Jon Riley Email & Phone Number

St. Louis, Missouri, US

US

• Acting as a General Manager, focused on developing and managing brand strategy for Valent Canada encompassing sales, marketing, pricing and product positioning. Directing portfolio product management including market.
• Drive the definition of the product pipeline delivering against the regional crop strategy.
• Execute business plans that develop growth targets and manage profit, productivity, and results. On track to strongly exceed performance net margin targets for FY 2021.
• Represent a complex, multi-class or multi-purpose product portfolio as an expert for the area to build product confidence and demand within crop protection supplier network and farmers they serve.
• Partnering with product management to identify product needs and practice portfolio management.
• Work closely with Country Lead, Finance, & Customers to accurately forecast short- and longer-term revenues and volumes and the associated maintenance of supply required.

Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia, DE

• Leading the proper prioritization and management of the regional product development portfolio in cooperation with regional R&D and global. Drive the definition of the product pipeline delivering against the regional.
• Trait launch manager for BollGard 3 / XtendFlex Cotton, XtendFlex Cotton, TruFlex Canola with Roundup Ready Technology, DEKALB LibertyLink Canola, and ThryvOn Cotton Technology, as well as other product development and.
• Led seed, trait, crop protection and digital solutions for Tailored Solutions customers. This includes providing new business models, guiding development of germplasm, chemistry and trait pipelines to address Tailored.
• Led project execution across countries, including project planning and resourcing while ensuring close alignment with the global project team. Lead cross-regional project team. Ensure alignment of key methods and.

St. Louis, Missouri, US

• Leading the proper prioritization and management of the regional product development portfolio in cooperation with regional R&D and global. Drive the definition of the product pipeline delivering against the regional.
• Trait launch manager for BollGard 3 / XtendFlex Cotton, XtendFlex Cotton, TruFlex Canola with Roundup Ready Technology, DEKALB LibertyLink Canola, and ThryvOn Cotton Technology, as well as other product development and.
• Trait Introgression Commercial Lead for Pima Cotton herbicide tolerance development projects with internal and external collaborators.
• Collaborated and drove cross functional alignment with Technology and Strategy leadership to shape future trait needs, offer commercial insights and analytics to support the right investment and priority of new.

St. Louis, Missouri, US

• Responsible for management of overall business results for Monsanto’s alfalfa and sugar beet businesses, including coordination across all brands to achieve near term gross profit targets of approximately $77M.
• Worked with Monsanto Strategy and Legal team for outlicensing / divestiture of Monsanto’s alfalfa trait business to Forage Genetics for $210M, as well as leading the initial stages of our transition process.
• In charge of leading all Monsanto aspects of new product launch (HarvXtra Alfalfa with Roundup Ready Technology) with key relationships within technology development partner companies, licensee customers, academia.
• Led alfalfa stewardship/legal activities ensuring Monsanto’s freedom to operate without loss of market access.

St. Louis, Missouri, US

• Various account management roles with increasing responsibility over time. Work involved working at all customers levels (headquarters, regional, and local offices) to ensure demand as well as with various sales teams.
• Strategic Account / Seed Portfolio Manager (2012-2014) – Responsible for sales of Monsanto branded seed business and Monsanto’s Corn States licensing business for MFA Incorporated, Wilbur Ellis Company, and United.
• Key Account Manager (2009-2012) - Helped strengthen Monsanto National Brand’s relationship with our strategic accounts in Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Arizona, in order to grow our overall seed and biotechnology.
• Account Manager (2006-2009) - Responsible for approximately $17M in annual sales of Monsanto National Brands of agricultural biotechnology traits, seed, and chemistry to distributors, retailers, and end-users in.

St. Louis, Missouri, US

• Responsible for all aspects of people management for three direct reporting employees, including day to day management, personal development, coaching/feedback, and incentives. Also responsible for one indirect.
• Responsible for the timely and accurate calculation and processing of payments for approximately 30 marketing programs with annual payouts in excess of $500 million.

Peoria, IL, US

• Performed seed, chemical, and technology sales analysis to identify sales progress, areas of potential growth, and possible need for marketing programs to reach targeted net income goals within the Monsanto sales team.

Washington, DC, US

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Agricultural Business And Management

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Agronomy And Crop Science