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Market Development Representative II--Vegetable Seed 

Bayer Vegetable Seed Business: This role includes a structured training component in which you partner closely with highly experienced Market Development Representatives (MDRs) to build your technical, trialing, and product positioning capabilities in preparation for potential future territory ownership. You also serve as a flexible technical resource across the Eastern US, providing support during peak trialing periods, customer events, and training engagements. As a result, you are expected to travel extensively (40-50%) and rapidly integrate into different regional teams and diverse vegetable cropping systems to create value for customers and internal stakeholders.

*This role will cover Western, New York for our Bayer Vegetable Seed Business*

YOUR TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The primary responsibilities of this role are to:

• Develop into a technical expert within the commercial organization, partnering across functions (R&D, Marketing, Sales, etc.) to design and execute gotomarket strategies and drive adoption of key technologies and products;
• Partner with MDRs in planning and executing trial activities for latestage varieties (e.g., phase 4B, 5X) and market extensions in local territories, collaborating with Sales and R&D to build and deliver territory plans for trialing and demand generation;
• Understand and leverage strategic trialing and robust data to position products effectively, defend and grow market share, and support early R&D pipeline knowledge transfer into Market Development;
• Integrate testing and experiential data and use digital data collection tools to communicate product positioning and performance in real time to internal and external stakeholders;
• Provide technical support to the commercial organization, including handling complaints, reviewing communications and marketing materials, supporting pricing exercises, and training Sales and Marketing on the positioning of base, new, and market extension varieties;
• Build and maintain internal and external networks to access market opportunities, trends, and technical information, influencing crossfunctional decisions, driving portfolio choices and pipeline advancements, and providing leadership for specific crop segments across the region;
• Develop and apply a strong agronomic knowledge base to provide practical recommendations that enhance product performance under varied production environments and share responsibility with Sales to achieve or exceed established regional and territory sales targets.

WHO YOU ARE

Bayer seeks an incumbent who possesses the following:

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science;
• Experience working across regional markets in protected crops, processing crops, and openfield vegetable production systems;
• Demonstrated ability to interpret agronomic and trial data and translate insights into clear product positioning and practical recommendations for diverse growers and customers;
• Proven capability to collaborate effectively in crossfunctional teams (e.g., R&D, Marketing, Sales) and to build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders;
• Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts in an accessible and engaging way to a wide range of audiences;
• High degree of learning agility, resilience, and adaptability, with the ability to quickly integrate into new regional teams and cropping systems and to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic environment;
• Valid Drivers Liscense;
• Willingness and ability to travel extensively (approximately 40-50%) across the Eastern US, including during peak trialing periods and key customer events.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science with approximately 2 years of relevant experience or a Master of Science or PhD in Plant Sciences or Agribusiness (e.g., agronomy, plant pathology, weed science, or a closely related discipline);
• Prior experience supporting trialing, product advancement, or market development activities for vegetable or specialty crops, including exposure to latestage variety testing and market extensions;
• Familiarity with digital data collection platforms and tools used for trial management, product performance tracking, and realtime information sharing with internal and external stakeholders. 

Employees can expect to be paid a salary of approximately between $73,600.00- $110,400.00 .Additional compensation may include a bonus or commission (if relevant).  Additional benefits include health care, vision, dental, retirement, PTO, sick leave, etc..  This salary (or salary range) is merely an estimate and may vary based on an applicant's location, market data/ranges, an applicant's skills and prior relevant experience, certain degrees and certifications, and other relevant factors.

This posting will end on 7/14/26.

    YOUR APPLICATION      

Bayer offers a wide variety of competitive compensation and benefits programs. If you meet the requirements of this unique opportunity, and want to impact our mission Health for all, Hunger for none, we encourage you to apply now. Be part of something bigger. Be you. Be Bayer. 
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