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Sales Manager

Posted 23 Mar 2024
Work experience
1 to 3 years
Full-time / part-time
Full-time
Job function
Degree level
Required languages
German (Fluent)
English (Fluent)
Dutch (Fluent)

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Your tasks and responsibilities

  • Sales Area Manager Benelux Germany Vegetables

  • Some direct customer relationships

Main Purpose of Role

• The Area Sales Manager is responsible for building and leading the sales force in a geographic area to ensure strong and sustainable growth of the Vegetable business.

• Develop and manage the Sales Representatives and Key Account Team in order to optimize net income through maximizing sales and controling SG&A; develop and manage area sales plans, assign sales target to sales representatives according to the overall budget assigned to the Countries and monitor the YTD achievements of the targets and implement proper recovery actions in case it is needed.

• Support the Sales Representatives and Key Accounts through developing, negotiating and managing customer agreements and pricing while focusing on retaining and improving customer relationships; also analyzing performance in the different areas of sales.

• Support Company policy of financial tracking revenue recognition to maintain a proper inventory level to meet both customers and Company needs (Forecast accuracy).

• Build and maintain partnerships with key accounts utilizing Bayer's internal expertise and strengths across all divisions and functions promoting initiatives to improve company overall customer care and customer satisfaction; participate in community and industry-related events to further develop new business opportunities.

• Demonstrate strong leadership by influencing and winning support within the commercial teams (sales, marketing, MD, finance, customer care); ensure that functional and organizational objectives are met by creating a synergistic culture, transferring Company strategy into meaningful team objectives and actively seeking effectiveness in order to improve performance through effective communication, coaching, motivation, training, development and rewards.

• Build and manage the Sales teams by:

- attracting/motivating and developing people,

- managing the team by setting direction and leading by example

- creating an open and diverse working environment,

- developing team effectiveness

- providing weekly reports to Commercial Lead and circulating to the team to encourage depth of understanding of markets indicators, financial indicators and performance vs company expectations.

- Address and seize opportunities to grow our Vegetable business in the area by;

- analyzing the situation and define plan,

- seeking the buy-in from the organization

- setting example in the implementation.

Who you are

Educational Requirements

Higher degree in Agronomics/Horticulture or equivalent

Postgraduate Marketing/Sales/Management preferred

Special skills

German, English, Dutch

Strong leadership, with interpersonal and communication skills

Listening skills, seeking feedback and coaching

Leading and developing teams

Managing multiple teams or regions for results

Building relationships (external and internal)

Lateral thinking (understands needs of others)

Negotiation skills

Influencing i.e. influence & engage the organization

Committed to action and results

Ability to work with multifunctional commercial teams (sales, marketing, finance, customer operations and Technical Development)

Self-motivated

Prior Knowledge

Understanding of vision, business strategy and LRP

Understand what is driving P&L/ understands the financial impact of actions

Developing and managing budget plans to control costs

Ability to assess, understand and meet customer needs (internal, external including farmers, channel and stakeholders)

Previous Work experience

Previous experience in technical/marketing/management roles

Broad direct and staff sales experience

Negotiating with large accounts or key partners

Operating in a high-pressure environment

Deliver on multiple complex plans/environment

Your application

Bayer offers a wide variety of competitive compensation and benefits programs. If you meet the requirements of this unique opportunity, and you have the "Passion to Innovate" and the "Power to Change", we encourage you to apply now. Job postings will remain open for a minimum of ten business days and are subject to immediate closure thereafter without additional notice. To all recruitment agencies: Bayer does not accept unsolicited third party resumes.

Bayer is a global enterprise with core competencies in the Life Science fields of health care and agriculture. Our products and services are designed to benefit people and improve their quality of life. At the same time, we aim to create value through innovation, growth and high earning power.

Chemical
Utrecht
15,000 employees