Onsite Area Sales Manager – Fertilizers

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About the role

  • Area Sales Manager responsible for managing fertilizer sales growth across France. Collaborating with distributors, agronomists, and internal teams to ensure customer satisfaction and market penetration.

Responsibilities

  • Lead business development and sales growth initiatives across assigned French territories.
  • Develop and execute regional sales strategies to expand market share in fertilizers.
  • Conduct and regularly update market analysis, including segmentation, sizing, potential, and ICL market share.
  • Identify and pursue new business opportunities across the value chain—distributors, retailers, and end-users.
  • Create demand, solicit orders, lead negotiations, and close deals with current and prospective customers.
  • Collaborate with Marketing and Agronomy to prepare new product and service concepts, and support crop-specific campaigns and trials.
  • Propose, implement, and report on marketing campaigns to support future business growth.
  • Provide accurate forecasting and budgeting for assigned territories.
  • Assist the Country Lead France in selecting, evaluating, and motivating dealers and distributors through goal setting, action planning, and training.
  • Handle customer complaints in line with company policy and escalate issues beyond scope to management promptly.
  • Build and maintain strong relationships with customers, and business partners.
  • Intense use of CRM tool to communicate and support internal teams.
  • Act as the primary point of contact ensuring high levels of customer engagement and satisfaction.
  • Collaborate with agronomy, marketing, and supply chain teams to deliver tailored solutions.
  • Monitor market trends, competitor activities, and regulatory developments across assigned territories.
  • Provide insights and feedback to inform product development, pricing strategies, and go-to-market plans.
  • Represent the company at industry events, trade shows, and conferences.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Agronomy, Agricultural Sciences, Business, or related field.
  • Minimum 7–10 years in sales or business development within the fertilizer or crop input industry, with a focus on specialty products.
  • Proven track record in managing multi-country territories and achieving sales targets.
  • Strong understanding of European agricultural markets and regulatory environments.
  • Strong strategic thinking and commercial insight.
  • Advanced skills in relationship-building and negotiation.
  • Proven expertise in value chain management and value-based selling.
  • Excellent communication and presentation capabilities.
  • Commitment to ethical business practices and fair conduct.
  • Highly self-motivated, adaptable, and culturally aware.
  • Fluent in French and English.
  • Frequent travel across assigned territory (approx. 40–60% of time).

Benefits

  • ICL is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities.

Job title

Area Sales Manager – Fertilizers

Job type

Experience level

SeniorLead

Salary

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Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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