Sales Representative

DUTIES:

Prime Responsibilities:

·         Establish, grow, and maintain the Company's client base.

·         Sell and deliver the Company's products and services by visiting clients on their properties daily.

·         Assist where required in retail to provide information.

·         Develop new products with clients and establish market opportunities for the Company.

·         Maintain profitability for the company with regards to monitoring market pressures and maintaining a profitable point of sale.

·         Managing customers’ accounts.

Other Responsibilities:

·         Identify and communicate to management and the sales team new areas for profitable business e.g. new products, market areas.

·         Collect money owed to the Company as requested.

·         Determine which customers require agronomic support and organise suitably qualified persons from the Company to respond.

·         Pick orders as required.

·         Maintain warehouse and shop in tidy state by putting stock in correct place.

·         Contribute articles and ideas for Company newsletters, advertorial and other advertising material.

·         Attend training courses as required by management.

·         Attend sales meetings, and other meetings as requested by management.

·         Carry out other tasks as requested by technical sales.

·         Recognise that sales areas are not exclusive to individual members of the sales team but that cooperative team effort is required.

·         Act in professional manner by, for example, returning phone calls promptly, showing courtesy and endeavouring to provide the best possible service to customers.

·         Maintain any business vehicle provided in a clean and safe working condition, at the Company’s expense. Notify management when services due.

·         Report, using the Company’s systems, any observed issues with safety, environment, or health.

·         Contribute to improvement of the safe operations of the Company.

·         Contribute to improvement of the Company’s systems, by preventing, identifying, and recording problems relating to supplied product, equipment and/or services; controlling non-conforming product; suggesting & putting into practice improvements in accordance with position and authority.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS & SKILLS:

·         Good interpersonal skills and an aptitude for sales

·         Current forklift licence

·         Current WA C class licence

·         Attention to detail and accuracy in a busy working environment

·         Be positive, motivated and self-driven

·         Be able to work as part of a team, with a "can do" attitude

·         Punctual and reliable

·         Related experience in horticulture or agriculture preferred

·         Forklift Operator qualification to satisfy the requirements of Worksafe Australia preferred.  Training as a Forklift Operator is to be carried out at the Company’s expense if not already qualified

·         Vietnamese bilingual preferred

OTHER REQUIREMENTS:

The Agricultural Sales Representative will be required to gain and maintain Agsafe Personnel accreditation by pursuing the appropriate training courses at the Company’s expense.

All duties should be carried out in compliance with the Agsafe Code of Practice, the Australian Dangerous Goods Code and the Growers Agrishop Safety Management System where applicable.

REPORTS TO: Regional Sales Manager and Technical Sales Manager