Remote Market Development Agronomist - KS Territory

Land O'Lakes

United States

Remote

USD 93,000 - 140,000

Full time

12 days ago

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Job summary

Land O'Lakes is seeking a Market Development Agronomist to serve as the local agronomy expert, coaching retailers and growers, driving Advanced Acre execution and pipeline opportunities. The MDA collaborates with SDMs and Product Managers to shape market strategy and educate teams on CPP, seed products and services.

The role is remote/virtual within the East KS/Garden City KS territory, requiring up to 50% travel to customers.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in agriculture or related field plus 5 years of industry experience; or 10 years of agronomy experience with 1–2 years of leadership
Advanced degree in agronomy preferred but not required
Experience coaching, training and executing technical agronomic decisions and educating others on products and programs

Responsibilities

Serve as the technical specialist leveraging the Advanced Acre strategy to differentiate our system
Enable creation of new markets by combining products, data insights and services to drive revenue growth
Coach Advanced Acre solutions strategy to retail sellers and growers with internal sales team
Partners with Sales Development Manager on targeted sales activities with technical expertise during calls
Conduct technical training on CPP & Seed products and delivery via video/digital platforms
Facilitate virtual services and agronomic/product delivery
Provide Innovation/Insight trials direction and execution to owners and internal staff
Inform product pipeline by providing local market feedback to Product Managers
Create local insights and differentiated product positioning for seed and CPP selling
Assist Product Managers with internal trainings with sales teams