Sales Agronomist

cargill • Unity, SK

2d • Onsite

About The Position

The Sales Agronomist will be responsible for contributing to crop input sales by leading with knowledge to position products that proactively help our farm customers grow better crops. In this role, you will use your agronomic knowledge to differentiate our organization from our competitors, leading to stronger business relationships with our customers, and in turn, resulting in incremental sales and margin opportunities.

Requirements

• Diploma/Certificate or Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience
• Experience leading through influence
• Minimum of two years of relevant work experience
• Possess a valid, full Canadian Driver’s Licence in good standing, authorizing you to drive independently during the course of your employment
• Must be legally entitled to work for Cargill in Canada

Nice To Haves

• Strong understanding of the crop inputs business and the significance of supplier relationships
• Strong understanding of agronomic services, farm customers and the agriculture industry
• Possess a Professional Agrologist or Certified Crop Adviser certification

Responsibilities

• Work with current and prospective customers to help them grow better crops through making sound crop production and risk management decisions with areas of focus to include crop planning, seed selection, nutrient, weed, disease, insect and harvest management.
• Execute on the organization’s crop inputs business plans to include customer meetings to build and support knowledge.
• Work together with farmers to build soil fertility and crop protection plans to suit their business and execute on products included in that plan.
• Maintain good relationships with our key crop input suppliers.
• Work with the location sales team in positioning products that proactively help our farm customers grow better crops to include joint farm calls with our grain team to support the full aspect of the farm.
• Independently solve moderately complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating more complex issues to appropriate staff.
• Other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level