Agronomist: Brassicas

Sakata Seed Iberica S.L.U; Almería; A distancia; EUR 38.000 - 52.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Sakata Seed Iberica S.L.U. is seeking an experienced agronomist to help build cropping programmes for Tenderstem and Bimi across Southern Europe and North Africa. You will advise licensees and growers on planning-based decisions, drawing on local experience to meet local demand and export volumes.

The role allows home-based work or at our station in San Javier (Murcia), with good travel links. The ideal candidate has agronomy experience, knowledge of cropping systems, and strong Excel/MS Office

Formación

• Previous agronomy work experience.
• Technical knowledge of cropping systems and crop planning.
• Excellent use of Excel and MS Office software.
• Good level of English and Spanish; French preferred.

Responsabilidades

• Ensure visibility of availability to manage surplus and warn of shortfalls.
• Develop and support new growers with agronomy advice.
• Support reporting of growers' sales and crop planning.
• Oversee flow of seeds to growers with internal sales teams.
• Improve cropping plan and forecasting tool.
• Trial innovative agronomy ideas to boost productivity.

Conocimientos

Agronomy experience

Technical knowledge

Crop planning

Excel proficiency

Language skills

Herramientas

Excel

MS Office

Descripción del empleo

Working alongside our commercial and planning team, help build the overall cropping programmes for Tenderstem® and Bimi® across S Europe and North Africa territory. Advising licensees and growers on planning-based decisions, drawing from localised growing experience to ensuring enough product is programmed to support the demand from local sales channels and exported crop volumes.

What will you do?

• Ensure key members of the team have visibility of up-to-date availability so that surplus volumes can be managed effectively and give timely warnings of likely shortfalls of volumes.
• Develop and support new growers across the regions by giving technical agronomy advice for crop management.
• Help continue to develop our existing reporting system where growers report produces sales and plan their crop programming.
• Have responsibility for the flow of seeds into the grower base for the business, leasing with key internal sales colleagues.
• Continuous improvement of an overall cropping plan and forecasting tool.
• Trialling innovative agronomy ideas to boost crop productivity on farms.

Where will you work?

Home-based or at our station in San Javier (Murcia). Good link to airport for travel.

Do you fit this profile?

• Previous agronomy work experience.
• Technical knowledge and knowledge of cropping systems.
• Crop planning systems.
• Agricultural chemistry and fertilisers.
• Excellent use of excel and other MS office software.
• Good level of English, Spanish and preferably some French.
• Team player.
• Working in a multi-cultural and cross functional environment.
• Able to communicate clearly.
• Ability to push through barriers.
• Able to work in an anticipatory way rather than reactive.
• Able to work autonomously.
• Rigorous.
• Precise.
• Open minded.
• Innovative.
• Personable.
• Methodical.

You will be part of Sakata Vegetables EMEA team, which is part of the SAKATA Group. What makes SAKATA different is that while being a key international player in the seed business, the company has retained a family spirit. It is a people-oriented company where it is easy to communicate at all levels. As a result of its Japanese origins, it is a stable company with an emphasis on long-term culture.

Working at Sakata offers you the opportunity to join a well-established company in the seed industry.