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Since 1908 Paterson Grain has been a leader in the Canadian grain industry.Paterson Grain operates an extensive network of country elevator stations and high-throughput inland export terminals across the Canadian Prairie Provinces.
Sales Agronomist
We are seeking a talented individual to join our Crop Inputs Team as a Sales Agronomist at our location in Swift Current, SK.
As a Crop Inputs Sales Agronomist you will serve as part of the sales and business team Paterson Grain. Reporting to the Crop Inputs Location Manager, you will be primarily responsible for ensuring our customers receive high quality customized service within an enterprising team environment; with a view to maintaining and expanding Paterson Grains business in the region.
Responsibilities:
Maintain a high standard of agronomic knowledge and personal customer service;
Provide expert agronomic knowledge, skills and advice to customers, other members of our Crop Inputs team and broader Paterson Grain team;
Achieve annual sales, service and business targets and identify new sales opportunities.
Develop and execute monthly action plans;
Develop seasonal customer service / sales / crop plans;
Develop nutrition plans from crop plans / soil tests / tissue tests;
Pre-season, in-season and post season field scouting;
Promote innovation and new products through annual demonstration plots;
Assist in other support functions as assigned by the Crop Inputs Retail Manager.
Qualifications:
Maintain professional designation (i.e. P.Ag or CCA);
A degree or diploma in Agriculture
previous experience an asset
Paterson Grain provides an excellent compensation package, consisting of competitive salary, pension, company paid benefits and great career development opportunities.
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE MAY BE OFFERED
Paterson Grain values diversity in the workplace. Women, Aboriginal People, Visible Minorities and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply and self-identify.
Essential Skills
- Reading text
- Document use
- Numeracy
- Writing
- Oral communication
- Working with others
- Problem solving
- Decision making
- Critical thinking
- Job task planning and organizing
- Finding information
- Computer use
- Continuous learning
Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.)
- Membership in a provincial institute of agrology
Work Setting
- Agribusiness
Type Of Work Experience
- Soil science
- Marketing
- Field crops
- Agribusiness
- Agricultural products processing
Specific Skills - Field Crops
- Seed/seeding production
- Seeding
- Quality control
- Plant breeding
- Plant disease, pest and weed prevention and eradication
- Plant growth and development
- Plant nutrition
- Marketing and distribution
- Inspection
- Harvesting
- Crop storage and preservation
- Classification
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