Product Specialist

Columbia, SC

Salary Not AvailableMid Level5+ years exp

Posted 5 months ago

Job Summary

HPG role focuses on promoting products, planning sales growth, and coordinating training and materials across business units. It involves collaboration with Product Managers, brand teams, and marketing to develop market insights and actionable plans. A strong candidate will have agronomic education, sales experience, and travel readiness.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Promotes and positions HPG category products in the business unit, interfacing with the business unit, division and selected branch team members.
  • Assists the Product Managers in planning and executing sales growth activities for HPG category products.
  • Prepares, implements and follows up on business unit and division action plans that outline HPG sales activities related to new product and program development, research and development, marketing and related activities for all HPG categories.
  • Works with Product Managers to train the salesforce in HPG category products and crop use programs allowing the salesforce to confidently sell those products and programs.
  • Provides coaching and mentoring opportunities to Product Managers through territory ride-a-longs in support of HPG category products.
  • Supports and assists Product Managers in planning and implementing training programs for all HPG categories.
  • Attends tradeshows and assists with booth.
  • Works with HPG marketing services, Brand Managers and Strategic Account Managers to develop market analysis for possible new HPG product offerings and existing HPG product offerings.
  • Coordinates the activities of Sales Representatives for outside vendors with HPG offerings to ensure that their activities are consistent with HPG and the respective business unit's overall philosophy and direction.
  • Works closely with the HPG Strategic Account Managers, Brand Managers and Technical Service Managers to develop, approve and communicate sales materials.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in an agricultural related field is required.
  • Five years of sales or marketing experience in the agricultural industry is required.
  • Computer skills including working knowledge of Microsoft Office, specifically Excel and PowerPoint, are required.
  • Ability to coordinate a high level of activity under a variety of conditions and restraints.
  • Ability to read, write and speak in English is required.
  • Travel by various means up to 25% of the time is required.
  • Valid U.S. driver's license is required to drive a company vehicle. Must be able to meet all company requirements to drive a Helena vehicle.
  • Successful completion of a drug test and background check is required for all positions at Helena.

Preferred

  • Communicating in Spanish is a valuable skill at Helena.

Benefits

  • Health, Dental & Vision Insurance STARTS THE SAME DAY YOU DO!
  • Earn up to $3,000 in Reward Dollars from Helena for your Health Savings Account (HSA).
  • Helena's robust 401(k) Savings Plan offers you a 100% company-match up to 5% starting on your first day. As your years of service with Helena increase, so does our company-match - up to 10% based on your contribution amount.
  • Three-year vesting on company-match with 1,000 hours of service.
  • Access your earned pay between paydays through Earned Wage Access (EWA) with DailyPay.
  • Up to 15 days paid time-off plus 9 paid holidays.
  • Free Term Life Insurance at 1x your annual base pay - paid for by Helena at no cost to you.
  • Free Short & Long-Term Disability.
  • Up to four weeks of paid Parental Leave.
  • Education Assistance.
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Helena Agri-Enterprises, LLc

Founded in 1957, Helena Chemical Company (now Helena Agri-Enterprises) has grown to be one of the nation’s foremost agricultural and specialty formulators and distributors in the United States. Products and services offered include Crop Protection Products, Fertilizer and Fertilizer Application Services, Specialized Nutrients, Seed and Seed Treatments, Financial Services, and Precision Ag Services and Software. Helena also offers its own line of products — Adjuvants, Bioscience, Branded Fertilizers, Nutritionals, Seed Treatments and Value-Added Products — through the Helena Products Group (HPG).Helena is headquartered outside of Memphis in Collierville, Tennessee. Across the country, Helena has over 4,000 employees that work in about 450 branch locations, as well as division offices.Helena’s overriding goal is to help its customers succeed. This is achieved with a unique combination of dedicated and knowledgeable people, unique and useful products and the latest technical knowledge. The company defines its own success through the success of its customers.The theme of People...Products...Knowledge... pervades all levels of the company, with customer success as the goal and ultimate end result.

Founded in 1957
USA
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Product Specialist

Helena Agri-Enterprises, LLc · Columbia, SC