Agronomy Sales Internship at Premier AG Co-Op Inc

About The Role

The Premier Ag Agronomy Sales Internship is the final step in positioning a second- or third-year intern into an Account Manager Associate role upon graduation. The successful candidate has already demonstrated the professionalism, initiative, and problem-solving skills necessary to work independently with growers to design and implement crop plans.

Premier Ag Agronomy Sales Internship Objectives

Attract top talent to Premier Ag.
Assess Intern’s potential to be a Premier Ag Account Manager in a full-time position upon graduation.
Provide challenging, professional, and technical skill development and permitting the intern to apply their knowledge and technical expertise in a real-life environment.

Requirements

Agronomy Sales Intern Responsibilities

With assigned grower accounts and corresponding Premier Ag Account Manager, make initial introductions to describe working relationship with growers throughout the summer.

Sales Project #1

With assigned grower accounts and utilizing available tools, resources, and Premier Ag staff, monitor crop throughout the growing season and develop and communicate via independent and unsupervised grower sales call a recommendation for pesticide or nutrient applications.
With grower approval for the recommended application, and recommended application checked by corresponding Account Manager, turn in the order to the appropriate operations team to schedule application or order fulfillment.
After application or order fulfillment, follow up within 7 days to evaluate efficacy of the application and share findings directly with the grower.

Sales Project #2

Develop a sales call plan for a specific product line on an existing account that is not currently using the product/practice. The sales call preferred to be accompanied for post-call evaluation.

Operations skill development

Train for and perform an operations task in a limited branch support role to gain professional and workflow experience.

Manager Responsibilities

Unless otherwise established, the Premier Ag Agronomy Interns will report directly to the VP Sales & Marketing
Assign mentor and develop talent over summer, with goal of full-time placement upon graduation.
Conduct weekly touchpoints.
Along with assigned mentor, coach and assist with sales projects and call plans
Conduct final evaluation with Premier Ag career path discussion.

Field Scouting (observations)