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Vylor

Seed genetics company leveraging gene editing

Retail Business Manager

Field SalesUpdated on Nov 15
Full-timeNebraska, USA

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree or equivalent in Agronomy, Business, or Marketing is required; other degrees may be considered with related field sales experience.
  • A minimum of 3–5 years of sales experience, managing, and coaching individuals is required.
  • Must be able to sell, negotiate, influence, resolve conflict, and coach.
  • Willingness to travel and work in a rural environment is required.
  • Must pass a driving record background check.

Responsibilities

  • Target and maintain strategic relationships at focus accounts driven by the District Leader strategy.
  • Secondarily support Retail Sales Agronomist efforts to drive product confidence, team selling, and support key retail sellers within focus and strategic accounts as well as primary locations.
  • Execute and manage pricing, promotional, program, product, and discretionary fund strategies within the District that align with the District Leader.
  • Serve as the first point of contact for account issues and questions for primary locations.
  • Drive training and product strategies to create demand for sales with planned product mixes.
  • Execute local product testing, training, and promotion strategies alongside the Retail Sales Agronomist.
  • Work directly with location and regional managers to support the Retail Sales Agronomist and retail-seller-level product confidence, effort, and team-selling strategy.
  • Own account-level business planning for focus accounts and location-level planning, along with execution of the seller strategy.
  • Coordinate efforts with functional leaders in the area, including the Area Product Manager, Strategic Business Consultant, customer service team, supply team, and program team.

Desired Qualifications

  • Agronomy and crop production practices are preferred.

About the Company

Vylor

Seed genetics company leveraging gene editing

Vylor is a stand-alone seed and genetics company that develops and markets crop seeds and related genetics. It uses gene editing and molecular breeding to create proprietary hybrids, including hybrid wheat and disease-resistant corn, and grows its business through direct-to-market sales and a growing licensing platform. It differentiates itself as a pure-play IP owner with a large portfolio of germplasm and biotech patents and by leveraging its Pioneer, Brevant, and Hoegemeyer brands alongside cross-licensing arrangements with Corteva. Its goal is to become a publicly traded company and to help farmers meet food and energy security challenges through advanced genetic solutions.

Company size
51-200
Company stage
Debt Financing
Total funding
$1.1B
Headquarters
Egypt, United States
Founded
Not listed

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