Inside Account Executive

**Company Overview**
- Farmers Business Network®_ (_FBN®_) is on a mission to power the prosperity of family farmers and rural communities around the world, transforming how the world farms with an integrated, technology-enabled agricultural platform.

We offer high ROI farm inputs, fintech and sustainability products and services powered by network data, and farm-tested insights from our global farmer community. Our platform helps _FBN®_ members make confident decisions to ensure the economic viability of their farms, while also empowering them to be a part of the solution as the global community confronts its most pressing issues: providing food security for a growing population, transitioning to more sustainable agriculture, and responding to climate change.

We are a dynamic, innovative, and mission-driven AgTech company that offers competitive compensation and benefits as well as boundless career mobility. We are backed by top investors, including Fidelity, ADM, Google Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, DBL Partners, T Rowe Price and Temasek. We have been featured in these articles by the Wall Street Journal and Forbes, and were also named "One of the 50 Most Innovative Companies in the World" by Fast Company Magazine.

**OVERVIEW OF POSITION**

We are looking for talented, multi-skilled individuals who can fit into our fast-paced company culture. We are a passionate, collaborative team of farmer-focused individuals who wake up every day emulating the farmer ethos of honesty, integrity, commitment and hard work.

The individual assigned to this position will work with farmers in the network to help them procure critical crop inputs, such as crop protection products. Account Executives cover a predetermined territory and market area and will recruit farmers to join the network in person and through electronic means. Account Executives will also help farmers access FBN Direct - a revolutionary way for growers to purchase crop inputs that provides farmers with price transparency on hundreds of products and a way to source low-cost chemicals delivered straight to the farm. FBN Direct has saved thousands of dollars for hundreds of farmers through its offerings.

Finally, the FBN Account Executive is critical to the commercialization process for new products and services being launched on a regular basis.

**RESPONSIBILITIES**

The FBN Account Executive will be responsible for recruiting farmers and maintaining high grower satisfaction with FBN. They will also provide a seamless and highly differentiated crop input transaction experience while maintaining high grower sanctification with FBN from post-harvest conversations all the way to pre-season delivery. This includes, but is not limited to, the following activities:

- Achieve chemical sales goals (gross profit, revenue, etc.)
- Understand a grower's crop input needs throughout the season and forecast based on the chemical projected sales/product needs.
- Present sales business plan to the Account Executive department
- Lead product demonstrations and presentations to farmers.
- Collect appropriate(chemical/seed invoices and tags) data from farmer to build a successful crop protection plan customized to the farmer's needs
- Use Salesforce to manage, prioritize, and document all interactions and sales processes with farmers.
- Organize and manage farmer information and sales events with existing, local FBN farmer advocates.
- Document and report suggestions from farmers for process improvement Represent FBN at various farm industry trade shows/events.
- Identify savings opportunities for the grower by creating savings analyses and conducting walkthroughs of FBN's price transparency tools
- Driving organic growth of sales/acres, through cold calling direct, reach-out, and attending farm shows
- Construct orders and shipments through FBN's transaction platform
- Other duties as assigned

**THE IDEAL CANDIDATE WILL HAVE**
- Very strong communication and interpersonal skills with a heightened sensitivity to the issues farmers face.
- At least 2 years experience as a district, regional or territory manager selling products or services directly to farmers.
- Ability to adhere to the compliance of all legal and safety procedures. Knowledge of crop protection products required
- Strong domain experience and background in farming, production agriculture, retail or input sales.
- Background in Agronomy including, but not limited to, the management and use of agronomic data.
- Strong planning, prioritization and organizational skills in addition to being highly motivated with a strong work ethic.
- Ability to work effectively within a fast-paced, accountable team structure. A farmer focus and a commitment to farmer satisfaction.

**PREFERRED SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS**
- Bachelors or advanced degree
- At least 2 years sales experience in agriculture managing and exceeding monthly and annual quotas selling directly to farmers.
- Successful completion of safety training and