Location:

• Primary: Gowan’s home office in Yuma, AZ
• May also consider Midwest commercial office in Overland Park, KS
  

Minimum Qualifications:

• 2-5 years commercial agribusiness experience in sales, field development or other customer-facing role
• Strong preference for experience in the crop protection, seed, or crop nutrition sectors of agribusiness
  

Ideal Candidate:

The successful tactical product manager will demonstrate a combination of desirable attributes:

• Sound knowledge of customers and influencers in the crop protection industry
• Keen curiosity to understand the broader picture of the industry
• A history of successful development of tactics and especially execution of those tactics
• Goal-oriented with a strong drive for success
• Excellent communications skills
• Strong organization skills
• Attention to detail
• Demonstrated relationship and rapport building skills
• Clear bias to collaboration to achieve results
  

Examples of Specific Duties:

• Work closely with PM accountable for products/brands to ensure alignment of tactics with the annual plan
• Tactical execution to ensure key elements of the brand plan are achieved
• Monitor product forecasts and production plans to ensure appropriate product supply
• Analyze pricing and programs of competitor products to determine relative position of Gowan products
• Monitor marketing communications tactics to evaluate success in meeting annual objectives
• Maintain close interaction with key field sales and development personnel to ensure effective and timely communication