AgRecruit Looking for Territory Sales Manager – Southern North Island, Corteva Agriscience at New Zealand Full Time

Corteva Agriscience™ is founded on the rich heritages of Dow, DuPont and Pioneer. We are a global industry leader in discovering and applying innovations in science and technology to meet the world’s growing demand for safe, sustainable food.

Corteva Agriscience is one of New Zealand’s largest R&D-based crop protection and plant health manufacturers and suppliers. Our route to market is exclusively through the retail distributor channel, being PGG Wrightson Rural Supplies and Fruitfed Supplies, Farmlands, Farm Source, the ICD group and other independent distributors.

Our products are well established in NZ’s major agricultural and horticultural sectors and are used across a diverse range of production systems – the primary crops being pipfruit, grapes, potatoes, onions, kiwifruit, cereals, forage brassicas and beets, and pasture.

We have a strong pipeline of differentiated and sustainability-enhanced innovations due for launch over the coming five years, and more to come with the recent acquisition of biological companies, Symborg and Stoller, and a global increase in R&D investment.

To view our sustainability mission and goals, see www.corteva.com/sustainability.html

The Role

Due to a promotion within the business, we are now searching for a commercially minded agri professional to fill the role of Territory Sales Manager – Southern North Island.

The focus of the position is to establish and maintain a strong Corteva Agriscience presence in the territory, ultimately towards achieving business objectives through effective planning, prioritisation and market development with distribution customers and other influencers. Key relationships include distributors (retail outlets and associated field representatives), spray contractors, producers (farmers, growers) and related industry advisors.

The primary market, account and customer focus of this role is agriculture (pastures, forages, arable), working alongside the Technical Specialist – Horticulture, who is accountable for key horticulture business in these regions.

The Territory

The regions associated with this role include the entire East Coast (Gisborne to Wairarapa) and Manawatu, with a support also to Horowhenua, Tasman and Marlborough.

This role is ideally serviced from a Hawkes Bay, or alternatively Manawatu, base.

Competencies Required To Be Successful Include

• Tertiary qualification in an Agriculture related discipline.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills, friendly disposition, can- do attitude with the ability to create networks across multiple stakeholders.
• Ability to understand and respond to customer needs at all levels of the supply chain.
• Ability to develop an understanding of sustainable farm systems and agronomy, in particular pastoral and forage cropping in dairy, sheep and beef operations.
• Some understanding of or interest in arable and horticultural production.
• Ability to deliver effective training in the positioning and use of products.
• Commitment to safe work practices. Safe driving is a specific requirement of the territory role.
• Ability to travel and stay away from home on a regular basis.

We will offer you:

• A strong salary, private use vehicle and discretionary performance-based bonus.
• Superannuation plan, home office and wellness allowances.
• The opportunity to represent cutting edge, proprietary technology in the marketplace.
• Extensive professional development opportunities.
• A viable and diverse career progression pathway.

To enquire in strict confidence about this role, or to request a Candidate Briefing Document, please phone Deb Francis from AgRecruit on 021 224 5000. Otherwise, please submit your CV with covering letter via this portal by Thursday 6 July.

To be considered for this role you MUST already reside in New Zealand or Australia, be a NZ or Australian citizen, resident, or have already secured the right to work in New Zealand and therefore hold a visa.