West Turkey Sales Manager

1 day ago

fatih, marmara bölgesi, Türkiye LIMAGRAIN Tam zamanlı

We are seeking a results-driven Sales Manager for West Türkiye region. This is a high-impact role offering the opportunity to deliver sustainable sales growth, market share development and profitability by translating commercial strategy into strong field execution. The position is based in Antalya , Türkiye.

Main Goal

Deliver sales growth and profitability objectives in West Türkiye through effective people leadership, close market proximity, disciplined commercial management and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsible for

Sales Performance & Commercial Execution

  • Deliver annual and monthly sales, volume, turnover and profitability objectives for the assigned region.
  • Translate annual commercial objectives into clear regional, crop and individual sales plans.
  • Identify growth opportunities by crop, geography, customer segment and route-to-market.
  • Drive new customer acquisition and expansion of the company’s genetic footprint across the region.
  • Ensure strong execution of forecasting, strategic sales campaigns and new product launches.
  • Build and maintain strong relationships with key growers and market stakeholders.
  • Maintain strong ownership of customer receivables together with Finance and the sales team.
  • Ensure consistent and high-quality use of digital tools across the sales team.
  • Promote data-driven sales management rather than relying solely on individual experience of market knowledge.

Demand Generation & Market Development

  • Drive demand-generation activities with growers and key decision makers.
  • Work closely with Product Development team to support product positioning, demonstrations, trials and commercial launches.
  • Follow market intelligence including crop trends and stakeholder needs.
  • Identify unmet market needs and provide structured feedback to support portfolio and product development decisions.

Qualifications

Education and Experience

  • Bachelor's degree in Agriculture, Agricultural Engineering or a related field; specialization in horticulture and vegetable seeds is an advantage.
  • Proven experience in sales management, regional commercial management or leadership of a field sales team.
  • Strong knowledge of stakeholders and vegetable production dynamics.
  • Demonstrated ability to manage sales performance, forecasting and product portfolios.
  • Comfortable working with digital systems, sales data and performance indicators.
  • Good level of English communication.
  • Ability to travel extensively within the assigned region.

Core Competencies

  • Strong people leadership and coaching capabilities.
  • Commercially driven with strong analytical and decision-making skills.
  • Strong communication, negotiation and stakeholder-management skills.
  • Proactive and solution-oriented mindset.
  • High sense of accountability and professional integrity.