Customer Solutions Agronomist

At Bayer we’re visionaries, driven to solve the world’s toughest challenges and striving for a world where ,Health for all, Hunger for none’ is no longer a dream, but a real possibility. We’re doing it with energy, curiosity and sheer dedication, always learning from unique perspectives of those around us, expanding our thinking, growing our capabilities and redefining ‘impossible’. There are so many reasons to join us. If you’re hungry to build a varied and meaningful career in a community of brilliant and diverse minds to make a real difference, there’s only one choice.

Customer Solutions Agronomist

This opportunity strives to deliver the following outcomes:

• Customers choose Bayer as their preferred provider for their operation
• Team members run their local business to benefit customers and Bayer
• Agronomic expertise and research supports team knowledge, customer experience and local business opportunities through improved decisions on-farm
  
  

This is a permanent, home-based position within either Calgary, Lethbridge, Brooks, or Bassano areas in Alberta. Local travel within those areas would be required.

What you will do:

• Jointly own and achieve squad P&L targets, in collaboration with all squad members
• Plan, prioritize and execute in short-term (90-day cycles), mid-term and long-term cycles
• Adapt, iterate, regularly reassess, and prioritize tasks to ensure continued progress towards squad outcomes
• Collaborate and co-create within squad to ensure clarity of accountabilities to maximize customer focus
• Leveraging digital tools and agronomic expertise position, support, and service the full Bayer portfolio of seed, crop protection and new business models, while also leveraging market intel and data insights to assess and prioritize opportunities
• Contributing to effective team dynamics as a self-managing squad, via activities such as peer recruitment, selection, and performance feedback
• Foster an inclusive environment of professionalism and safe working practices ensuring Safety and Compliance requirements are met or exceeded within squad
• Define technical strategy to meet squad data and demand generation outcomes
• Collaborate with the Market Development community to develop and execute field testing protocols to create broad based agronomic solutions and launch new products and solutions with the use of digital solutions
• As local technical expert, understand and communicate the agronomic position of Bayer products and solutions among the squad, customers, retails, academics and independent agronomists, ensuring new technologies have proper profile with key influencers and customers
• Provide technical support within squad on difficult product performance inquiries requiring additional technical analysis
• Support weed and crop protection management strategies and other stewardship initiatives for the Bayer product portfolio, including technical support and training
• Collect and enter trial data into Bayer enterprise data management systems (Velocity, Commercial Trialing workflow, Scout) meeting highest data quality standards and collaborate with Data Scientists to explore and apply advanced statistical techniques to analyze this data
  
  

Who you are:

• B.Sc./Diploma with a minimum of 2 years agronomy or agriculture research experience
• Currently hold/eligible/ in process of completion of either a CCA, CCSC, PAg, RT Ag or Order of Agronomist (QC) designation
• Strong understanding of crop production and agronomy (ideal to also understand Bayer’s product portfolio for seed, crop protection and digital solutions)
• Strong communicator and demonstrated experience in communicating technical material to non-technical audiences
• Ability to organize and execute a high-quality field research trial program
• Understands how to develop agronomic protocols that address customer needs
• Experienced supporting sales’ activities
• Valid driver’s license and ability to operate motor vehicles safely
• Ability to effectively supervise and coach summer students
  
  

Additional Skills/Experience Preferred:

• Advanced computer and database skills with ability to use MS Office Suite as well as other software like CRM or Tableau
  
  

What we offer:

• This position provides the use of a vehicle
• Competitive compensation and rewards package
• Collaborative, diverse and inclusive culture
• Career development and global opportunities
• Work-life flexibility programs such as flex hours, employee discounts, volunteer days, wellness, and other employee offerings
  
  

Bayer is committed to fostering, cultivating and preserving a culture of Inclusion and Diversity. We embrace and encourage our employees’ differences and believe that our people are our most valuable asset. The collective sum of individual life experiences, knowledge, innovation, self-expression, unique capabilities that our employees invest in their work represents our culture, reputation, and Bayer’s values and purpose.

All referral candidates must first be submitted via our internal referral system by a current Bayer employee in order to participate in the referral program. Once a Bayer employee has successfully referred you in our system, you will receive an automated email with instructions on how to complete your application.

Application deadline: October 18, 2024

Bayer welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Candidates participating in our selection process requiring accommodation due to a disability or medical need are encouraged to notify the Bayer representative that they will be meeting with to ensure appropriate arrangements can be made.

Location:

Canada : Alberta : Calgary || Canada : Alberta : Lethbridge

Division:

Crop Science

Reference Code:

830937