Agribusiness Sales & Development Manager

Agribusiness Sales & Development Manager Dominion Salt is New Zealand’s leading salt manufacturer, supplying essential products across agriculture, food, industrial, water treatment and specialist markets. We are looking for a practical, commercially minded Sales Manager to strengthen our customer relationships, grow our regional presence, and support Dominion Salt’s continued leadership in the New Zealand market. About the role This role will suit someone who enjoys being out on the road, having practical customer conversations, and working in a business where relationships, reliability and service really matter. Reporting to the Commercial & Technical Manager, you will be responsible for building strong relationships with customers, distributors, rural supply businesses and commercial users. You will be in-market, visiting customers, understanding their needs, identifying opportunities, and ensuring Dominion Salt remains the preferred supplier across key regions and customer segments. Key responsibilities In this role you will: Manage customer retention by proactively identifying concerns, risks or competitor activity. Achieve new sales and market development opportunities across regional New Zealand. Gather useful market intelligence, including customer feedback, pricing pressure, competitor activity and regional opportunities to off-set competition. Promote the value of Dominion Salt’s local supply, product quality, reliability and customer support. Build and maintain strong relationships with rural supply businesses, distributors, merchants, agricultural customers and commercial users. About you You will be someone who knows the New Zealand agriculture sector inside-out and is confident building relationships across rural, farming and agricultural supply networks. You will understand how farmers, rural merchants, distributors and agricultural customers make purchasing decisions, including the importance of reliability, price, product availability, service, seasonal demand and long-term supplier relationships. What matters is that you are credible in front of rural customers and understand the practical realities of operating in the New Zealand agricultural market. You will be commercially astute, resilient and proactive, with the ability to represent Dominion Salt professionally while strengthening our presence across key agricultural and regional markets. What we offer This is an opportunity to join a well-established New Zealand business with a strong market position and a long history of supplying essential products. We offer: Competitive base salary + OTE. Company vehicle. A varied regional role with genuine customer engagement. The opportunity to directly influence market growth and customer retention. If you are commercially minded, practical, resilient and enjoy making sales, we would like to hear from you. #J-18808-Ljbffr