Agronomist (Nelspruit) at Yara International

Responsibilities
Agronomic Support

• Integrating specialized knowledge of Plant Nutrition, Crop production and Soil Science to pro-actively act on market needs and technical advances.
• Provide excellent plant nutritional service and support to sales force and customers to ensure optimum crop health and production in the targeted crop segments.
• Support sales force and customers with Fertilizer recommendations and crop advice.
• Do the plant nutritional recommendations in terms of products, quantities, application and timing based on soil analysis and according to industry norms and Yara guidelines.
• Farm visits and field inspections to customers in his designated area.
• Attend agricultural/farmer’s days/events and give technical inputs/presentations.
• Develop the technical abilities of the sales force (Agronomic training).
• Support customers and sales with water management issues.

Marketing and Operational Support

• Align and prioritize activities with the local Yara commercial strategy.
• Communication and synergy with local commercial management regarding designated area’s commercial goals.
• Communication and synergy with local operational/general management regarding operational/general issues.
• Build and maintain excellent customer relationships and –service (internal and external).
• Marketing/promoting of Yara’s differentiated products and supporting sales force to increase sales of these products.
• Marketing/promoting of Yara OPP products (YaraMila, Yara Vita, Yara Liva and Yara Rega) and supporting sales force to increase sales of these products.
• Marketing/promoting the use of Yara Tools among sales force and customers. (AllFarm, N-tester, Check-it, Tank mix etc).
• Use knowledge of plant nutrition as well as company’s products to produce and update product manuals, promotional articles and other technical promotional material (e.g. crop leaflets).
• Market and promote new products and concepts.
• Investigate Customer complaints/claims and produce a technical report according to internal Yara guidelines and management’s requests.

Profile

• B.Sc. Agric. degree with majors in relevant disciplines (Agronomy/Horticulture/Soil Science)-Postgraduate qualification will be beneficial/recommended.
• Good understanding of geographic information system (GIS) technology and spatial data
• Firm knowledge of fertigation concepts
• Registered Professional Natural Scientist.
• Minimum 5-10 years’ experience in similar role/environment.
• Adequate English and Afrikaans language skills are essential.

Apply no later than

• 30 September 2023