Market Development Agronomist

Land O'Lakes; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 93,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company leased vehicle

Medical, dental, vision insurance

PTO

Job summary

Land O'Lakes is seeking a high-impact agronomy specialist in Oregon to lead advanced acre initiatives with retailers and growers. You will coach teams, deliver training, and partner with product managers to shape the pipeline.

The role combines customer-facing coaching with internal collaboration, requiring strong communication, leadership, and agronomy expertise. A company vehicle is provided, with up to 50% travel.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in agriculture or business field; 5+ years industry experience, or 10 years agronomy/leadership experience.
• Advanced degree (MS/PhD) in agronomy preferred but not required.
• Experience coaching, training, and executing technical agronomic decisions and educating others on products and programs.
• Ability to build internal and external working relationships and influence stakeholders.
• Proven success communicating with senior leadership and diagnosing customer needs.
• Proactive communicator with strong written, verbal and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• 40% Customer facing: coach and differentiate Advanced Acre strategy with retailers; support sales calls with technical expertise; lead training and virtual service delivery.
• 40% Non-customer facing: inform product managers, create local market insights, support internal trainings and sales teams.
• 20% Other: participate in COE trainings, regional meetings, and develop training plans and materials.

Skills

Communication

Leadership

Coaching

Agronomy knowledge

Stakeholder management

Independent work

Education

Bachelor's degree (agriculture/business)

MS/PhD preferred

Tools

Salesforce

Microsoft Office

Teams

Zoom

CRM software

Job description

Job Responsibilities

• 40% Customer Facing: Advanced Acre Execution and Coaching w/Retail SellersServes as the technical specialist in leveraging the Advanced Acre strategy to differentiate our system.Enables the creation of new markets by combining products, data insights and services to drive revenue growth and capture new markets.Coaches the Advanced Acre solutions strategy to assigned retail sellers and designated growers in conjunction with internal sales team as determined from Account Plans.Partners with the Sales Development Manager on targeted sales activities, providing technical expertise and knowledge during sales calls and visits with customers.Conduct technical training opportunities to include CPP & Seed products, services platform for identified retail locations, and Answer Plots in collaboration with SDMsFacilitate virtual services, agronomic and product delivery through identified video and digital platforms.Provides Innovation/Insight trials direction and execution to identified owners and internal staff
• 40% Non-Customer Facing: Partner with WinField United Product ManagersHelp inform and drive product pipeline by providing feedback and representation from local market.Create local insights and differentiated product positioning to aide in the seed and cpp selling story for the retail selling base in specified geography.Assist Product Managers to do internal trainings with Business Unit sales teams.
• 20% Other Activities: Actively engage in enhancing skill sets through the Center of Excellence (COE), internal training meetings, etc.Collaboration with key regional influencers (ex: basic partner agronomists)Attend regional/national meetings through business planning and creation of training plans, materials, and pre-call preparation.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in agriculture or business-related field plus 5 years of industry experience; or an equivalent of 10 years of successful work experience in agronomy and recommend 1-2 years of people leadership experience
• Advanced degree including MS or PhD in agronomy or closely related field is preferred but not required
• Experience coaching, training, and executing technical agronomic decisions and developing and educating others on products, services, and programs
• Ability to create working relationships internally and externally
• Demonstrated success in interacting with key stakeholders and more senior leadership
• Experience diagnosing customer expectations and needs and responds promptly
• Proactive communicator with exceptional written, verbal, and formal presentation skills
• Trustworthy with a strong level of personal commitment
• Ability to make sound decisions and complete tasks in a fast‑paced work environment
• Proven ability to coordinate and collaborate with multiple stakeholders and to influence at all levels
• Ability to work independently and manage productivity
• Experience demonstrating agility and leading/adapting quickly to change
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Applications (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint); virtual collaboration tools (Teams, Zoom); and CRM software (Salesforce)
• Must have current and valid state driver’s license

Essential Functions/Work Environment

Ability to travel up to 50% (daily, extended hours and some overnight stays) to customers within an assigned sales area. You will be provided with a company leased vehicle.

Compensation

This is a sales role that is compensated with a target mix of base salary plus commission. Base salary is dependent upon experience/tenure and generally ranges between: $93,360 - $140,040  Target bonus is: Thirty-Two Thousand  In most cases, candidates offered employment can expect to be hired at a pay rate near the middle of our salary ranges.

About Land O'Lakes, Inc.

Join us and be part of a Fortune 250, farmer- and member-owned cooperative that is reimagining the business of food. We have been named a Top Workplace by Indeed and LinkedIn, and to the TIME 100 Most Influential Companies list.

Benefits for most full‑time roles include medical, dental, vision, PTO, life & disability insurance, education assistance, a 401k and a variety of well‑being resources. Most part‑time employees are eligible for prorated PTO, holiday pay, employee development programs, prorated education assistance, and a 401(k).

Land O'Lakes, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) M/F/Vets/Disabled. The company maintains a drug‑free workforce, including post‑employment substance abuse testing pursuant to a Drug and Alcohol Policy.

Neither Land O’Lakes, nor its search firms, will ever contact you and ask for confidential information over the phone or in email. If you receive a call or email like this, please do not provide the information being requested.

Land O'Lakes does not use Automated Decision‑Making Technology, as defined by California law, to substantially replace human decision‑making or make significant decisions about applications for employment or contracting opportunities.