Global Expert of Carbon & Regenerative Agriculture (FMX)

The Bel Group; Suresnes; Sur place; EUR 40 000 - 60 000; Temps partiel

Résumé du poste

An international agri-food company is seeking an Agronomic Engineer to manage projects focused on regenerative agriculture and sustainability in apple cultivation. The role involves understanding orchard practices, participating in sustainability commitments, and data collection for reporting. A strong background in agronomy and fluency in English and French are required. This temp position seeks a proactive individual passionate about sustainable agricultural models.

Qualifications

• Field experience in apple wine & orchard activities.
• Knowledge about orchard crop system and apple cultivation.
• Passionate about sustainable agricultural models.

Responsabilités

• Understand orchard context and apple cultivation.
• Participate in innovative apple practices and sustainability commitments.
• Collect data for sustainability reporting.

Connaissances

GIS

Engineering

Data Collection

Agriculture

Emergency maintenance

Water conservation

Technical Assistance

Formation

Agronomic engineer level

Outils

CAD

GPS

Description du poste

The Bel Group is a major player in the food industry through portions of dairy fruit and plant-based products and one of the world leaders in branded cheeses. Its portfolio of differentiated and internationally recognized brands includes The Laughing Cow, Kiri, Babybel, Boursin, Nurishh, PomPotes and GoGo squeeZ as well as some 30 local brands. Together these brands helped the Group generate sales of 3.74 billion in 2024.

Do you want to join a company with strong brands that puts consumers and responsibility at the heart of the decision-making process? Then Bel is made for you!

Are you bold, pragmatic and determined? Do you want to contribute to the transformation of an international agri-food company? Then come join us and measure the impact of your talent and energy in realizing an ambitious and sustainable company project!

#IWorkForAllForGood

Main Responsibilities

• Understand the basins where Bel is operating.
• Understand the orchard context in the world and especially the Group's operations.
• Understand the squeeze business including apple cultivation cost and identify the opportunities for Bel to participate in the economic improvement of apple producers.
• Have a good knowledge of the orchard activities of each subsidiary: apple need collection, zone practices, apple quality collection, price modelling, etc.
• Participate / organize benchmark about innovative apple practices (Farming for the Future, etc.);
• Drive change within & outside the ecosystem, spread good practices towards stakeholders.
• Participate actively to the implementation of each driver of Bel Sustainability commitments by contributing to local roadmap definition and their deployment.
• Be responsible for the project of GHG reduction at farm level within our SBTi commitments.
• Be responsible for the project to reach Bel's objective to have 100% apple orchards in transition to regenerative by 2030.
• Participate in the budget & business plan definition and follow-up to reach roadmap targets;
• Participate in apple / fruits network / ecosystem to explore best practices and defend the Group interests.
• Work on specific projects: apple price modelling, development of new basin, implementation of carbon measurement.
• Understand the relevant KPIs to track to monitor progress including carbon diagnostic tools, carbon accounting and carbon removals potential.
• Know the regenerative agriculture practices for apple / fruits cultivation.
• Collect data for Bel's CSRD reporting.

Work on specific projects: regenerative agriculture pilots, partnership with startups related to carbon mitigation and/or regenerative agriculture practices.

Required Knowledge and Skills

1) Minimum education level and / or equivalent professional experience needed

• Agronomic engineer level with expertise on regenerative agriculture projects.
• Field experience in apple wine & orchard activities including all agricultural aspects; sustainable production especially related with orchard resilience, regenerative practices and decarbonation.

2) Specific skills or qualifications (foreign languages, software skills, technical skills)

• Understanding of agricultural and professional environment.
• Knowledge about orchard crop system and apple cultivation.
• Knowledge about supportive tools to measure the quality and sustainability.
• Passionate about sustainable agricultural models.
• Understanding of the relation with the final squeeze product.
• Understanding of milk production and related sustainable practices would be a plus.
• English and French are mandatory.

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Required Experience

Exec

Key Skills

• GIS
• Engineering
• Engineering Practices
• Data Collection
• Irrigation Systems
• Agriculture
• CAD
• GPS
• Water Quality
• Biology
• Nursery
• Emergency maintenance
• Technical Assistance
• Water conservation
• Agricultural Equipment

Employment Type: Temp

Experience: years

Vacancy: 1