Agronomist at Protege Management

Protege Management is a premier boutique Executive Search and Human Capital Management firm that offer both local and international companies bespoke talent and human resource consulting products and services across diverse sectors.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Angronmist

Location: Mali
Reporting To: Zonal Marketing Head
Department: Marketing
Prefernece: Milaian

Job Summary

• Agronomist with about 5 years of experience in Agro and Fertilizer Industry, closely working with Farmers, traders and NCO’s in the agro domain.
• He will support the Zonal Marketing Head in developing the market through Agronomy activities and act as a Techno Commercial face with the trade partners.
• He will be the subject matter expert (Agronomy) and provide valuable inputs to the Zonal Marketing Head related to Agronomy.

Detailed Roles & Responsibilities

• Conduct plant nutrition (Fertilizer and Agronomy) trials/demonstration at Farmers’ field.
• Implementation of mega to group farmer training/farm days initiatives and effective communication/education of Agronomic “Best Management Practices” to farmers from seed, fertilizer, agrochemicals, application with 4 R principles to post harvest technologies to increase farm income.
• Train farmers, local agronomists, extension officers etc. on advanced crop production technologies, fertilizer management techniques, seed and agrochemical application.
• Advisory/Training to farmers in meetings/crop shows/ exhibitions/personal visits.
• Liaise with Trade as Techno commercial face e.g. Agro-dealers/retailers, development agencies, university/extension agencies/NGO and Government officials.
• Communication of Promotional activities programs in his region
• Communication of promotional literatures, ideas, initiatives
• Collection of Filed data on soil testing, demo trials, farmers data etc using assigned formats.

Key Stakeholders
Internal:

• Zonal Marketing Head
• Head Agronomy Services
• Sales Team

External:

• Farmers
• Govt representatives.
• Fertilizer Traders/trade partners
• NGOs
• Research Institutes

Job Specification
Education & Experience:

• Degree in Agronomy from Reputed University with about 5 years’ experience in strategy building and Business Development of Fertilizers & Agro Products.
• Experience working with the regional farmers, government officials & NGOs
• Strong Knowledge about Agriculture and experience working in agricultural extension programs.
• Exposure in Mali will be an added advantage.

Essential Skills:

• Knowledge of Crop management, soil testing, farmers training.
• Entrepreneur Orientation, risk taking ability, nurturing.
• Operation Excellence, Team work with ability of multi-tasking.
• Open minded, Organizing, problem solving.
• Communication, Listening and feedback.
• Punctuality, work attitude and initiatives.
• Documentation / Upkeep of records.

Application Closing Date
6th December, 2019.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: [email protected] , copy [email protected] Using the "Job Title" as the subject of the mail.