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Ag Equipment Sales - Mitchell, SD

C & B Ag · Mitchell, SD · 1 mo ago
On-siteFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role? The posting includes description of role, responsibilities, qualifications, benefits. No explicit headings given, but we need to use

for section headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must include a section only when posting has real specific content. So we need to decide which sections to include. We have description of role: "A Sales Rep maintains sales management information for customers, maintains company vehicles and equipment, conducts new equipment demonstrations, monitors trends in customer’s business activities and provides communication to management, maintains current knowledge of used equipment values and has the ability to evaluate equipment properly for trading purposes, maintains knowledge of financing for the purchase of new and used goods, and attends applicable sales training events/seminars." Then bullet list of responsibilities (some repeated). Then qualifications list. Then benefits list. We should not repeat job title as heading. We can have sections: About the role (maybe a brief paragraph summarizing role). Responsibilities (list). Qualifications (list). Benefits (list). Possibly Skills? Could combine qualifications and skills. But we have qualifications list includes experience, skills, etc. Could put Qualifications section. Benefits section. Pay: posting says "Competitive pay based on your experience". That's vague but it's a statement about pay. Should we include Pay section? The instruction: never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. It does state "Competitive pay based on your experience". That's a statement about pay, albeit not specific numbers. It's still stating pay. Should we include? It says "never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g. 'commensurate with experience', 'not specified', 'N/A', 'varies', 'TBD')". "Competitive pay based on your experience" is similar to "commensurate with experience". That might be considered filler/placeholder. The instruction says avoid filler/placeholder text. So we should not create Pay section because it's not specific. Similarly Schedule not mentioned. Benefits we have specific list: Medical, Dental, Vision, Accident Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Life Insurance, 401K, Progressive Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays – starting at 3 weeks of PTO in the first year. That's specific enough. So include Benefits. Thus sections: About the role (maybe a paragraph summarizing). Responsibilities (list). Qualifications (list). Benefits (list). Possibly Skills? Could combine qualifications and skills but we have qualifications list includes skills. We'll just use Qualifications. We must not repeat job title as heading. Use

for each section heading. We need to preserve all substantive information, not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include all details from the posting. Let's extract details: Company: C & B Operations, LLC. Location: Mitchell, SD. Role: Sales Representative. Role description paragraph: "A Sales Rep maintains sales management information for customers, maintains company vehicles and equipment, conducts new equipment demonstrations, monitors trends in customer’s business activities and provides communication to management, maintains current knowledge of used equipment values and has the ability to evaluate equipment properly for trading purposes, maintains knowledge of financing for the purchase of new and used goods, and attends applicable sales training events/seminars." Then bullet list of responsibilities (some repeated). Let's list unique responsibilities: - Developing relationships and expanding customer pipelines - Implementing strategies to increase sales and profit by prospecting within the defined territory - Creates customer specific proposals based on detailed needs analysis - Conducting market research to produce competitive comparisons - Developing and maintaining expertise on industry trends and best practices - Maintains sales management information for all customers in the assigned territory - Maintains assigned company vehicles and equipment - Conducts new equipment field demonstrations - Monitors trends in customer’s business activities and provides timely communication to management - Maintains current knowledge of used equipment values and has the ability to evaluate equipment properly for trading purposes - Maintains current knowledge of financing options to assist customers with securing the purchase of new and used goods - Attends applicable sales training events/seminars Note some duplicates with earlier paragraph; we should keep all but avoid duplication? The instruction: Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. It doesn't say we must deduplicate. But we could keep as is; duplication may be okay but could be considered redundant. However we should preserve all info; duplication is still preserving. Might be okay. Qualifications list: - Qualified candidates must have at least 3 years prior outside sales experience - Experience developing and winning new business in a highly competitive environment - Self-driven to actively prospect, cultivate and close new business opportunities using effective questioning skills to tailor solution benefits to meet prospect needs. - Exceptional communication and sales presentation skills - Relates well to all kinds of people and easily builds trusting relationships - Unwavering integrity and strong work ethic - Willingness to travel across the assigned sales territory to grow business relationships - Proficiency and knowledge of Microsoft Office products - Valid driver’s license and a safe driving record - Ability to meet physical demands and duration of physical exertion generally required to perform tasks in support of all job functions, for example - sitting, standing, walking, lifting, carrying, reaching, pushing, and pulling - Previous sales knowledge and experience with agricultural equipment and outdoor power equipment strongly preferred - High school diploma or equivalent required Benefits list: - Qualified applicants must be able to successfully complete a pre-employment drug test and background check. (This is a requirement, not benefit but appears under Benefits heading in original. We'll treat as part of Benefits? It's a requirement but appears under Benefits heading. We'll include as a bullet maybe under Benefits? But it's not a benefit. However we need to preserve all info. Could include as a note under Benefits section? Might be odd. Could create a separate section like Requirements? But we already have Qualifications. This is a condition of employment. Could be included under Qualifications as a requirement. But it's under Benefits heading in original. We'll preserve it as a bullet under Benefits? Might be mislabelled. Better to include under Qualifications as a requirement? However the instruction: Use headings only when posting has real specific content for it. The posting has a "Benefits" heading with content that includes both requirements and benefits. We could keep Benefits section and include all bullets under it, even if some are not benefits. That preserves info. Thus Benefits section bullets: - Qualified applicants must be able to successfully complete a pre-employment drug test and background check. - C & B Operations is a drug-free workplace. - Competitive pay based on your experience and excellent benefits including – Medical, Dental, Vision, and Accident Insurance - Short-Term Disability, Life Insurance, 401K , and much more. - Progressive Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays – starting at 3 weeks of PTO in the first year. - Opportunities to grow – We love to promote within and have excellent training programs available to prepare you on-the-job and for your future with us. - Our goal is to improve the quality of work life by using fair and consistent treatment and providing equal growth opportunities for all team members. - We are an equal opportunity employer as defined by federal, state or local laws. Note: The last two are more statements; still preserve. We should not include boilerplate like EEO/equal-opportunity? The instruction says remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. The equal opportunity employer statement might be considered EEO boilerplate. Should we remove? It says remove EEO/equal-opportunity boilerplate. So we should remove that line. Also "C & B Operations is a drug-free workplace." might be considered boilerplate? Not sure. It's a statement about policy. Might be okay to keep. The instruction: remove EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate. So we should drop the equal opportunity employer line. Also "Qualified applicants must be able to successfully complete a pre-employment drug test and background check." is a requirement, not EEO. Keep. Also "Progressive Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays – starting at 3 weeks of PTO in the first year." keep. "Opportunities to grow – We love to promote within and have excellent training programs available to prepare you on-the-job and for your future with us." keep. "Our goal is to improve the quality of work life by using fair and consistent treatment and providing equal growth opportunities for all team members." This is somewhat EEO-ish but not exactly equal opportunity employer; it's about quality of work life. Might be okay to keep. We'll keep. Now we need to output only HTML fragment, no /, no markdown. We'll structure:

