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Sales Intern, Crops

Summer Internship Job Summary

You'll spend the summer working in the real sales world, working with one or more Sales Representatives who will be your mentors. You'll learn about products, planning, sales techniques, scheduling, customer contact and problem solving. And you'll provide technical service to farmers or sales support to dealers.

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Create demand of Dow AgroSciences products by providing technical service and advice to farmers
  • Establish, implement and manage demo plots with key farmers and centers of influence
  • Help coordinate activities and tasks associated with plot tours and field days – including selection of promotional aids, developing a schedule and preparing the site
  • Gather competitive information through personal dealer visits and communicate market trends and future needs
  • Promote the responsible use of Dow AgroSciences products
  • Responsible for investigating, rationalizing, and resolving assigned product performance claims and informing the Sales Rep/DSM of action(s) taken
  • Reviewing and evaluating demonstration plots and making suggestions for improvements
  • Promptly complete all reports required by Dow AgroSciences sales representatives/DSM
  • Develop a good knowledge of the customers and related territory to perform job (customers, center of influence, dealers, distributors, competitors, etc.)
  • Follow safe driving procedures and practices as well as product stewardship
  • Project professional image and maintain car and equipment to the highest standard
  • Manage expenses in the best way to reach maximum productivity