- Western Cape
- Salary: Market Related
- Job Type: Permanent
- Sectors: Agriculture
- Reference: HRDof
Vacancy Details
Employer: Anonymous
Our client wishes to fill the above vacancy with a person who must take responsibility for the full marketing, technical & sales actions and activities of the company in an allocated region.
The company, originally an agrochemicals supplier, today serves the fruit industry of South Africa on a multi-disciplinary level and focuses on markets that require a higher degree of technical input and service levels. This has led to the company being regarded as a leader in certain fields like for instance monitoring of insect pests, mating disruption of certain insects, controlling weevils by banding of trees and post-harvest processes and treatment.
Technical Support and Marketing will be the successful candidate’s focus areas. In view thereof the main responsibilities will, among others, be:
- Promotion of services and products
- Attracting new potential clients through superior product knowledge and service delivery
- Identify effectiveness and impact of current marketing initiatives with tracking and analysis, and optimize accordingly within budget constraints
- Present ideas and final deliverables to senior leaders and communicate about marketing programs, strategies, and budgets
- Establishing sound interpersonal relationships with clients and distributors
- Providing high quality training to agents and distributors on companies’ products and solutions
- Actively support and communication of technical product information to customers
- Responding to customer inquiries, issues related to product quality, product performance, and other elements related to managing product service expectations
- Maintaining and contributing to the improvement of the technical support and resources by ensuring system performance; identifying and resolving problems; preparing and implementing action plans and ensuring regular system audits for follow-up analysis and process improvement
Required Skills
- Marketing: 3 to 4 years
- Agriculture: 3 to 4 years
- Agri Extension Service: 3 to 4 years
Candidate Requirements
Essential Requirements
- Relevant agricultural qualification, preferably a B.Sc. Agric degree or equivalent qualification.
- At least 3 years of crop protection expertise and extensive field experience
- Fully bilingual (Afrikaans & English)
- Valid driver’s license
- Willingness to travel regularly (locally and abroad)
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