Essential Duties & Responsibilities: Include but are not limited to the following:

Agronomy Sales & Customer Service

• Shadow experienced NEW Cooperative agronomy sales specialist to develop selling strategies and learn the sales process.
• Provide unmatched customer service before, during and after the sale. Learn to balance achieving sales goals with servicing customers.
• Identify potential customers and work with agronomy sales specialists to build relationships with prospects.
• Understand and work to achieve personal, regional, and company-wide sales goals.

Agronomy Operations

• Execute necessary agronomy operations to serve customers effectively and efficiently by sorting and delivering seed, packaging, and delivering chemicals, and applying fertilizer.
• Assist with the planting and harvesting of seed plots. Perform yield checks and yield monitor calibrations.
• Aid in scouting and soil sampling for customers.
• Calibrate anhydrous ammonia variable rate technology equipment and create recommendations in SOILMAP.

Learning & Development

• Remain knowledgeable and involved in sales marketing programs of agronomy departments.
• Expand knowledge of seed, plant nutrition, chemistry, and the cooperative business model. Adopt a mindset of continuous improvement.
• Attend various agronomy trainings to deepen knowledge of products, services, and plant health.
• Seek additional opportunities to grow knowledge of agronomy and sales strategies.
• Maintain a strong professional network to connect with future potential talent or customers.

Qualifications & Requirements:

• Minimum of an associate’s degree or equivalent experience in agronomy.
• Must be licensed and insurable to drive. Class A CDL (Commercial Driver s License) with tanker and HazMat endorsement required.
• Commercial pesticide handler’s license required.
• Must possess an array of interpersonal communication skills for interacting with varying personalities, roles, circumstances and emotional status of teammates,
• Customers, and contractors.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Understand the seasonality of the farm supply business and the in-season time commitment.
• Must possess proficiencies of common computer programs and processes.
• Must understand common mathematics associated with agronomy application processes.
• Possesses problem solving capability and understands the operational processes.

Basic Employment Expectations:

Safety

• Performs work safely and uses the appropriate PPE.
• Checks the work area for hazards and corrects/reports unsafe conditions.
• Considers the safety of oneself, and other employees, and customers.
• Follows all safety protocols and seeks advice from supervisor when uncertain.

Communication

• Maintains open communication and cooperates with supervisor, departments, and fellow employees.
• Communicates with supervisor and others immediately when unexpected problems cause absence, lateness, or the need to leave early.

Accountability & Professionalism

• Abides by policies set forth in the employee policy manual.
• Carries a fair share of the workload.
• Promotes NEW Cooperative through positive, friendly, and professional interactions.
• Is punctual, follows directives, and works in an efficient and timely manner; accepts personal responsibility for the quality and timeliness of the work.
• Understands that satisfactory attendance is essential to the efficient operation of the work environment.

Customer Service

• Continually works to satisfy customers to address questions/concerns through effective communication, solving problems, responding to questions, and managing their expectations.

Personal/Professional Development

• Establishes personal performance goals and works toward these goals.
• Continually upgrades and demonstrates knowledge of the job.