The Company

Established in 1958, Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers (NYSE and TSX: RBA) is the world’s largest industrial auctioneer, selling more equipment to on-site and online bidders than any other company in the world. The Company has over 110 locations in more than 25 countries including 38 auction sites worldwide. Ritchie Bros. sells, through unreserved public auctions, a broad range of used and unused industrial assets, including equipment, trucks and other assets utilized in the construction, transportation, agricultural, material handling, mining, forestry, petroleum and marine industries. The Company maintains a web site at www.rbauction.com and sponsors an equipment wiki at www.RitchieWiki.com .

The Agricultural Division

Ritchie Bros. is the leading agricultural auctioneer in North America. The Agricultural Division is the fastest growing division in the company and we are committed to the continued growth of the division across the continent.  The Agricultural Division specializes in the unreserved auction of agricultural equipment, real estate and complete farm dispersals.

The Role

We have an immediate opening for a Territory Manager to serve our customers across North and South Dakota, ideally based in Fargo or Sioux Falls.  In this role you’ll be responsible for developing new business.  This territory offers tremendous individual growth potential for the candidate who possesses strong skills in forging new relationships. 

The Requirements

Our ideal candidate will look like this:

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  A highly motivated and energetic sales professional with at least 3 years experience in a quota-driven sales position.


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  An excellent current working knowledge of agricultural equipment that perhaps was gained in a retail-selling environment with an equipment distributor or through rental sales.


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  You have the ability to meet or exceed goals without ever sacrificing integrity.


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  You are a natural at developing and maintaining honest customer relationships. To be successful at this role, your interest must not lie strictly with making the sale but in real, honest relationship building with your customers.  If we ask them about you, they’ll call you a friend.


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  Excellent prospecting and new business development skills, plus a proven ability to succeed in a competitive environment.


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  You are entrepreneurial by nature and one of your key strengths is your ability to manage your territory as though it is your own business.


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  Exceptional communication and presentation skills.

This job will require you to:

• Attend 6 to 12 farm auction sales, within the region as well as 5 auction sales in Medford where you'll meet with your customers and your colleagues a few times a year.


• Travel overnight approximately 3 to 4 days per week to cover the territory and 9 to 10 days prior to each sale.


• Work primarily from a home office and on the road.

Interested?

Ritchie Bros. offers Territory Managers comprehensive sales training, advanced sales tools, and an extensive peer and mentor support network.  And, we offer an excellent total compensation package that includes:

• Base salary plus performance-based bonus.


• Comprehensive health and dental benefits.


• 401k with company match.


• Employee stock purchase plan.


• Company vehicle, laptop, Blackberry.


• Expense account.

For the successful candidate this will provide a unique opportunity to get in on the ground floor of our fastest growing division and to leverage on the readily available opportunities for growth and advancement within Ritchie Bros.

If you’d like to make your bid to join our Ag team then please click here.

We thank all applicants, however, at this time only those selected for an interview will be contacted.  Candidate selection is made by the Corporate Recruitment Team in Vancouver, Canada.  Please do not call the local sale site staff about this position.