Date of posting here March 18, 2008 Type of position Full-time Employer Bayer CropScience Description of Employer Bayer CropScience LP is one of the world's leading innovative companies in the agriculture and environmental health protection industry. Scientists & researchers at Bayer CropScience have been dedicated to developing & producing products that ensure crop protection and environmental health. We are looking to fill a Technical Sales Representative position in the Eastern Idaho area. If you seek to meet customer needs, are aggressive, strive to succeed and look for the challenge of being a part of an innovative business working with people in business to business selling, then we would like to speak with you. Location Eastern Idaho Salary Negotiable Benefits Bayer CropScience offers relocation benefits, company vehicle, paid expenses, home office equipment and a competitive compensation & personal benefits package including immediate 401(k) vesting. All benefits take effect day one of employment. Bayer is proud of its work/life/balance initiatives & its generous tuition reimbursement program. Bayer Corporation has been recognized for the fourth time by Working Mother Magazine as one of the 100 best companies across the nation for working mothers. Closing date of competition TBD Date position available April 15, 2008 Description of duties The Technical Sales Representative is responsible for executing sales initiatives, which maintain and/or increase business at current accounts, while recommending solutions and future courses of action to increase business. This includes development of account strategies. This territory has primarily an herbicide, insecticide, seed treatment and fungicide market with .5MM+/- acres of potatoes and .5MM+/- acres of corn and include roughly $9M in annual sales. Among other opportunity areas, the territory holds great promise not only for incremental sales of current products such as Admire Pro, Temik, and Gem but also our new innovative products such as Huskie, as well as several other new products to be introduced. The incumbent is the focal point for all projects/activities related to assigned/prospective accounts. The Technical Sales Representative is responsible for identifying new opportunities, developing accounts related to those opportunities, expanding the use of Bayer CropScience products, as well as servicing existing customer accounts and maintaining customer satisfaction at those accounts. End user, retailer and distributor representative relations are the main focus. Qualifications sought An MBA is preferred, however candidates with a BS degree in agriculture, business or a science baccalaureate, with a minimum of 5 years of proven sales experience will be considered. Previous Crop Protection Manufacturer or Distribution Sales experience would be a plus, but not required. Incumbent must possess advanced understanding of sales/marketing techniques. Knowledge of agriculture, farm markets, seed and application technology is a plus but not required. The position requires good organizational and planning skills as well as excellent interpersonal and communication skills (verbal and written). Incumbents must be willing to work as a member of a team and contribute to a group objective. He or she must possess advanced persuasive abilities and negotiation skills in order to influence current and potential customers to Bayer products. Other qualifications include having demonstrated computer skills and ability to work with MS programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc), Lotus Notes and other database programs. Contact for additional information To apply for this position go to http://www.bayerjobs.com and apply for job id 5453. For more company information, please visit our web site at http://www.bayercropscienceus.com Application procedure   Submit what Resume, Cover letter. Submit to To apply for this position go to http://www.bayerjobs.com and apply for job id 5453. Additional Information An Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V. Bayer Corporation is committed to enhancing and maintaining cultural diversity within our work environment.