Account Manager (Agrico Canada)

Location: Guelph, Ontario

Work mode: Teleworker, regular travel within a specific geographic region is required

Work schedule: 8:30 am to 5 pm (37.5 hours/week) – (Must be flexible with the schedule)

Status: Temporary, Full-time, Temporary (13 months contract)

WHY Agrico Canada ?

Agrico is a member of the Sollio Agriculture network since 2011.

We serve agricultural retailers across Ontario, Quebec, and the North-Eastern US through a network of strategically located fertilizer terminals. We work hard to build and foster meaningful, professional relationships, focused on understanding our customer’s deepest needs and providing unique solutions that support their success.

YOUR ROLE

Reporting to the Sales Manager, you will play a key role on the Sales team demonstrating a solid background in agricultural retail and wholesale sales and marketing, coupled with a strong business acumen.

Key Responsibilities

• Be accountable to grow wholesale fertilizer sales, maintaining strong margins within a specified territory and ensuring that customer accounts are in good standing;
• Grow and nurture strong customer and prospect relations to foster business opportunities;
• Communicate regularly with key accounts reviewing sales volumes and updating forecasts;
• Identify customer issues, prospects and concerns and develop solutions in a team focused manner;
• Gather market intelligence identifying threats and competitive issues affecting our business;
• Evaluate, explore and recommend new business opportunities, products and services that provide a positive return, strengthening our relationship with our customer base;
• Represent the company at industry meetings and associations.
  
  

YOUR ASSETS

• You must have a post-secondary university education in Agribusiness;
• You should have a minimum of 5 years of experience in a customer facing, agricultural role;
• You have a comprehensive understanding of the agricultural retail business environment;
• You are team-oriented and deadline driven;
• You have excellent communication and interpersonal skills with an ability to prioritize and work independently;
• You have excellent computer skills including competency in Microsoft Office.
  
  

What We Offer

Cultivating your talents means taking care of yourself, learning new things and sharing your experiences. That’s why we offer a variety of initiatives to help you achieve your full potential at work, including:

• Strong team environment ;
• Flexible group insurance plan (for temporary employees);
• Defined contribution pension plan (for temporary employees);
• Corporate discounts within our network;
• Training tailored to your needs;
• Employee and family assistance program and telemedicine;
• Virtual wellness and fitness platforms.
  
  

Agrico has served agricultural retailers in Canada and the US for over 80 years. Our focus is providing customer first services and quality products. We’re looking for someone who shares that desire and challenges the status quo, taking our team and customers further. If you want to be part of an organization with a bright future that offers a stimulating work environment and a competitive compensation package, we invite you to apply.

As a Canadian agriculture industry leader, Sollio Agriculture specializes in supplying farm inputs and providing value-added services to benefit farmers, cooperatives and partners. Its business model combines the strength of a local approach with the power of a national presence to offer innovative products and solutions, to support the adoption of sustainable farming practices, helping local farming families prosper.