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  • Posted: Sep 9, 2021
    Deadline: Oct 4, 2021
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    Anglo American is a leading global mining company and our products are the essential ingredients in almost every aspect of modern life.
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    Regional Agronomist - East Africa

    Job description

    Key Accountabilities

    • Efficiently deliver commercial goals as agreed in the business plans and deliver appropriate product knowledge to be able to effectively use polyhalite fertilisers. 
    • Agree, execute, deliver and monitor commercial agronomic demonstrations
    • Source and assess local providers in conjunction with commercial partners (as available)
    • Deliver agronomic input into agreed business plans.
    • Scope, agree, deliver and monitor technical agronomic programmes
    • Collaborate with colleagues to help design roadmaps of technical work required to fulfill business requirements.
    • Support activities during marketing events of the product, e.g. farmer demo-days, conferences and agricultural cooperatives.
    • Provide a resource of regional agricultural, agronomic, profit/cost drivers, soil, environmental and fertiliser use knowledge.
    • Translate knowledge into USPs for fertiliser products in conjunction with other team members
    • Deliver agronomic knowledge transfer for stakeholders.
    • Support business development, through commercial leadership, so that all elements of fertiliser supply chain can be targeted.
    • Support product logistics and registrations.
    • Contribute to regional consideration of environmental impact of polyhalite fertilisers and agriculture, as required.
    • Develop individual capabilities to improve professional and business performance as required.
    • Liaise with central office function in respect of data requirements and monitoring.
    • Ensure compliance in line with code of conduct

    Qualifications, Skills and Attributes

    • A university bachelor’s degree or master’s qualification in an appropriate agriculture/agronomy/soil sciences discipline. 
    • Expert understanding of planning, implementing, managing, and reporting crop trials including reporting yield and quality benefits.
    • Advanced understanding of advising and implementing farmer’s best practice program.
    • Advanced in adhering to safety practices and protocols.
    • Advanced understanding of advising and implementing straight fertilizer programs, as well as multi nutrient programs. 
    • Proficient understanding of financial benefits of commercial analysis in coordination with the commercial team.
    • Developing experience and network with fertilizer producers, research providers, crops associations, agricultural cooperatives, or fertilizer wholesale of local importance.
    • Developing an understanding of trial design, interpretation, and statistical evaluations.
    • Good communication skills in English and local languages are essential
    • Proficient in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint

    Method of Application

    Interested and qualified? Go to Anglo American on cropnutrients.recsite.com to apply

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