About the Unit

Responsibilities

• 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).
• Specialized knowledge of Precision Ag platforms , GIS software, Plant Nutrition, Crop production and Soil Science to pro-actively act on market needs and technical advances.
• Provide excellent digital service and support to sales force and customers to ensure optimal usage of digital platform for crop health and production in the targeted crop segments.
• Support sales force and customers with digital recommendations and crop advice.
• Attend agricultural/farmer’s days/events and give technical inputs/presentations.
• Develop the technical abilities of the sales force (Digital training).

Responsibilities (Continued)

• 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 (Yara Vera, 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. (All Farm, 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.

Qualifications and Experience

• • B.Sc. Agric. degree with majors in relevant disciplines (Agronomy/Soil Science)-Postgraduate qualification will be beneficial/recommended.
  • Excellent understanding of geographic information system (GIS) technology and spatial data
  • Registered Professional Natural Scientist. SACNASP
  • 8 - 10 years' experience in similar role/environment.
  • Adequate English and Afrikaans language skills are essential.
  • Proficient computer skills (Microsoft Office).

Contact details

Apply no later than 03 January 2025