Junior Sales Representative

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About the role

  • Junior sales representative selling Aweta produce sorting and packing systems for AdeptAg. Supporting greenhouse customers through site assessments, proposals, and installation handoffs.

Responsibilities

  • Support and grow sales of Aweta sorting, grading, and packing equipment to greenhouse and produce operations throughout the assigned territory
  • Learn each customer’s product flow from intake and singulation through sorting, grading, buffering, packaging, and pack-out to identify opportunities to improve quality, throughput, and labour efficiency
  • Conduct customer site visits and line walk-throughs to assess packhouse layouts, process-control requirements, equipment needs, and packaging formats including boxes, trays, punnets, and clamshells
  • Prepare quotations, proposals, and basic ROI/payback analyses in collaboration with senior Sales and Applications Engineering resources
  • Build and maintain relationships with growers, packers, operations managers, and other customer stakeholders and provide responsive follow-up
  • Represent Plantech and Aweta at trade shows, grower events, customer meetings, and on-site equipment demonstrations
  • Coordinate with Plantech Controls, Electrical, Engineering, and Service teams to support an effective handoff from sale through installation and commissioning
  • Maintain accurate customer, opportunity, pipeline, activity, and follow-up information in the company CRM
  • Maintain current knowledge of Aweta products, produce-grading technology, automated packing solutions, and developments within controlled-environment agriculture

Requirements

  • Approximately 1-3 years of experience in sales, technical service, operations, applications, automation, or a related role; relevant co-op or internship experience may also be considered
  • Post-secondary education in automation, electromechanical technology, engineering, agriculture, agri-business, business, or a related discipline preferred; equivalent relevant experience will be considered
  • Practical understanding of product flow and packaging, ideally within produce, food processing, greenhouse, or another high-volume packing environment
  • Hands-on exposure to process-control systems such as PLC-driven equipment, automated production lines, packhouse equipment, or food-processing controls preferred
  • Knowledge of greenhouse or fresh-produce operations, particularly tomatoes, peppers, and cucumbers, is an asset
  • Experience selling or supporting capital equipment, automation, or technical solutions is an asset
  • Strong communication, relationship-building, customer-service, and problem-solving skills
  • Ability to learn technical products and translate customer requirements into practical equipment solutions
  • Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple customer opportunities and follow-up requirements
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office and ability to learn and effectively use CRM and other business systems
  • Familiarity with vision grading, weight sizing, near-infrared/internal-quality sensing, automated packing, or palletizing technology is an asset
  • French or Spanish language skills are considered an asset
  • Valid driver’s licence and willingness to travel regularly throughout the assigned territory and occasionally beyond
  • Legally entitled to work in Canada

Benefits

  • Product training and mentorship
  • Collaborative work with experienced Sales, Engineering, Controls, Electrical, and Service teams
  • Opportunity to develop into a technical sales professional
  • Accessibility accommodations throughout the recruitment process

Job title

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Junior

Salary

CA$48,000 - CA$55,000 per year

Degree requirement

No Education Requirement

Location requirements

HybridLeamingtonCanada

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