Area Development Manager

3 weeks ago

United Kingdom AB Agri Full time

Area Development Manager - N Ireland - Northern Ireland

Job Title: Area Development Manager

Location: Northern Ireland

Contract / Shift: Permanent – Full time – Monday – Friday

Attractive Salary + Sales Based Commission + Car or Car allowance.

Are you an experienced sales professional with an interest in agriculture?

Do you thrive in face-to-face customer interactions and enjoy building solid relationships with clients?

Are you ready to develop business growth in the dairy industry?

If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you

NMR is looking for an ambitious Area Development Manager to join our growing team. This role is crucial in bringing new business growth, developing customer relationships, and expanding our presence in the agricultural sector. You will be working within a defined region of Northern Ireland where you will prospect farms, engage with stakeholders, and promote NMR’s industry-leading services.

Why Join NMR?

This is an exciting time to be part of NMR, following our exciting acquisition by AB Agri, which opens significant opportunities for growth and development. You will be part of a supportive team led by a manager committed to investing in your personal and professional development.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Acquire new customers by promoting NMR's services, including milk recording, disease testing, genomic testing, and farm software.
  • Plan and execute weekly farm visits, attend farmer markets, and network at trade shows like Dairy Tech and Dairy Day.
  • Use data insights and collaborate with key partners such as Lely, Genus, and Zoetis to gather leads and expand our customer base.
  • Develop relationships through in-person visits, calls, and emails, ensuring customer satisfaction and service adoption.
  • Participate in regional marketing campaigns, organise farm walks and workshops, and contribute to national events.

About you:

  • Proven field sales experience, ideally within the agricultural or dairy industry.
  • Familiarity with farming and the dairy industry is advantageous, but not essential.
  • Ability to quickly establish trust with clients and move on to the next prospect efficiently.
  • Independent and driven, capable of building your sales pipeline and generating leads proactively.
  • Comprehensive interpersonal, negotiation, and time management skills
  • Proficient with lead management and CRM software.
  • Full driving license and willingness to travel extensively across the region.

About the Company

Decoding milk data, building robust insights.

When you join us, you'll do meaningful work and be rewarded fairly for it. From annual salary reviews and incentive bonus, ongoing career development and enhanced family, financial and wellbeing benefits – these are just some of the ways we reward you - from day one.

About us

We’re National Milk Records (NMR) a part of the AB Agri community committed to investing in an innovative range of milk quality, herd health and genomic testing services, generating data and building robust insights that empower farmers to make informed decisions on cow productivity.

We’re part of AB Agri, the agricultural division of Associated British Foods (ABF plc) and we’re passionate about feeding the world responsibly and affordably by making quality animal feed, creating nutrition and technology-based products, and offering data services for the agri-food industry. What sets us apart is how we delight our customers - and that’s because of great people like you. People with different life experiences who share common values. Together we’re building a fair, innovative and inclusive culture.

As a Disability Confident employer, we’re committed to ensuring our application and recruitment processes work for everyone so if you need any additional support (like alternative formats for your application, bringing a support dog to the offices, a sign language interpreter - or anything else) just let us know.

Application Notes

We hope you feel that AB Agri is somewhere you can thrive and so we’d love to hear from you. We get a lot of applications for our roles and sometimes need to close the process early so register your details and upload your CV via our careers website as soon as you can – it will only take a few minutes.

When you do, we’ll ask you some equal opportunities questions just to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive – or show us areas we can improve. This information is anonymised, separate from your application and is never seen by the hiring panel. You can choose not to answer these questions, and this won’t affect your application.

Apply today or contact our recruitment team for more information.

Agencies and media sales

AB Agri group politely requests no contact from recruitment agencies or media sales. We don’t accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.

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