Area Manager - Agrochemicals
- Nelspruit, Mpumalanga
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Must have a relevant tertiary degree in Agriculture, Marketing, or Business Management
- Minimum 5 years’ sales experience in an agricultural environment
- Strong understanding of marketing, administration, and pricing
- In-depth knowledge of agricultural pesticide products
- Commercial orientation with a keen eye for identifying new market opportunities
- Strong decision-making, persuasion, and service orientation skills
- Excellent social perceptiveness and customer engagement skills
- Ability to manage own tasks and meet strict deadlines
- Managing and growing existing markets while developing new ones.
- Monitoring market conditions and consumer behaviour.
- Analyzing competitor strategies to retain market share.
- Achieving set sales and margin targets per region.
- Providing accurate monthly forecasts via JDA.
- Maintaining healthy regional inventory.
- Adjusting rolling forecasts to ensure accuracy over time.
- Developing business plans and local market forecasts.
- Building relationships with distributors, customers, and suppliers.
- Conducting cost analyses and negotiating service agreements.
- Supporting inventory management.
- Building and maintaining customer loyalty.
- Supporting field agents and attending market events.
- Driving new business through agent and distributor collaboration.
- Assisting with production planning, deliveries, stock control, and debtors.
- Providing technical support and training to stakeholders.
- Supporting product development and field trials.