We are seeking a highly skilled Product Sales Specialist to join our US Swine team at our Sioux City, Iowa facility. The ideal candidate will serve as the bridge between Sales, Product Management, Engineering, Quality, and End Users. Their core mission is to accelerate successful field trials, rapidly resolve product issues, and ensure market feedback loops are tight and actionable.

Your Impact

1. New Product Trials (Full Ownership)

• Plan, coordinate, and execute field trials with producers and dealers.

• Ensure trial sites are properly selected, trained, and supported.

• Create standardized trial plans: objectives, KPIs, data collection timelines.

• Gather field data and turn it into actionable insights for Product Management.

• Track trial progress, issue logs, performance metrics, and trial outcomes.

• Present trial results to Sales, Product, Engineering, and Leadership.

2. Product Issue Resolution

• Serve as the primary point of contact for field escalations that require technical depth beyond standard sales support.

• Work collaboratively with Quality and Engineering to root-cause issues.

• Coordinate field visits, documentation, photos, data logging, and follow-up.

• Maintain real-time visibility of open issues and timelines for resolution.

• Provide clear summaries back to dealers, producers, and internal teams.

3. Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work hand-in-hand with:

• • Product Managers

• • Engineers

• • Quality Control

• • Customer Service

• • District Sales Managers

• • Key Dealers (GCs, service teams, and independent techs)

• Ensure product updates, prototype changes, and revisions are clearly communicated.

• Close the loop between end-user experience and product development.

4. Field Intelligence & Market Feedback

• Collect and synthesize dealer and producer feedback related to:

• • Performance issues

• • Feature requests

• • Competitive comparisons

• • Installation quirks

• • Environmental challenges (power, ventilation, feed systems, etc.)

• Translate field intelligence into structured reports for Product Management.

• Help prioritize improvements that deliver immediate field value.

5. Technical Sales Enablement

• Provide product-specific training to sales reps, dealers, and installers.

• Assist in creating:

• • Sales tools

• • Technical documents

• • Troubleshooting guides

• • Trial playbooks

• Support major accounts during product rollouts.

Your Experience and Qualifications

• Technical aptitude (electronic controllers, ventilation systems, feeding systems, motors, sensors, general swine production, etc.)
• Excellent communicator across both producer and engineer audiences
• Strong project management ability
• Data-driven mindset with an ability to document trial outcomes
• Comfortable traveling to barns, dealer shops, and test sites
• Ability to translate field experience into product improvements
• Preferred - Bachelor's degree in Ag Business, Ag Systems Technology, Business Administration, Marketing, or other related fields.
• Preferred - Minimum of 2 years of experience in agribusiness, technical support, or other industrial settings.
• Strong Organizational and Communication skills, as well as close attention to detail
• Strong knowledge of the general computer software programs, as well as experience with spreadsheets

Your Compensation and Benefits

Expected annual salary for this role will be $65, 000 - $90, 000, plus eligible for an annual bonus. This is dependent upon job related knowledge, experience, and skills.

Benefits will include the ability to elect health care and wellness plans, dental and vision plans, flexible and virtual work options (where available), 401(k) Savings Plan with company match, paid holidays, paid time off, health savings and flexible spending accounts, reimbursement for continuing education, life insurance, and other supplemental insurance plans.

Your Workplace and Travel

You will be working a remote role based out of Sioux City, Iowa. Approximately 50% travel is required.

We value inclusion and recognize the innovation a diverse workforce delivers to our farmers. Through our recruitment efforts, we are committed to building a team that includes a variety of experiences, backgrounds, cultures and perspectives.

Join us as we bring agriculture into the future and apply now!

Grain & Protein Technologies is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.

1. GPT Purpose: Feeding the World Better, through high quality grain and responsibly raised protein

2. GPT Mission: Make Farmers and Agribusiness Managers more productive and more profitable

3. GPT Culture: Winning Values and Winning Behaviors that nurtures a "Winners Win" culture of excellence

4. GPT Approach: Achieve balanced and sustainable success for Employees, Customers, and OwnersGrain & Protein Technologies is a leading global designer, manufacturer, and marketer of reliable, durable, and innovative equipment solutions for grain, seed, poultry, egg, and swine production. Generating $1.1 billion in annual revenue, the Company serves farmers and agribusiness managers in over 100 countries and currently operates 19 manufacturing facilities across 5 continents, employing more than 3600 people.

The Company goes to market with its strong portfolio of industry leading brands - GSI, Cumberland, AP, Tecno, Cimbria, Aerotech, Reventa, and Euroemme. With its Company Purpose of "Feeding the World Better", Grain & Protein Technologies emphasizes advancing smart technologies and offering innovative technical solutions to make farmers and agribusiness managers more productive and profitable in a sustainable way.