Corteva Agriscience has an exciting opportunity for a Strategic Account Manager covering the Illinois area.

The Strategic Account Manager (SAM) role is responsible for implementing the direct sales process with selected Strategic Accounts and helping build a sales culture to support large growers with the Pioneer sales team.

This is a remote position and can be based anywhere within the geography listed above. If hired, you may be required to travel as necessary to support business activities.

How will you help us grow? It matters to us, and it matters to you!

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Conducting business analysis of assigned grower segment and accounts
• Executing comprehensive call strategy in collaboration with the Sales Team
• Negotiating & coordinating value proposition delivery
• Develop value proposition to assist growers to achieve higher productivity
• Lead the coordination of the support and sales teams to deliver on business needs analysis
• Coordinate customer activities to provide support & strengthen relationship
• Coordinate the delivery of precision agronomy, product knowledge, and agronomic service
• Demonstrate the ability to increase penetration by calling on prospects which will require visiting the grower’s place of business to assess needs and building relationships that lead to new revenue opportunities
• Understand customer needs and provide feedback to the organization on product performance, program effectiveness, and competitive activity.
• Suggest improvements or alternative tactics to help achieve commercial area and territory goals.
• Continue to develop professionally by remaining current with new technologies, management innovations, and sales management developments
• Ability to travel within assigned geography >75% of the time.