Sales Agronomist III: Southwest Kansas

Sales Agronomist III – Southwest Kansas & DeKalb/Asgrow

This role covers the following Kansas counties:
Wallace, Logan, Gove, Greeley, Wichita, Scott, Lane, Hamilton, Kearney, Finney, Stanton, Grant, Haskell, Gray, Ford, Morton, Stevens, Seward, and Meade.

• Lead the development of a comprehensive Bayer portfolio business plan with Field Sales Representatives (FSRs) for the assigned geography, prioritizing approximately 100 growers with high growth opportunity.
• Build relationships with key growers by providing value‑added support, including agronomic insights, product selection, and placement recommendations.
• Drive grower demand generation plans and support others’ role responsibilities in order to achieve squad goals.
• Provide whole‑farm agronomic advice through education, product selection, and placement while 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.
• Collaborate with FSRs, TAs, and Seed Pros on business planning, understanding, and influencing growers’ business objectives.
• Resolve performance issues and support key grower needs in season, including PPIs and replanting.
• Make strategic recommendations to leadership on innovative ways to enhance business results.
• 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 throughout the year.
• Manage an annual SG&A budget and program expenditures; travel approximately 60% with significant face‑to‑face customer interaction.

• Agility in communication approach to effectively interact with organizations or individuals, while balancing and building relationship dynamics.
• Ability to speak to company practices regarding current and future products and corporate initiatives.
• 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.
• 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 for effective customer support.
• Exceptional networking and consultative sales skills to engage customers and build new relationships.
• Ability to quickly learn and apply agronomic knowledge to promote options fitting customer needs.
• Position requires driving for the company, possibly under DOT/FMCSA jurisdiction, involving safe hauling of trailers, products, supplies, or equipment.
• Role must be located in the Southwest Kansas territory.

• Bachelor’s degree in an agriculture‑related discipline, business, or related field preferred.
• Minimum of 8 years of relevant agriculture experience in agronomy, technology, sales, or marketing.
• Experience with sales teams and teams working remotely preferred.

Employees can expect to be paid a salary between $90,640.00 and $. Additional compensation may include a bonus or commission, and other benefits such as health care, vision, dental, retirement, PTO, and sick leave.

Final date to receive applications:
April 15, 2026.

Bayer is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disabled/Veterans. Bayer is committed to providing access and reasonable accommodations in its application process for individuals with disabilities and encourages applicants with disabilities to request any needed accommodation(s).

Contact:  | Reference Code: 858752 |

Location:

United States – Kansas – Residence Based | Division:
Crop Science