Technical Field Expert - Centurion Verfied

Salary Negotiable Centurion, Gauteng Centurion, Gauteng more than 14 days ago 26-11-2015 9:03:51 AM
24-12-2015 9:03:51 AM
Our client is looking for a Technical Field Expert in Herbicides & Pesticides to join their technical team

Role purpose
• Technical expert- Herbicides & pesticides – Maize Crops / Senior Agronomist Proposes solutions including Integrated Crop Solutions to Commercial Unit (CU) taking into account the grower needs, market- and relevant crop trends.
• Build & deliver technical expertise & drive training by crop to support the achievement of crop strategy at CU level.
• Establish value-add and knowledge sharing relationships with key crop-, academic- and government institutions to shape and support crop strategies.
• Work closely with Maize Campaign Managers to ensure optimal value is derived from seeds, crop protection and ICS offers.
• Play active part within CU’s Campaign team to ensure delivery of crop strategies.

Knowledge, experience & capabilities
Critical knowledge
• ?BSc within agricultural field (entomology, plant-pathology, etc) ?
• Familiarity with relevant crop agronomy, seeds- (where applicable) and pest control practices. ?
• ?Thorough understanding of technical characteristics of seeds and/or crop protection ?
• Development, product screening and/or agronomic research will be of benefit ?Critical experience ?
• ?Substantial market/industry understanding and experience (2-3 years).
• Crop experience in the agrochemical and or seeds-industry
• Established relationships/networks and memberships with key crop- , academic- and government institutions ?
Accountabilities
• Gather agronomical, trends about given crop allowing for the buildup of assumptions for crop and technology development. ?
• Foresee growers needs, trends, gaps enabling the proposal of solutions concepts and assist with resource prioritization with the Campaign Team. ?
• Monitor competitors’ products & solutions to support Customer Marketing to highlight key Syngenta differentiation to our offers ?
• Detailed technical description (featuring) – “what solution does” to support product launches, campaigns and media messages ?
• Technical data generation incl MRL and food chain requirements, as input to build crop expertise, training modules(according to product- and crop strategy) and commercial benefit cases and marketing support data ?
• Support CU with technical product training, including the training of sales force (Sales Managers and Sales promoters) as well as agents in the field, on technical aspects of crop ?
• Coordinate pre-launch and launch field activities, including commercial demo trials to ensure product and crop strategy alignment ?
• Internal crop agronomist, supporting CU’s Campaign team as requested to deliver sales growth ?
• Active participation within Campaign team ranging from crop portfolio workshops, knowledge transfer, ?Technical Launch plans, build of Crop plans and support in shaping territory crop strategies ?
• ?Investigation of product complaints where required. ?
• ?Ensure the use of ICS (Integrated Crop Solutions) of Crop protection and Seed technology ?
Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Should you not hear from us within 7 working days, please consider your application to be unsuccessful. However, we will keep your CV on our database for any position that may become available