Agri Manager

Ravensdown Limited; McNab; On-site; NZD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company car

Phone

Laptop

Clothing allowance

Job summary

Ravensdown Limited is seeking an Agri Manager to support farmers across McNab and surrounding Dairy, Arable, and Sheep & Beef operations. The role focuses on soils, pasture, crops, and animal nutrition while guiding sustainable practices and high-value solutions.

The Successful candidate will work remotely within a strong cooperative framework. You will travel on-farm, build trust with customers, and deliver tailored nutrient advice and technology-driven services to improve profitability and

Qualifications

• 2+ years of hands-on experience engaging with customers and building relationships.
• Strong knowledge of farming systems and soil fertility.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
• Awareness of New Zealand environmental policies affecting farming.
• Tech-savvy with experience using agricultural technology systems.
• Bachelor’s degree in agriculture or related field is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Build strong partnerships with farmers, understand needs, and deliver tailored solutions.
• Plan and conduct customer visits to achieve sales targets while advising on best practices.
• Utilize technology to help farmers boost profitability and environmental stewardship.
• Develop strategies to reduce environmental impact and optimise land value.
• Work independently and confidently in a remote region, managing day-to-day duties.
• Keep learning and growing as part of your development.

Skills

Customer engagement

Sales growth

Communication

Agriculture knowledge

Tech-savvy

Policy awareness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in agriculture or related field

Tools

Agricultural technology systems

Job description

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 Southern team, based out of McNab.

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 a variety of dairy, arable and sheep & beef 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.

In return for your skills, we offer a very competitive package that includes an array of insurances, company car , phone, laptop , and company clothing allowance, plus excellent training opportunities in a supportive cooperative environment.

Applications Close: Monday 26 October 2026

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.