Starke Ayres: Product Manager

1 week ago


Kempton Park, South Africa Plennegy (Pty) Ltd. Full time

**Responsibilities include**:

- Evaluates Starke Ayres’ seed product range on an on-going basis and recommends new cultivar introductions to, and deletions from, the product range
- Develop and implement product and marketing strategies and provide specialized product and marketing input
- Develop long-term relationships with strategic customers and regularly visits current and potential customers and ensure continuous communication is maintained.
- Compile financial
- and unit budgets and monitor unit sales of products on an ongoing basis.
- Identify the national product / technical training needs of sales staff and co-ordinate the implementation of a sustained national product training programme.
- Provide technical and sales support for sales teams on the relevant crops
- BSc degree in Agriculture / Horticulture
- (Honours / Masters degree an added advantage)
- Minimum 3 - 5 years’ experience in the vegetable and turfgrass seed industry
- A solid background in providing technical support within a marketing and sales environment will be required.
- Financial Acumen and computer literacy (intermediate level) essential



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