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Employment Opportunity Commercial Sales Manager
from The Grower July 2023
by The Grower
Vesey's Seeds Ltd., Canada's largest Mail Order Gardening business, is seeking a Commercial Sales Manager to join their team in York, Prince Edward Island. With a rich history of over 80 years in the industry, Vesey's Seeds is known for its commitment to customer and employee loyalty.
In this role, the Commercial Sales Manager will lead a small team in managing the commercial sales division. Responsibilities include pricing orders, communicating with customers and growers, identifying new sales opportunities, ensuring customer satisfaction, managing orders and invoicing, preparing reports, representing the company at events, and providing support for the smooth functioning of the department. Vesey's Seeds offers competitive wages ($55,000-$70,000 annually plus bonus), a full-time schedule, casual dress code, health care package, paid time off, pension plan, and opportunities for growth and promotion.
To be considered for this position, candidates should have a university degree in Agriculture with coursework in business administration and sales experience. Strong interpersonal and communication skills, organizational abilities, problem-solving capabilities, and leadership qualities are essential.
Join Vesey's Seeds Ltd. and contribute to their mission of delivering topquality products and exceptional customer service. Interested candidates are encouraged to apply by submitting their resume and cover letter to work@veseys.com. Only qualified applicants will be contacted for an interview.
through the east. Yet Manitoba and western prairies have had unseasonably higher temperatures, impacting crop growth early on. Although official acreage data will not be released until mid-July 2023, planting intentions are predicted to remain flat as reported by most provinces with total acreage in Canada rising only a few per cent. Although pricing in fuel and fertilizer have “stabilized” compared to the sharp increases seen last year, overall input costs to potato farmers remain at least 20 per cent higher than pre-pandemic levels, and other barriers to entry such as water and irrigation
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availability, land costs and rising interest rates, as well as a tight seed market continue to restrict expansion.
Despite the flat acreage, if yields are good and return to trend line in certain areas, potato production could still reach record levels in Canada.
With regard to the market, global demand for frozen fries continues to fuel expansion of processing plants and therefore the need for processing potatoes, and predicted shortages in the European crop offer potential export opportunities for North America.
Source: United Potato Growers of Canada
