U.S Seed Treatment Sales Leader

U.S Seed Treatment Sales Leader

The Business Leader, Seed Treatment will provide daily leadership for the sales team while developing and implementing commercial strategies that drive profitable growth for Corteva Agriscience’s seed treatment business. This role will be accountable for building strong customer relationships, leading execution across the sales organization, managing large contract customers, and ensuring the business delivers sustainable financial performance.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and support the seed treatment sales team in daily commercial execution, customer engagement, and achievement of business objectives.
• Develop and implement sales strategies, account plans, and tactical priorities that align with Corteva Agriscience’s broader business goals.
• Own commercial leadership for large contract customers, including relationship management, negotiation support, performance tracking, and long-term account development.
• Drive profitable growth by balancing revenue, margin, pricing discipline, customer commitments, and operating expenses.
• Partner with marketing, product management, supply, finance, operations, and technical teams to ensure alignment across demand planning, customer needs, and business execution.
• Monitor market trends, competitive activity, customer feedback, and business performance to identify opportunities and risks.
• Establish clear sales priorities, performance expectations, and accountability measures for the team.
• Support forecasting, pipeline management, annual planning, and business reviews to improve decision-making and execution discipline.
• Represent the seed treatment business with key internal and external stakeholders, ensuring a high-quality customer experience and consistent communication.
• Promote a culture of collaboration, ethics, safety, customer focus, and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in agriculture, business, marketing, agronomy, or a related field; advanced degree preferred.
• 10+ years experience in the preferred areas of, seed, crop protection, seed treatment, sales leadership, or related commercial roles.
• Demonstrated ability to lead sales teams, coach talent, and build a high-performance culture.
• Strong commercial acumen, including experience with pricing, contracts, profitability analysis, forecasting, and account strategy.
• Proven success managing strategic customer relationships and complex commercial agreements.
• Ability to translate market insights and business objectives into practical sales strategies and execution plans.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Comfort working in a matrixed organization and influencing teams without direct authority.
• Strong understanding of grower, retailer, channel, and agronomic needs within the agricultural marketplace.

Success Measures

• Achievement of sales, revenue, margin, and profitability goals for the seed treatment business.
• Effective development and execution of commercial strategy across priority markets and customers.
• Strong performance and engagement of the sales team.
• Growth and retention of large contract customers.
• Improved forecast accuracy, customer planning, and cross-functional execution.
• Demonstrated leadership in building a profitable, customer-focused, and sustainable business.

Benefits – How We’ll Support You:

• Numerous development opportunities offered to build your skills

• Be part of a company with a higher purpose and contribute to making the world a better place

• Health benefits for you and your family on your first day of employment

• Four weeks of paid time off and two weeks of well-being pay per year, plus paid holidays

• Excellent parental leave which includes a minimum of 16 weeks for mother and father

• Future planning with our competitive retirement savings plan and tuition reimbursement program

• Learn more about our total rewards package here - Corteva Benefits

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Are you a good match? Apply today! We seek applicants from all backgrounds to ensure we get the best, most creative talent on our team.

This reflects a reasonable estimate of the targeted base salary for this role. This role is also eligible for an annual bonus. Based on factors such as geographic location and candidate qualifications, actual base pay is determined when an employment offer is made.

Corteva Agriscience is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to embracing our differences to enrich lives, advance innovation, and boost company performance. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, military or veteran status, pregnancy related conditions (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), disability or any other protected status in accordance with federal, state, or local laws.