Agri Manager

Ravensdown Limited; Alexandra; On-site; NZD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company car

Phone

Laptop

Clothing provided

Competitive salary

5% superannuation

Medical insurance

Training and development

Supportive team culture

Job summary

Ravensdown Alexandra is seeking an experienced Agri Manager to advise farmers on soil, pasture, crops, and animals, promoting sustainable practices and environmental stewardship.

Based in Alexandra with flexible working options, you’ll travel across Otago to build partnerships, deliver tailored solutions, and help farmers maximise land value while reducing environmental impact.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of hands-on customer engagement and sales.
• Solid knowledge of farming systems and soil fertility.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
• Awareness of NZ environmental policies affecting farming.
• Tech-savvy with experience in agricultural technology systems.
• Bachelor's degree in agriculture or related field preferred.

Responsibilities

• Build partnerships with farmers and deliver tailored solutions.
• Plan and conduct customer visits to achieve sales targets.
• Use technology to boost profitability and environmental stewardship.
• Develop strategies to reduce environmental impact and increase land value.
• Work independently in a remote region and manage day-to-day responsibilities.
• Pursue ongoing learning and development.

Skills

Customer engagement

Sales growth

Relationship building

Communication skills

Policy awareness

Agricultural technology

Education

Bachelor's degree in agriculture

Job description

Agri Manager

Ravensdown Alexandra, Other / Non-US, New Zealand

About this position

Are you passionate about agriculture and ready to help shape the future of farming? We’re on the lookout for a driven, customer-focused Agri professional to join our Otago team. You will be based out of our Alexandra Office; however, we are open to flexible working arrangements.

As an Agri Manager, you’ll be a trusted advisor to farmers, helping them get the best from their soil, pasture, crops, and animals while guiding them towards environmentally sustainable practices. You’ll play a vital role in reducing environmental impacts and unlocking value from the land through expert nutrient advice, innovative services, and top-quality products.

This is a role where every day counts – you’ll spend most of your time on farm, building strong relationships, identifying needs, and delivering tailored solutions that make a real difference. Your region will cover predominantly sheep and beef customers with some dairy customers across the region.

What You’ll Do

• Build strong partnerships with farmers, understanding their needs and delivering solutions that drive success.
• Plan and implement customer visits, achieving sales targets while providing expert advice.
• Use cutting-edge technology to help shareholders boost profitability and lead in environmental stewardship.
• Create strategies to reduce environmental impact and optimise land value.
• Ability to work independently and confidently in a remote region, using initiative and sound judgement while managing day-to-day responsibilities.
• Keep learning and growing – because your development matters too.

What You’ll Bring

• A can‑do attitude and a genuine passion for the agriculture industry.
• 2 + years of hands‑on experience engaging with customers, driving sales growth, and fostering authentic business relationships.
• Solid knowledge of farming systems and soil fertility.
• Excellent communication skills – you love a good yarn and can build trust easily.
• Awareness of New Zealand’s evolving environmental policies and their impact on farming.
• Tech‑savvy with experience in agricultural technology systems.
• Ideally, a Bachelor’s degree in agriculture or a related field.

Why You’ll Love It Here

• Company car, phone, laptop, and clothing provided.
• Competitive salary, 5% superannuation, individual medical insurance.
• Ongoing training and development – we invest in your growth.
• Fantastic career opportunity within our co‑operative
• A supportive, down‑to‑earth team culture.

About the company

Ravensdown as a co‑operative is all about essential farm inputs, and smart people using smart tools with the latest science in mind and our shareholders’ interests at heart.

Our work is guided by strong values that shape how we operate every day:

These values are central to our culture and are actively lived, recognised, and celebrated across the organisation.

We are an integral part of the food creation process. We are the only co‑operative that tests for, advises about, buys, ships, stores, spreads, measures and maps food creating nutrients and fertiliser in a truly integrated way.

Using technology, science, and smart people, we work in partnership with our farmers to provide the nutrients and agronomic solutions they need, together with innovative environmental products and services.

Through this, we are committed to Smarter farming for a better New Zealand, Ka pūkekotia a Rongomātāne, ka poho kererū a Aotearoa

Ravensdown is committed to a drug and alcohol free workplace. The successful applicant will be required to undergo a pre‑employment drug and alcohol test.