Job Description

Are you looking to work with a family-owned business with corporate resources? Does working with innovation and cutting edge technology excite you? Would you like working in an environment where you have the freedom to achieve your career goals? Then look no further than South Country Equipment!
We are a family-owned, 8-location John Deere dealer network that operates through southern Saskatchewan. We have a culture that focuses on working as a team and supporting one another to accomplish our goals. As the agriculture industry continues to innovate, so does South Country. We ensure that the farmers we support are educated and equipped to take their operations to the next level.
Our Culture
At South Country we pride ourselves in our team members' success and accomplishments. Those that have had success within South Country typically share the following traits:

• A team first mentality
• Eagerness to take on new challenges and development
• A welcoming and friendly personality
• The ability to understand how their role supports the bigger picture and how they play a part in achieving our enterprise goals
• A passion for supporting the agriculture industry in their community
• To learn more about us:

Location: You will be assigned a region within South Country's territory
Apply By: July 10, 2024
Position type: Full-time, permanent
What is in it for you:

• Training and development opportunities
• Career growth opportunities
• A welcoming family-owned and operated organization that puts individuals first
• Opportunity to represent John Deere and support growers in food production
• Utilizing John Deere and outside sourced professional training to support with continuous learning
• Autonomy to set you up for success and allow you to be part of the innovation within agriculture

What you'll do:
Our Field Sales Representative will be tasked with expanding our customer base through strategic outreach and farm visits. You will engage in sales calls to a combination of warm and cold leads to generate equipment sales. You will be vital to growing our customer base and establishing relationships with customers that we partially or do not yet deal with. This role consists of:

• Develop a strategic customer acquisition plan to increase South Country's customer base through outreach and lead generation
• Follow-up on leads passed by management that are generated through our various social and internet platforms
• Making cold calls to growers within our 7 million acre territory to have a better understanding of the opportunity that exists in the area
• Look after all sales leads from outside of South Country's defined territory
• Develop new customers and enhance the current relationship with partial customers
• Follow-up with potential sales leads drawn from other departments
• Develop relationships with farmers that will allow you to provide them enhanced support
• Call on Small AG and Hay producers to market our Small AG offerings.

Requirements
What you bring:

• A drive to develop and generate new business
• Self starter that can work autonomously and self-motivate
• 2-3 years of sales experience
• A competitive spirit that strives to set and achieve goals
• Problem solving skills and the ability to come up with creative solutions
• A farming background or understanding of the agriculture industry in Saskatchewan would be considered an asset
• Understanding of financing and lease programs would be considered an asset

Benefits

• Pension
• Health benefits
• Dental care
• Life insurance
• Vision care
• Paid time off
• Store discount
• Company vehicle program