BRANDT® is seeking a Turf & Ornamental (T&O) Business Development Manager who will focus on strategic growth, relationship management, market analysis, and cross-functional collaboration. The role involves direct selling, consulting, and working with various customers to address their T&O needs.
Responsibilities:
- To work with approved national distributors throughout the contiguous United States on training, education, product knowledge and basic day-to-day business dealings
- To work with approved National Distributor sales locations on continuing the growth and promotion of all BRANDT product lines to existing and potential new end users concentrating on lawn care
- Assist approved national distributors through marketing on all sales materials, product events and promotion of the BRANDT brands
- Assist private label development
- To attend, set up and/or initiate group sales events for approved national distributors for specific sales location open houses, lunch and learns, and national events
- To build not only approved national distributors but to also assist in discovering new distributors as needed within the contiguous United States
- Build and provide necessary programs and information for the end users need in the Lawn Care industry
- Assist with maintaining open territories
- Assist current Territory Sales Managers with territory coverage
Requirements:
- Bachelor's Degree in business, agronomy or similar
- Two to five plus years of experience in agricultural area
- Basic knowledge of the T&O industry with specifics in plant nutrition is required
- Experience in T&O sales or related agricultural field
- Mathematical skills to convert and read labels to calculate rates as needed
- Basic Computer Skills
- Must be able to lift 50 lbs