Sales Agronomist job at Naseco Seeds

About NASECO Seeds

NASECO Seeds (Nalweyo Seed Company Ltd) is Uganda’s first and largest privately owned seed company. Established in 1996, the company has its corporate head office in Kampala and its main seed processing and production plant in Nalweyo, Kakumiro District. It specializes in breeding, producing, and distributing high-yield, disease-resistant, and climate-resilient crop varieties tailored for smallholder and commercial farmers across Uganda and the Great Lakes region.

About the Role:

To drive sales of NASECO’s products at the company sales depot by providing accurate agronomic and product knowledge, excellent customer service, and efficient sales transaction handling.

Key Responsibilities

• Technical Agronomic Advisory & Support. Provide expert agronomic advice on maize production, soil management, pest and disease control, seed variety selection and agronomy troubleshooting.
• Sales & Customer Service. Achieve and exceed monthly/quarterly sales targets while ensuring high levels of customer satisfaction.
• Depot Operations & Records. Update sales records and generate daily sales reports, submitting them to the supervisor.
• Customer Relationship Management. Build, maintain, and develop strong, long-term relationships with customers.
• Support in the Marketing & Event Coordination for sales generation.
• Update and transfer NASECO Product and Industry Knowledge to the clients and management.
• Any other duties assigned from time to time.

Minimum Job Requirements

• Education: Bachelor Science Degree in Agriculture, Agribusiness, or a related field.
• Professional Experience: 2-3 years of experience in Agri-input sales.
• Competencies: Good understanding of NASECO products and basic agronomy principles, Strong customer service, communication, and interpersonal skills. Ability to explain technical products in simple, clear terms. Basic computer skills (MS Word, MS Excel, and sales/CRM software) and High level of integrity and professionalism

• Provide expert agronomic advice on maize production, soil management, pest and disease control, seed variety selection and agronomy troubleshooting.
• Achieve and exceed monthly/quarterly sales targets while ensuring high levels of customer satisfaction.
• Update sales records and generate daily sales reports, submitting them to the supervisor.
• Build, maintain, and develop strong, long-term relationships with customers.
• Support in the Marketing & Event Coordination for sales generation.
• Update and transfer NASECO Product and Industry Knowledge to the clients and management.
• Any other duties assigned from time to time.

• Strong customer service, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to explain technical products in simple, clear terms.
• Basic computer skills (MS Word, MS Excel, and sales/CRM software).
• High level of integrity and professionalism.

• Bachelor Science Degree in Agriculture, Agribusiness, or a related field.
• 2-3 years of experience in Agri-input sales.
• Good understanding of NASECO products and basic agronomy principles.