Grain Sales Manager

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🕒 July 27

🌽 Illinois – Remote

🌽 Illinois – Remote

💵 $130k - $170k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🔴 Lead

🤑 Sales

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Grain & Protein Technologies APAC

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201 - 500 employees

🌾 Agriculture

🏭 Manufacturing

🤝 B2B

Agriculture • Manufacturing • B2B

Grain & Protein Technologies APAC is the Asia-Pacific arm of Grain & Protein Technologies, a leading global designer, manufacturer, and marketer of durable equipment solutions for grain, seed, poultry, egg, and swine production systems. The company provides machinery and systems through a portfolio of brands (GSI, Cumberland, AP, Tecno, Cimbria, Aerotech, Reventa, Euroemme) aimed at helping farmers and agribusiness operators maximize productivity and profitability across grain and protein value chains. It serves agribusiness customers worldwide and emphasizes innovation, reliability, and a focus on enabling farmers to 'Feed the World Better.

📋 Description

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of 4–7 DSMs across multiple geographies and market segments • Spend 50–80% of time in the field driving execution, reinforcing standards, and coaching in real-time • Establish clear expectations, operating rhythms, and accountability for results • Conduct regular field reviews to elevate individual and team performance • Own regional revenue performance and delivery across farm and commercial segments • Exercise discount and pricing authority within defined guidelines • Balance growth and profitability, ensuring disciplined decision-making • Ensure strong pipeline management, forecasting accuracy, and visibility to results • Coach DSMs on value-based selling, margin discipline, and customer prioritization • Evaluate dealer and contractor coverage to identify gaps, overlaps, and growth opportunities • Lead efforts to recruit, onboard, and develop high performing dealers and commercial contractors aligned to strategic needs • Partner with DSMs to improve or transition underperforming dealers • Drive disciplined account planning and execution across the region • Build and maintain relationships with key dealer principals, contractors and key strategic accounts • Partner with Marketing, Product, and Operations to improve outcomes • Promote a culture of transparency, collaboration, and continuous improvement

🎯 Requirements

• 7+ years of sales experience, including leadership of field sales teams • Proven success managing and growing revenue through dealer/distribution networks • Experience in agriculture or commercial construction strongly preferred • Demonstrated success in network development, account growth, and sales territory leadership • Strong coaching, communication, and performance management skills • Ability and willingness to travel extensively (50–80% field-based role)

🏖️ Benefits

• ability to elect health care and wellness plans • dental and vision plans • flexible and virtual work options (where available) • 401(k) Savings Plan with company match • paid holidays • paid time off • health savings and flexible spending accounts • reimbursement for continuing education • life insurance • other supplemental insurance plans