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VP Sales, Bayer Crop Science Canada
This senior leadership role is responsible for the Canadian Crop Science Sales Organization, with full P&L accountability for the branded and licensing businesses in Canada. The VP of Sales drives business growth, commercial excellence, and organizational change in a highly competitive market environment and complex business landscape. This role also develops and implements transformational change to position the Canadian organization for success tied to the overall Bayer strategy.
Bayer is committed to a flexible hybrid working environment. This is a permanent position based out of Calgary, Alberta.
What you will do:

• Responsible for Key Accounts, Seed Growth, InterAg and Sales Effectiveness teams, covering our integrated portfolio of Seed & Trait, Crop Protection, and Climate FieldView offerings
• Drive differentiated sales approach fully consistent with country, marketing, and product management to allocate human and financial resources accordingly
• Build and shape sales organization to exceed relevant benchmarks in customer satisfaction, making it the place to work for high-performing sales people
• Provide superior people leadership and set overall direction to direct reports and the broader organization of approximately >40 employees
• Develop capabilities of sales organization according to requirements of future business strategies, benchmarks, and customer satisfaction expectations
• Coach, guide and develop next level leadership
• Ensure delivery of forecasted results according to sales plan utilizing superior sales planning, forecasting, and monitoring mechanisms and KPIs, and taking timely and matching corrective actions in case of deviations from plan
• Closely follow up with corresponding functions and respond to opportunities, issues, market changes including competitor moves, adjusting tactics as required

Who you are:

• University degree, with preference for advanced degree in business or agriculture
• Outstanding track record in senior leadership roles leading large organizations
• Extensive operational experience in customer-facing positions
• Deep agricultural knowledge and understanding of local market environment
• Outstanding customer focus/intimacy with strategic/digital mindset
• Global experience
• Profound collaboration skills and ability to inspire large organization

This position requires full vaccination against COVID-19.
What we offer:

• Competitive compensation and rewards package
• Collaborative, diverse and inclusive culture
• Career development and global opportunities
• Work-life flexibility programs such as flex hours, employee discounts, volunteer days, wellness, and other employee offerings

Bayer is committed to fostering, cultivating and preserving a culture of Inclusion and Diversity. We embrace and encourage our employees\xe2\x80\x99 differences and believe that our people are our most valuable asset. The collective sum of individual life experiences, knowledge, innovation, self-expression, unique capabilities that our employees invest in their work represents our culture, reputation, and Bayer\xe2\x80\x99s values and purpose.
Learn more about our values and purpose at: https://www.bayer.com/en/ca/canada-our-purpose-values
All referral candidates must first be submitted via our internal referral system by a current Bayer employee in order to participate in the referral program. Once a Bayer employee has successfully referred you in our system, you will receive an automated email with instructions on how to complete your application.
Application Deadline: April 2, 2023
#LI-CA #LI-Hybrid Bayer welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Candidates participating in our selection process requiring accommodation due to a disability or medical need are encouraged to notify the Bayer representative that they will be meeting with to ensure appropriate arrangements can be made.
Location: Canada : Alberta : Calgary
Division: Crop Science
Reference Code: 789009