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Senior Agronomist

Job Purpose:

• The Senior Agronomic is responsible for providing technical sales support across seed, traits, biologicals, and crop protection portfolios, while enabling the Customer Facing Squad (CFS) to achieve commercial targets.

• The role leads the localization, validation, and launch support of new technologies through field trials, farmer demonstrations, protocol development, data generation, and knowledge transfer.

• This position serves as the technical expert for new commercial offerings, builds confidence in the portfolio through training and stewardship, supports customer-specific agronomic solutions, investigates product performance issues, and drives innovation and digital transformation within Agronomic Excellence.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Accountable for Sales support in the seed and crop protection in Ideations.

• Supporting the Customer Facing Squad (CFS) in achieving sales targets.

• Supporting deregulation of new biotech. // Providing data to support product positioning.

• Accountable for knowledge transfer to all relevant parties internal and external.

• Accountable for compiling relevant data to support individual client needs.

• Supporting the execution and localization of new hybrid testing program and trials under farmer conditions to validate the technologies and solutions.

• Accountable for the localized launch of new technologies and products.

• Accountable for the support to CFS sales trial execution and data collection.

• Responsible for the creation, implementation and execution of field protocols including treatments, site assignments and data collection.

• Support the development and validation of field protocols and data.

• Create customer pull by developing, positioning and/or testing new hybrids, CP programs, traits and/or systems.

• Accountable for building confidence and competence by training on our portfolio, products, and agronomic information.

• Act as Technical Lead and build profile as technical expert for New Commercial offerings in Seed, Trait, Biologicals and Crop Protection.

• Accountable for large-scale demonstrations in partnership with CFS to identify the value of programs and ensure it is aligned to the overall strategy.

• Drive the safety agenda.

• Accountable for the implementation and training of stewardship and adherence to company policies ensuring all conditions of buffers, isolation zones, seed logs and harvest disposition are followed.

• Accountable for creating pull at channel partner and grower level.

• Responsible to integrate and incorporate products into agronomic systems and make recommendations on adjustments to cropping systems. // Accountable in product performance issues.

• Accountable for investigation product complaints, writing of technical report and advising CFS on actions.

• Writing of relevant articles and information brochures.

• Accountable for the development of a Sales Support strategy linked to the specific needs of the customer.

• Build and maintain relationship with researchers from academic and research institutions.

• Accountable for planning, planting, maintenance and execution of famers days trials and competency centers.

• Accountable for all commercial trial data timely captured into digital platforms.

• Basic FV support to farmers.

• To stay true to VACC leadership principals.

• Accountable for all agronomic excellence capacity within the CFS.

• Accountable to bring innovation within Agronomic Excellence.

• Forward thinking to identify future threats, opposition/ diseases /climate.

• Accountable to drive Digital transformation within Agronomic Excellence.

Experience, Skills and Qualifications:

• MSc degree in Ag/Life Sciences or related discipline or BSc Degree with a minimum of 5 years' experience in agricultural research related work.

• Superior understanding of Maize and Soybean crop production.

• Vast understanding of crop production systems used in Eastern highveld region.

• Good knowledge of Highveld farming diversity and how row crop production fits grower operations.

• Working knowledge of Ag technology.

• Strong data interpretation, visualization and communication skill set.

• Proven Knowledge transfer experience.

• Proven regulated trial responsibility experience.

• Customer enquiry handling experience, including professional investigation report and feedback.

• Track record of successful stretch projects outside normal work scope.

• Proven case of AI integration in project or daily work

• At least one written article published in agricultural media

• Excellent relationship and team skills.

• Understanding of implications of actions on the achievement of BCS short term and long-term objectives.

• Advanced written, verbal, and presentation skill set.

• Intermediate written and verbal English language skills

• Excellent organization and time management.

• Proactive partner with sales to exceed business targets.

• Strong digital acumen.

As part of our commitment to inclusion, we want to ensure persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact us at nicole.gien.ext@bayer.com.

Location:

South Africa : Mpumalanga : Middelburg

Division:

Crop Science

Reference Code:

876832

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