About the role

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Responsibilities

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Qualifications

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Benefits

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We must not include Pay or Schedule sections. Now we need to ensure we preserve all substantive information from the posting. Let's compile the About the role paragraph: The initial sentence: "C & B Operations, LLC has grown over 35 years to include thirty-eight John Deere dealerships in six states currently has an opening for a Sales Representative at our location in Mitchell, SD." That's substantive. Then the description of role: "A Sales Rep maintains sales management information for customers, maintains company vehicles and equipment, conducts new equipment demonstrations, monitors trends in customer’s business activities and provides communication to management, maintains current knowledge of used equipment values and has the ability to evaluate equipment properly for trading purposes, maintains knowledge of financing for the purchase of new and used goods, and attends applicable sales training events/seminars." We should combine into a paragraph. Thus About the role paragraph: "C & B Operations, LLC has grown over 35 years to include thirty-eight John Deere dealerships in six states and currently has an opening for a Sales Representative at our location in Mitchell, SD. A Sales Rep maintains sales management information for customers, maintains company vehicles and equipment, conducts new equipment demonstrations, monitors trends in customer’s business activities and provides communication to management, maintains current knowledge of used equipment values and has the ability to evaluate equipment properly for trading purposes, maintains knowledge of financing for the purchase of new and used goods, and attends applicable sales training events/seminars." Now responsibilities list: We'll include all bullet points from the responsibilities section (including duplicates). Let's list them exactly as they appear in the posting after the initial description: "Developing relationships and expanding customer pipelines Implementing strategies to increase sales and profit by prospecting within the defined territory Creates customer specific proposals based on detailed needs analysis Conducting market research to produce competitive comparisons Developing and maintaining expertise on industry trends and best practices Maintains sales management information for all customers in the assigned territory Maintains assigned company vehicles and equipment Conducts new equipment field demonstrations Monitors trends in customer’s business activities and provides timely communication to management Maintains current knowledge of used equipment values and has the ability to evaluate equipment properly for trading purposes Maintains current knowledge of financing options to assist customers with securing the purchase of new and used goods Attends applicable sales training events/seminars" Note capitalization variations; we keep as is. Now qualifications list: as listed. Now benefits list: we need to include all bullet points under Benefits heading from the posting: "Qualified applicants must be able to successfully complete a pre-employment drug test and background check. C & B Operations is a drug-free workplace. Competitive pay based on your experience and excellent benefits including – Medical, Dental, Vision, and Accident Insurance Short-Term Disability, Life Insurance, 401K , and much more. Progressive Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays – starting at 3 weeks

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