Bill Hardy

About Bill Hardy

CAREER PROFILEComprehensive experience in sales and business development specializing in the agricultural industry.Extensive experience in business expansion, sales, and service.Proven self-starter with superior time management and organizational skills.Skilled in long and short-term strategic planning and organizing, coordinating start-up operations, and quickly capitalizing on rapidly changing trends. Successfully managed equipment, facilities, personnel, and multi-million-dollar contracts.Significant exposure to North American farming practices and equipment as acquired by living and working on a farm, working at a farm equipment dealership, being an AGCO farm equipment territory manager and product specialist.Superior written and oral communicator with an outstanding reputation in sales, instruction, organizational realignment, and morale improvements.Specialties: concept development, consulting, customer relations, financial, insurance, investments, networking, personnel, profit, promotional materials, safety, sales, supervisory skills,

Experience

1. Account Manager

   AGCO Corporation

   Jul 2022 — Present

   Currently managing 15 dealers in 23 locations within assigned territory. Yielded year over year growth post COVID within the territory. Systematic dealership support via monthly scheduled in person meetings to address orders, inventory, programs, incentives for company and dealer well-being. Facilitate dealer expansions and acquisitions to grow business for both the dealer and AGCO as well as pioneer new territories

Education

• Georgia Southwestern State University

  Master of Science, Business Administration; Management Option

  1993 — 1994

• University of Tennessee at Martin

  Bachelor of Science, Chemistry

  1987 — 1991

Skills

• Pricing
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Product Marketing
• Strategic Planning
• Product Management
• Market Planning
• Manufacturing
• Sales Management
• Inventory Management
• Competitive Analysis
• Process Improvement
• Start-Ups
• Budgets
• Product Development
• Sales Operations
• Customer Service
• New Business Development
• Sales
• Business Development
• Direct Sales