Responsibilities

• Lead activation planning and implementation of Joint Business Plans (JBP) for top customers in the assigned area.
• Influence the development and execution of marketing trade programs that support assigned account priorities and business objectives.
• Partner with Central Marketing to build brand awareness through social media, regional sponsorships, and events.
• Develop and execute activation tactics to increase sales volume and market share across assigned accounts and prospects.
• Communicate and activate seasonal promotions and offers for partnered accounts.
• Maintain alignment with RAM, ROM, Directors, through regular meetings, performance updates and feedback loops.
• Partner with cross-functional teams (ROM, RAM, Directors) to drive national/regional sales and margin growth.
• Enable and influence local teams, providing both informal and formal guidance and timely feedback.
• Own individual and national/regional sales targets, including volume, margin, execution and customer growth goals.
• Provide actionable insights and feedback to AN and Central Marketing teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, Agriculture, or business-related field plus 3-5 years of industry experience; or, an equivalent of 7+ years of successful work experience in industry or marketing experience.
• Understand key business drivers, and connect activation priorities to profitable growth.
• Ability to see the “big picture” (Vital Few emphasis) of the organization, understands business key drivers, and connect activation priorities to produce profitable growth.
• Proactive communicator with exceptional written, verbal, and formal presentation skills.
• Trustworthy with a strong level of personal commitment.
• Ability to make quality decisions, prioritize work, and execute in a matrixed, fast-paced work environment.
• Ability to work independently and manage productivity.
• Experience demonstrating agility and leading/adapting quickly to change.
• Technical feed and agriculture product expertise with the ability to educate and influence others on products, services, and activation programs.
• Ability to leverage data to inform activation priorities and measure impact.

Benefits

• medical, dental, vision
• PTO
• life & disability insurance
• education assistance
• a 401k
• well-being resources
• prorated PTO for part-time employees