Portfolio Lead - Centurion, South Africa - Mayfly Agri (Pty) Ltd

Mayfly Agri (Pty) Ltd

Verified Company

Centurion, South Africa

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Thabo Mthembu

beBee Recruiter

Description

Minimum requirements for the role:

Must have a tertiary qualification in Agriculture
Minimum 8 years commercial experience in agriculture, preferably in the Southern Africa market will be required
Solid experience in Agronomy and the area of agriculture, preferably in the Southern Africa market is essential
Knowledge of the seed industry will be an added advantage
An understanding of dealing with Csuite executives with excellent communication and presentation skills, integrity, and impeccable professionalism is important
Must have experience working with Government officials at all levels and navigating government structures
Aboveaverage communication skills, with the ability to interface with internal and external stakeholders of all levels, including farmers, will be required
Must have a valid drivers license and be fit to travel
Researching, preparing and executing a sales plan focused on delivering new recurring revenue for Field Crops through partnerships with agroinput companies and the public and private sector in the geographies of the SADC Countries.
Developing and managing the distribution channels for company products in the geographies leveraging strengths of the group in the region.
Identifying, recruiting and onboarding a high performing Sales & Marketing team in the region.
Producing creative solutions to get customers to engage.
Preparing and negotiating commercial proposals.
Generating new business by leveraging existing relationships and building new relationships across private and public sectors, NGOs, Government, Commercial and SHF.
Providing market feedback and analysing data to aid in decision making.
Coordinating products testing and registration in line with incountry seed policies and regulations.
Preparing and implementing trial plans and design by the existing Technology and Development system, including the collation of trials data/information and general data management to understand the outcomes and the impact on the strategy.
Managing trials for field crops and, by employing best agronomic practices, know the agronomical aspects (pest/diseases resistance, characteristics, performance, etc.), yield potential, and potential segments in different markets.
Providing product/crop training to the Sales & Marketing team.
Developing productspecific technical information and technical support in product complaint handling.
Preparing and reporting trial reports regularly to the Regional Business Manager and Technical and Development Manager.
Lead and conduct market research and analysis both for Domestic and International markets.
Work closely with the Technical and Development team in the registration of products in line with the regulatory requirements of the different geographies.
Providing market feedback as well as analysing data to aid in decision making.
Traveling to trial sites and conducting market visits up to 50% of the time.
Traveling to Stakeholders and conduct external and internal training.