands-on.
The position requires a critical balance of agricultural market knowledge with proven experience, customer-facing capabilities, technical orientation, and sales orientation.
Responsibilities
- Responsible for the total management of sales activities in the territory, including but not limited to providing sales, marketing, and technical support, product/technical information, engineering specifications, technical submittals, and trouble-shooting assistance to dealers, consulting engineers, end-users, and other sales representatives.
- Provide pre- and post-sales support.
- Provide technical consulting on the company's products to prospective irrigation customers, designers, architects, and engineers.
- Manage and support the dealers and distributors.
- Extensive travel within the territory.
Background
- Technical experience in the agriculture irrigation market.
- Knowledge and experience selling into the irrigation/pump industry.
- Effective solution selling abilities.
- Experience in conducting product seminars to large professional groups.
- Demonstrated independent work initiative, sound judgment, diplomacy, analytical ability, and professional demeanor.
- Able to perform financial calculations, forecasting, create and manage budgets.
Education and Experience
- BA in an engineering or technical discipline and/or equivalent experience.
- 3-5 years in a similar role with familiarity in irrigation.