Outside Ag Sales Representative - Military Veterans
at John Deere
- Pay $50,000 - $100,000 / year
Join a team with longevity and a track record of internal promotions that feels like family, where you can level up your professional knowledge, educational opportunities, and a career path to grow.
Sound like you. Read on.
Pay Range: $50,000 to $100,000 depending on experience
Benefits, just to name a few:
- Unlimited Paid Time Off each year.
- Life Insurance is paid for by the company.
- Accident insurance is paid for by the company.
- Zero Cost Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits package offered.
- Employer discount from various vendors.
- Future education and growth opportunities.
Belkorp Ag. LLC. offers a complete line of John Deere agricultural, golf, and turf equipment throughout our locations in Firebaugh, Modesto, Patterson, Merced, Stockton, Santa Clara, Santa Rosa, and Ukiah California. The company is dedicated to providing quality customer support and is backed by a commitment to investment in its employees and facilities.
Role Description
This is a full-time hybrid role for a John Deere Equipment Account Manager at Belkorp Ag in Stockton, CA. The Account Manager will be responsible for selling John Deere equipment, managing customer accounts, providing product information, and making recommendations, to ensure customer satisfaction. This position allows for flexibility with remote work.
- Manages key customer account relationships to provide a differentiated customer experience.
- Proactively assesses, clarifies, validates, and communicates key customer account needs on an ongoing basis.
- Provides value to key customer accounts by developing solutions that save time, reduce risk, and increase profit margin.
- Develop a contact plan that meets the individual needs of your key customer accounts.
- Meets sales volume and sales objectives on assigned key customer accounts.
- Influences customer account trade cycles and current and future needs.
- Updates and retains relevant customer account information such as equipment and operational information in the customer relationship management system
- Engages with dealership personnel (AMS Consultant, Parts, Service, and Integrated Solutions, etc.) when needed to complete a sale, answering customer account questions, and ensuring customer account needs are met.
- Represents the company to sell equipment, parts, labor, and technology-based products and services to assigned customer accounts.
- Maintains current product knowledge of all equipment, parts, and services available to customer accounts.
- Maintains current knowledge of financing and risk management options to assist customer accounts with securing the purchase of a solution.
- Maintains and communicates current knowledge of customer account operational requirements, and agronomic and business goals.
- Monitors and timely communicates any competitive activity to management.
- Coordinates new equipment field demonstrations.
- Actively participates in local/regional industry associations.
- Attends applicable sales training events/seminars.
- Other duties as assign.
- Sales, Customer Relationship Management, and Account Management skills
- Knowledge of agricultural equipment, specifically John Deere products
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Strong problem-solving and negotiation abilities
- Ability to work independently and in a team environment
- Experience in the agriculture industry is a plus
- Bachelors degree in business, Agriculture, or related field
Belkorp Ag was voted "Best Place to Work in the Central Valley" because our employees took in-depth surveys about our benefits, policies, employee engagement, and satisfaction. Belkorp Ag also received an award from SATISFYD for Top Dealer for Exceptional Employee Engagement in 2020 and 2022 based on our consistent employee-focused efforts throughout the year.
USA
We at John Deere are passionate about finding a way to give back to those who have served our Country. Working for a John Deere dealership or factory is bigger than just a job. It's growth in oneself, on a path to achieving all you hoped to accomplish. It's pride in your community, from the first customer you serve to supporting the community. It's knowing that what you do helps to feed, clothe, and shelter the world. It all starts with you. Starting here. Starting now!
Interested in joining the industry's best? At John Deere, veterans will find:
• A higher sense of purpose – helping those the farmers and infra-structure workers that feed and shelter the world
• A team-based environment focused on supporting the customer
• A never-ending desire for continuous improvement - We are looking for leaders, change agents, different perspectives
• Market leading pay and benefits
John Deere actively welcomes transitioning active duty service members to participate in internship opportunities at our dealership and factory locations across the United States. Timing of the internship is mutually agreed upon between the service member, her/his commander. Potential opportunities include:
• Dealer technicians – Nationwide opportunities
• Factory production roles at 16 major facilities– assembly, welders, machinists, skilled trades
• Support roles – IT, supply chain, logistics, engineering, human resources
How to apply:
Check out our open opportunities to the right for more information and to apply.
Once you click ‘Apply Now’, John Deere will receive a notification with your information. In order to be considered for next steps, please make sure you have an updated resume uploaded to your RecruitMilitary profile. Once John Deere reviews your resume and profile, a recruiter will reach out to provide you with more information and to schedule you for an interview.
Discuss Your Career Options with a Veteran at John Deere Today!
All interested service members and veterans can learn more and fill out a contact card at https://www.deere.com/MilitaryCSP. We will connect you with a John Deere veteran to discuss all potential options/matches.