Overall Job Function: The agronomist works to proactively build long-term, profitable relationships – working with and meeting the demands of targeted customers of Farmers Cooperative Society.

Essential Job Functions:

• Direct agronomy product and service sales and service to a core FCS customer group while helping customers succeed profitably
• Drive innovation and execute sales of key FCS seed, fertilizer, chemical, and Site Specific Ag products and services. Match customer needs through customized solutions. Utilize the FCS selling system
• Participate in cross selling FCS Grain and Feed products and services
• Provide customized technical agronomy recommendations and follow-up service for customers. Handles/resolve customer complaints to ensure highest possible customer satisfaction
• Develop and maintain a detailed customer database to ensure effective and efficient handling of all information
• Develop a sales focused territory KPI support plan for the purpose of short and long term business growth individually and in conjunction with Lead Agronomist and Agronomy Development Lead. Collaborate with Lead Agronomist on shared key or transitional customers
• Work closely with Agronomy Tech on day to day task sharing.
• Accurate product ordering, forecasting, and communication of needs with all stakeholders
• Orchestrates customer needs with FCS operations including applicators, drivers, and others to ensure customer satisfaction. Communicate priorities effectively and manage expectations properly with customers and FCS operations
• Operations assistance at peak seasonal times
• Assists other sales reps/locations as needed or asked by supervisor, participates in “special projects”
• Other duties as assigned

Secondary Responsibilities:

• Ability to operate and understand mobile equipment
• Possess mechanical skills to perform minor maintenance tasks
• Maintains a clean and safe working environment, attention to unloading / loading trucks and moving equipment
• Ability to handle stressful situations professionally

Competencies

• High level of customer service focus
• Supports a consistent professional image of the company
• Observes safety policy and procedure as an absolute
• Attitude of positivity and reacts calmly under pressure
• Work ethic of the highest integrity
• Commitment to dependability and willingness to work to meet goals and deadline
• Effectively solve problems of agronomy department
• Comfort in adding, subtracting, multiplication and division of whole numbers, fractions and decimals

Education & Experience:

• High School Diploma + Related College Coursework
• Progressive, Positive Work History
• Excellent Written and Oral Communication Skills
  Technology Acumen Including Microsoft Software, Tablet Computer Use, Ag Aps, etc. SOILMAP.
• CCA Preferred with 4R Certification
• Class A CDL with Tanker and Haz Mat Endorsement Required
• Minimum of 2 Years of Agronomy Sales or Related Sales Experience

Work Environment:

This position will flex time between an office setting and on farm time. Office equipment utilized will be computer, phone, fax, copy machine and other standard office equipment. While on farm employee will be exposed to elements, loud noise, agricultural equipment, outside weather conditions and vibrations. The employees is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts, fumes and airborne particles. The noise level is usually moderate but occasionally may be loud. PPE will be provided and must be utilized when applicable and according to safety standards. Typical working hours are based on customer and organizational demand; hours may be long, irregular and including weekends and holidays during peak season.

Physical Demands:

While performing job functions the employee will be required to talk and hear most of the time. The employee will spend frequent intervals moving and sitting, while also needing to reach, bend, twist, crawl, crouch, stoop or kneel. The employee will need to be able to lift up to 50 pounds occasionally and 25 pounds frequently and maneuver on and off a mobile equipment. The physicality of this job is high.

Benefits:

• 401k Company matches 50% up to 10%
• Vacation & Paid Holidays after 30 days of employment
• Company bonus incentive
• Excellent health insurance plans
• Dental & Vision available
• Short & Long Term Disability provided at no cost to you
• Life Insurance
• Identity Theft Insurance
• Accident Insurance
• Clothing Allowance
• 10% Discount on purchases at the How-To Building Center

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  FCS job descriptions are a representation of a job requirements knowledge, skills and abilities. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.