[Hiring] Seed Sales Lead @Simplot

Role Description

The Seed Enablement Lead plays a key role in driving seed portfolio performance, product positioning, and customer success across the Southern Region. This position combines technical agronomic expertise with market insights to support seed growth, drive customer adoption, and optimize product placement decisions.

This role offers the opportunity to work directly with growers, retailers, agronomists, and commercial teams to evaluate product performance, conduct field validation programs, and deliver data-driven recommendations that improve customer outcomes and support business growth.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and execute localized seed strategies that support product performance, positioning, profitability, and customer adoption.
• Design, coordinate, and analyze field trials, demonstrations, field days, and on-farm evaluations to validate product performance and generate actionable insights.
• Partner with sales, agronomy, and commercial teams to provide technical support, product expertise, and data-driven seed recommendations.
• Utilize field performance results, customer feedback, and market intelligence to improve product placement decisions and identify growth opportunities.
• Communicate technical findings and product performance recommendations to internal and external stakeholders.
• Support commercial team effectiveness through technical training, coaching, and agronomic expertise.
• Contribute to seed portfolio evaluation, market development initiatives, commercialization activities, and long-term growth strategies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Agronomy, Crop Science, Agricultural Business, Agriculture, or a related field, or equivalent industry experience.
• Experience in agronomy, seed, crop inputs, retail agriculture, product management, seed portfolio management, or related agricultural fields.
• Strong understanding of agronomic principles, crop production systems, and seed product positioning.
• Ability to analyze field and market data and translate findings into practical recommendations.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills with the ability to influence across commercial and technical teams.
• Willingness to travel extensively throughout the Southern Region.

Requirements

• Job Requisition ID: 27319
• Travel Required: Yes
• Pay Grade: Product Mgmt Grade 1
• Location(s): Remote - USA
• Country: United States
• Wage range or rate of pay: $105,000 to $125,000
• Plus annual incentive plan eligibility

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision coverage
• 401(k) savings plan
• Paid Family Building Leave
• Generous Paid Time Off - Eligible employees may accrue up to 160 hours in year 1
• 10 Paid Holidays
• Relocation Assistance Program (where applicable)
• Education Assistance
• Benefits details available at simplotbenefits.com