Job offer: Agronomist Consultancy (contract)

Announced

11/10/20243 month(s) ago

Job Status

Full Time

Job Type

Temporary / Contract

Expiration Date

10/01/2025 18 days left

Job Category

Agriculture

Salary

Negotiable

Job Title

Agronomist Consultancy (contract)

Job Presentation

Our Client seeks to partner with an independent and agriculturally focused agent or to offer a short-term contract not exceeding 12 months to a technical and sales candidate to support commercial agricultural producers and products in the Southern region of Zambia - South of Kafue, Mazabuka, Monze, Kaloma, Choma, Livingstone. Professionally and sustainably undertake the agronomic support and sales services of premium and differentiated products to commercial producers within the designated area and to positively contribute to the company’s overall performance.

Experience	3 Years
Education Level	Degree
Qualifications	BSc. Agric Degree or associated qualification, preferably with additional agricultural work related certificates or a proven track record of similar work experience in agronomic support and plant nutrition sales to commercial agricultural producers
Software	Computer literacy in Excel, Word, Outlook and PowerPoint or similar packages
Knowledge Of	Sound understanding and practical experience/knowledge of crop production, plant nutrition and agronomic principles, selling, marketing and negotiating within the commercial farming sector.
Skills To	Strong inter-personal, communication and negotiation skills to convince both within own organization and external customers. Analysis, judgment and provision of solutions to the day-to-day challenges of sales within the commercial farming sector
Ability To	Customer service and external customer relations management specific to the target group; commercial agricultural producers. Sales administration applicable to the target group; commercial agricultural producers
Other Requirements	Minimum of 3 to 4 years in an agronomy and sales role, specific to the commercial farming sector, with experience in seasonal planning, forecasting and budgeting

Requirements

Agronomic expertise and technical support
Plant nutrition product portfolio development, sale, implementation and monitoring
Digital farming solutions
Market Intelligence
Sales planning and forecasting, ordering and logistics
Credit application, debtor management and account query solutions
Stakeholder and relationship management, applicable to the commercial farming sector
Company policy, values and contract adherence and promotion