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.

**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, capitalising and promoting available products by means of telephone sales activities and seasonal sales campaigns
- The responsibility for replenishment of agricultural stock within the depot
- Being a key point of contact for the depot for support and advice on retail agricultural products
- Organising and supporting promotional activities and campaigns, promoting link selling and monitoring 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
- Enhancing growth by liaising with other sites, including local markets, and key people including Depot Managers, Product Specialists, Marketing Team, Purchasing Team, and Regional Business Managers
- Continuously developing your knowledge on agricultural products by attending relevant training courses

**The Person**:

- Able to demonstrate sound knowledge and have a strong passion for agriculture
- Commercially aware, ambitious and committed to seeking out opportunities to grow the trading area
- RAMA qualified or willing to undertake the training
- An efficient accurate worker, with a positive hands-on attitude, thriving from carrying out a wide range of tasks and challenges
- Able to cope with a physically demanding role involving a substantial amount of manual handling
- Self-motivated with the ability to work on own initiative
- 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
- Free on-site parking

**To apply, please submit your CV together with a covering letter outlining your suitability for the role,** **or send a paper copy to Wynnstay Group Plc, Eagle House, Llansantffraid, Powys, SY22 6AQ.**

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

**Benefits**:

- Employee discount
- Store discount

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday
- Weekend availability

Supplemental pay types:

- Yearly bonus