Bayer is hiring a DEKALB/Asgrow Sales Agronomist in Iowa to cover Calhoun, Greene, Sac, Carroll, and Pocahontas counties. As a local expert on Bayer Crop Science products, technology, and innovations, you will advise key growers to drive in-season success, foster business growth, and expand Bayer’s market share through agronomic-driven insights and relationships.
About the Company – Bayer Crop Science
Mission: “Health for all, Hunger for none” – solving the world’s toughest agricultural challenges
Division: Crop Science, home to the DEKALB and Asgrow seed brands
Territory: Iowa counties including Calhoun, Greene, Sac, Carroll, and Pocahontas
Compensation: $90,640 – $135,960 base salary plus bonus or commission potential
Culture: Curiosity, energy, and dedication to redefining what’s possible in agriculture
Career Growth in Agricultural Sales
Strategic Territory: Iowa – a core region for DEKALB/Asgrow seed sales and grower relationships
Relationship-Driven Role: Build strategic relationships with key growers across the assigned territory
Skill Development: Build expertise in whole-farm agronomic advice, trials, and demand generation
Career Growth: Strong path into senior agronomy, sales leadership, or territory management roles
Position Overview
The Sales Agronomist III (SA) plays a crucial role as a local expert on Bayer Crop Science products, technology, and innovations, advising key growers to drive in-season success. This role is responsible for fostering business growth by establishing new relationships, identifying pain points, and providing agronomic-driven advice and insights throughout the season, with expertise pivotal to expanding Bayer’s market share and ensuring seamless execution of agronomic strategies from planning to harvest.
Why This Role Matters: As Sales Agronomist at Bayer, you become the trusted local expert helping Iowa growers maximize yields with DEKALB and Asgrow products, build lasting relationships with key growers through hands-on agronomic advice, lead trials and demand generation plans that expand Bayer’s market share, and earn a strong salary of $90,640-$135,960 plus bonus potential and comprehensive benefits.
Key Responsibilities
Business Planning & Grower Relationships
- Lead the development of a comprehensive Bayer portfolio business plan with Field Sales Representatives for assigned geography
- Build relationships with key growers by providing value-added support, including agronomic insights and product placement recommendations
- Deliver squad goals by leading grower demand generation plans and supporting others’ role responsibilities
Agronomic Advice & Trials
- Provide whole-farm agronomic advice through education, product selection, and placement, staying informed of agricultural research
- Drive trials related to the Bayer Portfolio with targeted growers
- Offer additional support at key seasonal milestones such as crop planning, in-season product needs, field scouting, and harvest monitoring
Cross-Functional Collaboration & Issue Resolution
- Collaborate with FSRs, TAs, and Partners on business planning and influencing growers’ business objectives
- Resolve performance issues and support key grower needs in season, including PPIs and Replants
- Make strategic recommendations to leadership on innovative ways to enhance business results
Account Monitoring & Budget Management
- Connect with company peers on programs and issues to gain alignment and support for resolutions
- Monitor grower account inventory progress, track planned activities, and identify new issues or opportunities
- Manage an annual SG&A budget and program expenditures
Qualifications & Requirements
Required Qualifications
- Agility in communication approach to effectively interact with organizations and individuals
- Demonstrated strategic thinking capability using business insights to project decisions
- Digital fluency with industry tools and a desire to use data-driven decisions to grow the business
- Strong analytical, influence, innovative sales, and negotiation skills with documented ability to drive results
- Position requires driving for the company, possibly under DOT/FMCSA jurisdiction
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in an agriculture-related discipline, business, or related field
- Minimum of 8 years of relevant agriculture experience in agronomy, technology, sales, or marketing
- Experience with sales teams and teams working remotely
Essential Skills
- Excellent facilitation, presentation, written communication, and conflict management skills
- Ability to quickly start and grow strategic relationships and influence customer behavior
- Strong task management, prioritization, and ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously
- Exceptional networking and consultative sales skills to engage customers and build new relationships
About Bayer
At Bayer, we’re visionaries driven to solve the world’s toughest challenges, striving for a world where “Health for all, Hunger for none” is no longer a dream but a real possibility. Bayer offers a wide variety of competitive compensation and benefits programs, including health care, vision, dental, retirement, PTO, and sick leave, within a community of brilliant and diverse minds working to make a real difference in agriculture.
Career Excellence: Build a rewarding agronomy sales career representing DEKALB and Asgrow with a global leader in crop science.
Who Should Apply?
- Experienced Agronomists: With 8+ years in agronomy, sales, or agricultural technology
- Agricultural Sales Professionals: Comfortable building grower relationships across a rural territory
- Agriculture Business Graduates: With a strategic, data-driven approach to farm advisory
- Seed & Crop Technology Specialists: Interested in representing DEKALB and Asgrow brands
- Consultative Sales Talent: Skilled at networking and influencing customer decisions in agriculture
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