Scottish Seed and Environmental Specialist

Frontier Agriculture; Perth; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks a Seed & Environmental Specialist to join their dynamic team in Scotland. In this exciting role, you will leverage your agricultural expertise to support farm-gate sales and drive the seeds portfolio. Your responsibilities will include collaborating with sales teams, providing technical advice, and identifying market opportunities. With a commitment to diversity and a culture that values integrity and customer focus, this is a fantastic opportunity for someone passionate about agriculture and eager to make a difference. Join a thriving company dedicated to employee development and community engagement.

Benefits

25 days holiday plus option to purchase 5 more

Dedicated Learning & Development team

Employee Assistance Program

Increased parental leave benefits

Life Assurance scheme

Pension plan with employer contributions

Paid volunteer leave

Employee network groups

Cycle to Work Scheme

Free eye test vouchers

Qualifications

• Experience in the agricultural sector is essential.
• Strong commercial acumen and relationship-building skills.

Responsibilities

• Support farm trading and agronomy teams with seed sales.
• Develop strategies to grow market share in Scottish seed sales.
• Attend local events to provide knowledge and advice to customers.

Skills

Agricultural Sector Knowledge

Sales Experience

Communication Skills

Commercial Acumen

Interpersonal Skills

Planning and Organisational Skills

Customer Relationship Management

Job description

We are looking for a Seed & Environmental Specialist to join the Frontier team, based at our Perth office but covering all of Scotland, on a permanent, full-time basis.

You will support our farm-gate sales team with both commercial and technical expertise, to drive delivery of the seeds portfolio and budget in Scotland.

The Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Opportunities for a mixture of home and site working (to be agreed with Line Manager)
• 25 days holiday per calendar year with option to purchase 5 more days
• Dedicated Learning & Development team to support you and your career
• Employee Assistance Program providing 24 hours support & advice in areas such as health and wellbeing for yourself, your family & friends (up to 5 people in total)
• Increased Maternity, Paternity & Adoption leave benefits for eligible employees
• Life Assurance scheme and pension plan with employer contributions of up to 7%
• Up to two days paid volunteer leave per year (only applicable to permanent employees)
• The opportunity to join our employee network groups including LGBTQ+, Menopause wellbeing, Neurodiversity and Women’s network groups.
• Cycle to Work Scheme, employee retail discount scheme and free eye test vouchers

About You

• Experience and understanding of the agricultural sector is essential
• Specific experience of selling or advising on combinable seeds (barley, wheat, oats, rye, OSR)
• Experience of environmental seeds (conservation, green cover, game cover and forage crops) is desirable but not essential
• Strong commercial acumen and awareness
• Ability to build outstanding professional relationships with customers and colleagues
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal)
• A high level of initiative with strong planning and organisational skills
• The personal ambition, tenacity, and resilience to succeed in a sales and advisory role
• Flexible approach to work and managing changing priorities whilst still providing a responsive customer focussed service

Your Role

As a Seed Specialist your role will involve:

• Supporting the farm trading and agronomy teams with the sale of seed via dual calls, technical and commercial advice, and farm-gate prospecting
• Regularly attending our main trading offices for Scotland, located at Berwick-upon-Tweed, Perth, Newmachar, and Invergordon
• Supporting the seed operations and administration teams with pricing, planning of delivery, and communication of seed availability
• Developing and implementing a strategy to grow our market share of Scottish seed sales alongside the wider UK seed team and Scottish Seed Manager,
• Building strong collaborative relationships with the sales team and sales leaders and developing commercial understanding alongside technical knowledge
• Having presence at local events and providing knowledge and advice to customers via our in-field demonstration days
• Using data and insight to identify sales opportunities, commercial gaps, and emerging market in co-ordination with sales leaders and the Scottish Seed Manager,

About Us

Frontier is a successful and growing business. We are the largest crop production and grain marketing company in the UK, with over 1,000 employees and a turnover of more than £1.5 billion. With a vision to be the first-choice employer in UK agriculture, we are committed to delivering a culture where people are at the heart of our success.

Our business approach is underpinned by our core values – Integrity, Customer First and Expertise – or ‘ICE’. These values support our whole philosophy and way of working and we are always looking to attract talented individuals with either industry knowledge or specialist skills that will help us deliver consistently to these values.

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

We have a clear commitment to equality of opportunity and diversity encouraging fairness and equality of treatment for all. As such we encourage applications from all backgrounds.

We recognise the value of a workforce in which people from diverse backgrounds are encouraged to introduce fresh ideas and contribute to the business goals.

We are committed to providing a diverse and inclusive environment with inclusive employment policies, such as progressive flexible working and parental policies.