Agronomist

Yara International ASA; Jakarta Pusat; Hybrid; IDR 180,000,000 - 300,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Yara Indonesia is seeking a dedicated Agronomist to lead public policy, stakeholder engagement and external communications strategies in Indonesia, based in East Java. You will join the Crop & Agronomist team, reporting to the Agronomist Manager in Jakarta, and collaborating with the East Java team.

The role emphasizes field trials, data-driven validation, technical support for sales and marketing, and strong relationships with farmers and partners.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in agro science
• 3+ years of demonstrable experience as an agronomist or similar role in Indonesia
• Team player with professional ethics
• Fluency in English, excellent interpersonal and written communication skills
• Pragmatic, resourceful and flexible approach to work

Responsibilities

• Carry out field trials on agreed crops and areas, collect data, and report findings.
• Validate feasibility and viability of solutions with data and demo/trial reports.
• Train the team on application competence, technical solutions and agronomy tools.
• Provide technical support to commercial and marketing teams for key customers and events.
• Maintain relationships with key farmers, distributors, research centers and other agri stakeholders in the area.
• Organize demand creation activities to promote Yara Crop Nutrition Program.
• Advocate product quality as Product Quality Champions in the area.

Skills

English proficiency

Interpersonal skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in agro science

Job description

We at Yara are part of a global network, collaborating to profitably and responsibly solve some of the world's key challenges - resource scarcity, food insecurity and environmental change.

About the Unit

In Indonesia, Yara has been present for more than 25 years, being a reputable brand in many crop segments, and helping farmers increase their incomes. Safety and ethnics are our licenses to operate. Our people have the ambition to make Yara Indonesia the best place to work, by empowering people on a day-to-day basis.

Yara Indonesia is seeking a hard-working, dynamic, and motivated professional individual to lead and drive its public policy, stakeholder engagement, and external communications strategic initiatives in Indonesia as its Agronomist, based in East Java.

This successful candidate will be part of the Yara Indonesia - Crop & Agronomist team. The person will report to the Agronomist Manager, who is based in Jakarta. He/she will also working with East Java team.

Responsibilities

The Agronomist role will be responsible to:

• Carry out field trials on agreed crops and area, collect and document data, and make reports.
• Validating the feasibility and viability of our solution, new product or new crop program with generating data and demo/trial reports.
• Train the team on application competence, technical solution and agronomy tools.
• Provide technical support for commercial and marketing team on : value adding to key customers, giving technical solution/advice/support both for team and customers on achieving bussiness goals and also on supporting important MDA events.
• Maintain good relationship with key farmers, distributor team, research centre and other important agri stakeholder in the area.
• Organize demand creation activities to promote Yara Crop Nutrition Program
• Advocate product quality aspect as Product Quality Champions in respected area, helping related stakeholder on solving product quality complain issue

Profile

An ideal applicant will have:

• A bachelor's degree in agro science
• more than 3 years of demonstrable experience of working in Agronomist or similar role in Indonesia
• A team player with professional ethics
• Fluency in English, excellent interpersonal and written communication skills
• Pragmatic, resourceful and flexicle approach to work

Additional Information

Knowledge grows through differences
Yara is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We believe that creating a diverse and inclusive work environment is not only the right thing, but also the smart thing to do. To deliver on this, Yara has firmly anchoredDiversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I) in our business strategy and has more than 400 employees worldwide involved in D&I ambassadors networks.

As part of our recruitment process, where permitted by local law, we may conduct reference and background checks. These checks will only be performed when deemed necessary for the nature of the job. Candidates will be informed by HR before any background checks are initiated.