Business Development Executive (South Canterbury)

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Full time
Location: Canterbury
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Job offered by: Alter Global
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About the role Farmers with Halter are writing the playbook for a world-first farming system, they are paving a new way of managing their land and animals, and in doing so, are unlocking more productive and sustainable uses of the world's agricultural land along with driving optimal profitability outcomes. Halter helps farmers to grow more grass and graze their land more efficiently while driving mating performance and monitoring every cow 24/7. We have removed many of the barriers farmers face on a day-to-day basis. Halter farmers don’t need to get up at 4am to get the cows in, put up a fence, measure pasture, or detect heats… they do all of this automatically and more proactively through the Halter App. They can schedule their mobs to meet them at the dairy for milking, run as many mobs as they want, and allocate precisely the right amount of feed. Welcome to farming with Halter! We are searching for a tenacious sales hunter to lead Halter’s expansion in the South Canterbury market. Whether you’re new to sales, have some experience or vast experience, we’re open to people who are driven, have a passion for farming, driving meaningful change and possess strong emotional intelligence. This is an opportunity to positively disrupt an industry and pioneer groundbreaking change on some of the highest-performing dairy farms. You will be leading the South Canterbury expansion for one of the world’s fastest-growing companies by helping equip farms with Halter technology that will transform the way they farm to become leaders in productivity and sustainability. You will be working closely with a passionate Customer team on the ground in the area and backed by a team of exceptional people at Halter’s Auckland HQ, to ensure this is the best & highest-impact job you’ll ever have. This role would ideally be located anywhere in the South Canterbury region. Who are we looking for - these skills are essential for this role and reflect how we operate every day. We expect applicants to demonstrate evidence of these requirements in their resume, cover letter and interviews. A connection/deep passion for farming:

Someone who has grown up on a farm or has a connection to farming, whether through personal experience or relationships with farmers. We’re looking for someone who has a unique understanding and empathy for the agricultural community. You don't necessarily need direct farming experience, but you must be able to relate to farmers and demonstrate natural empathy. Passion, drive and energy:

A natural sales hunter. Someone who is driven to exceed goals in a sales role. You should exhibit high energy, passion, and drive. This can come from your achieving excellence in a sport, your career, or other areas of your life. Examples of achieving high performance are what we’re looking for. Strong Emotional Intelligence:

You must have strong emotional intelligence, with clear examples of self-awareness and social awareness. You should be adept at picking up on cues and communicating effectively, navigating your own and others' emotions, challenges, and situations. Bonus things you could bring along to the role - These are not essential for you to apply Experience in growing new business, owning the end-to-end sales cycle from lead generation to close. What your day could look like On-farm sales meetings:

Understanding the needs and problems of your prospects then clearly communicating functionality, and benefits and highlighting value relative to each farming operation. Prospecting:

Building and growing a pipeline of quality farms fit for Halter, while continuously reducing sales cycle times. Managing newly sourced and inbound leads through the initial stages of the pipeline including screening and qualifying. Networking:

Building and leveraging industry relationships to establish and maintain Halter's brand. Forecasting:

Working with the Business Development Manager to enable monthly and quarterly forecasting of revenue. Growth initiatives:

Working with the Business Development Manager to optimise and evolve the sales process to become faster, more efficient, and more predictable as the company scales. Why our team loves working at Halter Every now and again a company comes along that disrupts and transforms an entire industry, leaving society in a better place. Few people get the opportunity to work at companies like these. Halter is an incredible technology transforming an essential industry. We have a genuine and shared connection to our mission to make a difference in the world. Our product changes the lives of our customers, directly improving their livelihoods and their lifestyle. Your work matters. Dedicate yourself to solving real-world problems alongside an epic team in a high-growth culture. The excitement, risk and reward of a high-growth technology scale-up on the global stage. Our ideas are truly valued, we are able to move fast, and our impact is real. Delicious snacks and drinks are available for your daily flow. Healthy body, healthy mind. We’re partnered with Southern Cross Health Insurance to support your well-being. We offer 6 months of fully paid parental leave for primary caregivers, 4 weeks of fully paid secondary caregiver leave and many other parental benefits that support you and your family. Our personal growth is important. Halter offers an annual $1000 self-development budget to be used for anything that fuels personal growth. Our time to recharge is valued, we’re offered wellness leave and unlimited paid annual leave. Importantly, we offer an inclusive and attractive remuneration package made up of salary, benefits and an employee stock ownership plan. $80,000 - $120,000 a year

About Halter At Halter, we’re on a mission to enable farmers and graziers to run the most productive and sustainable operations. Our customers are using Halter to break free from the time-intensive constraints of conventional practices. Imagine watching 500 cattle stand up and walk calmly towards their next break? No quad bikes, no dogs, no fences. Just a group of cattle walking at their own pace. People say it looks like magic. Our customers are revolutionizing grazing with Halter. It's changing lives and transforming an industry. People join Halter to do meaningful work. By joining us you’ll be solving challenging problems within a talented team and a culture built for high performance. Our team out-think, out-work and out-care. We’re committed to delivering real change in the world - this isn’t easy, and in truth, we love that it’s hard. We’re backed to deliver on a mission that matters by Tier 1 investors including

Bessemer Venture Partners ,

DCVC ,

Blackbird ,

Promus Ventures , Rocket Lab’s Peter Beck and

Icehouse ventures . To find out more, visit our

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Instagram . Join our team Halter is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive workplace — a place where we can each be ourselves and do the best work of our lives. Research shows that while men apply to jobs when they meet an average of 60% of the requirements, women and under-represented groups of candidates tend to only apply when they meet every requirement. If you think you have what it takes but don’t necessarily tick every requirement on this job description, please still get in touch and apply to Halter. We’d love to chat to see if you’ll be an epic fit! If this opportunity sounds like you, please apply below by sending through your cover letter explaining why you’re excited about this role and working at Halter, along with your CV, and we’ll be in touch! Please also feel free to check out the

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