Agricultural Trader

**Are you looking for an exciting career, where your potential is recognised and developed, where your employer invests in your training and progression? Do you want to join Wynnstay a leading UK Agricultural Business?**

With a turnover in excess of £500 million, and more than 900 valued employees Nationally, 100 years of successful operations have laid the foundations for Wynnstay’s core values concept of **THRIVE**:
Teamwork, Honesty, Respect, Innovation, Value creation, Environmental Sustainability.

**We are now offering an exciting and challenging opportunity for a driven, successful Agricultural Trader to join the team at our Depot in Crewkerne.**

**The Opportunity**:
Your main responsibilities as Agricultural Trader will include:

- Increasing and maximising sales of agricultural products through various selling initiatives
- Generating and building leads to maximise opportunities, capitalising and promoting available products by means of telephone sales activities and seasonal sales campaigns
- Being a key point of contact for the region for support and advice on retail agricultural products
- Organising and supporting promotional activities and campaigns and promote link selling and monitor success
- Liaising and working with customers from a wide range of agricultural sectors including a large proportion of dairy and sheep
- Utilising the marketing and CRM function, to increase sales activities at customer level, and to assist with the ongoing data collection
- Providing quality service to customers along with advice, in a friendly, courteous, and professional manner and in line with customer care polices
- Enhancing growth by liaising with other sites, including local markets, and key people including Depot Managers, Product Specialists, Marketing Team, Purchasing Team, Development Managers and Regional Business Managers
- Continuously developing your knowledge on agricultural products by attending relevant training programmes; online, events, in store or as required
- The responsibility for replenishment of agricultural stock within the store, including the ability to carry out store duties to support the delivery of service to customers

**The Person**:

- Be able to demonstrate sound knowledge and have a strong passion for the Agricultural industry
- Be commercially aware, ambitious and committed to seeking out opportunities to grow the trading area
- Be an efficient accurate worker, with a positive hands-on attitude, thriving from carrying out a wide range of tasks and challenges
- Be able to cope with a physically demanding role involving a substantial amount of manual handling
- Be self-motivated with the ability to work on own initiative
- Be hard-working, flexible, and able to work in a fast-paced environment

**In addition to a competitive salary you will receive**:

- Profit related annual bonus
- Employee discount at Wynnstay Depots
- 31 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
- Save As You Earn schemes

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

Additional pay:

- Yearly bonus

**Benefits**:

- Employee discount
- Store discounts

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday
- Weekend availability