Senior Crop Protection Officer

MorePeople; England; Hybrid; GBP 41.000 - 50.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

8% employer pension contribution

26 days' holiday plus bank holidays

Your birthday off as an extra day's</p

Free lunch every day from onsite café

Life assurance at 2 x salary

Private health insurance available as?

Discounted gym membership and cycle to

Salary sacrifice car scheme

Hybrid working, with one/two days from

Free onsite parking

Zusammenfassung

MorePeople is recruiting a Senior Crop Protection Specialist in the United Kingdom to combine crop protection knowledge with procurement and customer relationships. You will work with farmers, agronomists and suppliers to secure competitive deals and provide technical guidance, helping members maximise value from purchases.

The role blends technical product knowledge with commercial conversations, ensuring timely responses and accurate order handling.

Qualifikationen

• Experience in a crop protection or agronomy-related role is preferred.
• Enjoys working with people and conducting commercial conversations.
• Full BASIS qualification in Agriculture is desirable.
• Good technical knowledge of crop protection products.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills.
• Confident negotiating and seeking best deals.
• Attention to detail and comfort with data.

Aufgaben

• Build relationships with existing members and meet prospective new ones, highlighting benefits and savings.
• Provide technical advice on crop protection products and cost-effective alternatives.
• Keep members and agronomists updated on new products, industry developments and regulations.
• Collaborate with procurement to negotiate prices and secure competitive deals.
• Handle customer orders and enquiries, liaising with suppliers to ensure accuracy and timeliness.
• Use internal systems and data to review member accounts and identify opportunities.
• Organise technical briefings for agronomists, members and suppliers and attend industry events.

Kenntnisse

Crop protection knowledge

Communication skills

Relationship building

Negotiation

Data literacy

Ausbildung

BASIS qualification in Agriculture

Jobbeschreibung

We're working with a well-known business in the agricultural industry who are looking to bring a Senior Crop Protection Specialist into their team.

The business operates as an agricultural buying group, bringing together farmers and businesses to use their collective buying power to secure competitive prices on agricultural inputs and services. Working on behalf of its members, the team helps them make savings, access the right products and get the most from their purchasing. It's a business built around relationships, value and understanding what farmers actually need.

It's a varied role that brings together crop protection knowledge, procurement and customer relationships. You'll be working with farmers, agronomists and suppliers, helping members get the best value from their purchases, providing technical advice and making sure everything runs smoothly along the way.

It's a good opportunity for someone who knows their way around crop protection and enjoys the commercial side of the industry, as well as the technical side.

What will you be doing?

• Building relationships with existing members and getting out to meet prospective new ones, showing them the benefits and savings available.

• Providing technical advice on crop protection products and helping members find suitable, cost-effective alternatives.

• Keeping members and agronomists up to date with new products, industry developments and any regulatory changes.

• Working alongside the procurement team to negotiate prices and secure competitive deals across crop protection, fertiliser and seed.

• Looking after customer orders and enquiries, liaising with suppliers and making sure everything is dealt with accurately and on time.

• Using internal systems and data to look at member accounts, identify opportunities and help drive growth.

• Organising technical briefings for agronomists, visiting members and suppliers and getting along to relevant industry events.

What are we looking for?

You'll ideally have experience in a crop protection or agronomy-related role, with a good understanding of the products and the wider industry.

You'll also need to be someone who enjoys working with people and is comfortable picking up the phone, building relationships and having commercial conversations.

A few other things that would be useful:

• A full BASIS qualification in Agriculture.

• Good technical knowledge of crop protection products.

• Strong communication and relationship-building skills.

• Confidence negotiating and looking for opportunities to get the best deals.

• Good attention to detail and comfortable working with data.

• Someone who can organise their own workload, work to deadlines and use their initiative.

What's on offer?

There's a salary of up to £45,000, depending on experience, alongside a pretty good benefits package:

• 8% employer pension contribution.

• 26 days' holiday plus bank holidays, increasing with service.

• Your birthday off as an extra day's holiday (if it falls on a working day).

• Free lunch every day from the onsite café.

• Life assurance at 2 x salary.

• Private health insurance available as an optional benefit.

• Discounted gym membership and cycle to work scheme.

• Salary sacrifice car scheme.

• Hybrid working, with one/two days from home each week.

• Free onsite parking.