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Crop Protection Sales Agronomist<p>The <b>Crop Protection Sales Agronomist for the Western BU (Nebraska and Kansas </b>is the local expert resource for their WinField <span style="overflow-wrap: break-word; display: inline; text-decoration: inherit; hyphens: auto;">United Commercial</span> Sales teams, Market Development Agronomist (MDA) and retail sellers on value-added CP products and technical agronomy tools. Responsibilities include communication and training for internal teams and retail sellers as well as partnering with Strategic Marketing to provide agronomy input and direction for value-added CP categories. <span>This is a virtual/remote role, desired candidate will reside within the territory of: Central Kansas or Central Nebraska.</span></p><div></div><p></p><p>Job Responsibilities:</p><p><b>60%</b></p><p><b>Training, Communication and Employee development</b></p><ul><li><p>Primary resource for the Market Development Agronomist team for information transfer, communication of resources and professional agronomy development. </p></li><li><p>Work with Market Development Agronomist, Sales Development Managers, Account Managers, and Business Unit Leads to develop business unit strategies for product focus, agronomic messaging, data collection, and coordination of cross-functional training.</p></li><li><p>Plan and lead Answer Plot Experience Location activities, regional conferences, and other training courses to enhance agronomic positioning of Winfield United’s portfolio.</p></li><li><p>Incorporate national messaging of proprietary and partnered brands into local training and communication materials.</p></li><li><p>Oversee the execution of local on-farm trials, create local Answer Plot demo designs, and partner with the Market Development Agronomist on content delivery.</p></li></ul><p><b>25%</b></p><p><b>Marketing/Sales Input and Direction</b></p><ul><li><p>Serve as a resource for Strategic Marketing, providing resources, trends and direction for strategic needs in each product category to achieve business success.</p></li><li><p>Ensure sales-support materials contain relevant data and agronomic insights.</p></li><li><p>Lead creation of promotional and training materials in collaboration with Strategic Marketing leadership and Commercial Business Units, aligned with retail account plans.</p></li><li><p>Collaborate with Strategic Marketing to develop strategies and content that influence grower purchases from WinField United retailers.</p></li></ul><p><b>15%</b></p><p><b>Product Development</b></p><ul><li><p>Collaborate with Product Development to advance products through the Winfield United stage gate process and pipeline.</p></li><li><p>Work with Product Development to create data and insights to support sales and marketing communications.</p></li><li><p>Partner with Marketing and Product development to support a successful product launches.</p></li><li><p>Collaborate with Product Development on protocols for Answer Plots and on-farm trial strategies.</p></li></ul><div><p></p><p><b>Required <span style="overflow-wrap: break-word; display: inline; text-decoration: inherit; hyphens: auto;">Experience/Knowledge/Skills</span> </b>(to be able to perform this job)<b>:  </b></p><ul><li><p>Bachelor’s degree in agriculture or business-related field with 5+ years of industry experience.</p></li><li><p>Experience coaching, training and executing technical agronomic decisions, and developing and educating others on agronomy products.</p></li><li><p>Understanding of seed crop growth and development and physiology for core crops relevant to geography as well as environmental & agronomic factors that influence crop productivity. </p></li><li><p>Ability to create working relationships internally and externally while leading through influence at all levels in an organization.</p></li><li><p>Ability to make sound and timely decisions.</p></li><li><p>Experience demonstrating agility and leading/adapting quickly to change.</p></li></ul><p></p><p></p><p><b>Essential Functions: </b></p></div><ul><li><p>Must have current and valid state driver’s license.</p></li><li><p>Ability to travel up to 50%, some evenings and weekends; may require working long hours during peak seasons</p></li></ul><p></p><p><span>This is a role that is compensated with a target mix of base salary plus commission. </span></p><p></p><p><span>Base salary is dependent upon experience/tenure and generally ranges between:</span><span> $</span>107,680-$161,520</p><p>Target bonus is: forty thousand dollars</p><p></p><p><span>In most cases, candidates offered employment can expect to be hired at a pay rate near the middle of our salary ranges.</span></p><p></p><p></p><p><b>About Land O'Lakes, Inc.</b></p><p></p><p>Join us and be part of a Fortune 250, farmer- and member-owned cooperative that is reimagining the business of food. We have been named a Top Workplace by Indeed and LinkedIn, and to the TIME 100 Most Influential Companies list.</p><p><br>Benefits for most full-time roles include medical, dental, vision, PTO, life & disability insurance, education assistance, a 401k and a variety of well-being resources. Most part-time employees are eligible for prorated PTO, holiday pay, employee development programs, prorated education assistance, and a 401(k).</p><p>Land O'Lakes, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) M/F/Vets/Disabled. The company maintains a drug-free workforce, including post-employment substance abuse testing pursuant to a Drug and Alcohol Policy.</p><p> </p><p>Neither Land O’Lakes, nor its search firms, will ever contact you and ask for confidential information over the phone or in email. If you receive a call or email like this, please do not provide the information being requested. </p><p> </p><p>Land O'Lakes does not use Automated Decision-Making Technology, as defined by California law, to substantially replace human decision-making or make significant decisions about applications for employment or contracting opportunities.</p>

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