SUMMARY:
Our client who is in the agriculture sector is seeking a skilled crop scientist to service commercia
POSITION INFO:
Our client who is in the agriculture sector is seeking a skilled crop scientist to service commercial agricultural producers in the Southern region of Zambia.
Responsibilities:
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Agronomic expertise and technical support.
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Digital farming solutions.
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Market intelligence.
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Plant nutrition product portfolio development, sale, implementation and monitoring.
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Sales planning and forecasting, ordering and logistics.
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Credit application, debtor management and account query solutions.
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Stakeholder and relationship management, applicable to the commercial farming sector.
Skills:
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Strong inter-personal communication,
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Negotiation skills,
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Ability to define problems; collect information; make sound judgements and involve relevant experts,
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Exercising sales collaboration with internal and external stakeholders,
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Ability to work independently within a diverse and geographically dispersed teams.
Qualifications:
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BsC. Agric degree or associated qualification.
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Additional agricultural work-related certificates will be advantageous.
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Proven track record of similar work experience in agronomic support and plant nutrition sales to commercial agricultural producers.
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Minimum 3-4 years experience in an agronomy and sales role.
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MS Office experience.
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Agronomy expertise and knowledge.
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Fluent in english, written and verbal.