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  • Posted: Jun 25, 2018
    Deadline: Not specified
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    Monsanto is a sustainable agriculture company. We deliver agricultural products that support farmers all around the world. We are focused on empowering farmers-large and small-to produce more from their land while conserving more of our world's natural resources such as water and energy. We do this with our leading seed brands in crops like corn, cotton, ...
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    Technology Development Representative East & Central Africa

    Scope of the Role

    Part of the CES Africa commercial team, you will act as a bridge between market and crop team.

    Main Purpose of the Job

    • You will provide technical expertise and leadership for the characterization advancement, development and commercial growth of varieties.
    • You will understand the grower needs & practices as well as market trend to secure knowledge transfer to the rest of organization .
    • You will support demand creation by using technical and practical product knowledge towards internal and external customers.
    • You will use agronomical expertise to bring agronomical solutions to growers.

    Key Responsibilities

    • Build strong relationship and partnership with key customers, distributors and external stakeholders in order to seize opportunities and accelerate growth.
    • For CES Africa, plan and manage with distributors & sales the pre-commercial trials, including promotional trials or platforms mainly for tomato, onion, bean, pepper, watermelon, cabbage….;
    • Executes protocols (trials, growing and harvesting) without deviation to meet applicable stewardship and regulatory requirements . Generate and analyse data to report to the Regional Crop Team(s), ensuring the products full characterization, positioning and supporting product advancement decisions by the crop team(s); Has solid information and evidence of product performance (FABS) and acknowledges and supports product advancement to commercialization
    • Uses Monsanto-provided data collection and data analysis tools (e.g., FTS and Spotfire ) to create reports to drive variety advancement / drop recommendations and/or FABs on NVIs and market extensions.
    • Continually identifies the FABS of new products and aligns them to market opportunities and market needs
    • Provide to sales team all the support to promote and sell new varieties.
    • Partner with sales and distributors through promotional trials, training participation to growers meeting and exhibition and claim inquiries to ensure resolution when needed
    • Interact with other functions (Breeding, Product Management), possibly through participation to the local Crop Team
    • Manage trials budget in alignment with cropXcountry strategy for CES Africa region.

    Education

    Qualifications

    Higher degree in Agronomy

    Work Experience

    • Experience in and knowledge of running trials and data analysis
    • Work experience of at least 3 years
    • Proven ability to deliver results in a multi-disciplinary team
    • Knowledge of the products and industries in which the company operates is a plus

    Skills

    • Excellent presentation and communication skills
    • Highly developed organizational skills with attention to procedure and detail
    • Showing agility and initiative
    • Customer focused
    • Demonstrable knowledge of the technical aspects of the business
    • Strong time and territory management abilities
    • Self motivated and results oriented
    • Ability to successfully work in a fast-paced changing environment
    • Ability to use new technology and stay up-to-date with technology needed to do the job efficiently
    • Analytical mind and critical thinking; demonstrated capacity to look for the reasons ‘why’ and ‘how’ behind results
    • Hard worker with the ability to work in both a field and office environment

    Languages

    • Local language
    • English

    Other

    • Driving license
    • Computer skills: Proficiency in Microsoft Office (including Word, Excel and Access).

    Method of Application

    Interested and qualified? Go to Monsanto Company on monsanto.taleo.net to apply

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