Technical Demand Creator
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Job Description
Role purpose
- Provide advice and support regarding distribution and promotion of Syngenta Vegetables Seeds of all assigned existing customer portfolios and prospective accounts in Zimbabwe.
- Accelerate product introduction promotion and demand creation for both new and existing VEG SE varieties to boost the sales
- Organize Demo and Development trials for customers and promote the varieties during the customer visits
- Support the work of the Marketing & Sales TSR Promoters and CU teams by providing them with enough technical information on the product behavior and performance to help them in the product positioning and sales.
Accountabilities
- Provide advice and support with regard to distribution and promotion of Syngenta Vegetables Seeds of all assigned existing customer portfolios and prospective accounts like Young Plant Raisers.
- Advise instruct and train identified key Agro distributors support Syngenta Agro AG in orders collection delivery coordination and receivables collection
- Share demand plan/forecast with Operations team on a monthly basis.
- Provide sales training to Agro dealers Stockists and Agents
- Ensure all customers are handled and serviced within accepted Syngenta policy and standards with the use of Salesforce.com
- Provide timely monthly sales report to Africa South Vegs Operations manager and join monthly S&OP meetings
- Any other duties as may be required.
Qualifications :
Knowledge experience & capabilities
Critical knowledge
- BSC degree in Agriculture
Critical experience
- 3 years plus experience in sales (experience in Agro industry will be an added bonus)
Critical technical professional and personal capabilities
- Strong Communication Interpersonal & Influencing Skills
- Concern for standards
Critical leadership capabilities
- Strategic view
Additional Information :
Critical success factors & key challenges
- Build understanding of Vegetable Sales objectives focus and priorities within the organisation ensuring in time and qualitative delivery of strategy
- Manage priorities
- Working in matrix organisation
- Build strong relationship with farmers and Territory teams
- Gain stakeholder support
- Facilitate the transition anticipate blockage and profit from opportunities
Additional information:
Travelling up to 80% for customer & trial visits. Be prepared to travel away from home
SYNGENTA LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES AND BEHAVIOURS
Essential Syngenta Competencies
- Innovative
Offer support to in challenging and improving the current way of doings things to increase labour productivity and efficiency.
- Decisive
Demonstrate ability to take prudent action with little oversight.
- Communicative
Demonstrates openness in communication to others able to communicate in a language that can be understood listens well and incorporates the thoughts and ideas of others.
- Trusted
Track record for building trust and reliability to deliver required results.
- Teamoriented
Ability to work in a team of other colleagues keeping in mind the overall company objectives.
- Resultsoriented
Ability to deliver required results and support.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
