Dairy Technical Advisor - Kzn Midlands

Kerry Kopp Recruitment; Pietermaritzburg; On-site; ZAR 200,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Kerry Kopp Recruitment in Pietermaritzburg is seeking a Technical Sales professional to grow and service a local customer base in the animal nutrition and forage sectors.

You will develop product knowledge, write quarterly articles, monitor product performance with feedlots, and participate in study groups and trade shows to promote solutions.

Candidates should hold a B Agric or BSc Agric, or a 3-year Agricultural diploma, and possess a valid Code 08/EB driver's license with SACNASP eligibility.

Qualifications

• B Agric or B.Sc. Agric required.
• 3-year Agricultural diploma required.
• Valid Code 08/EB driver's license required.
• SACNASP registration eligibility desirable.

Responsibilities

• Sell and develop the customer base and service existing customers.
• Understand animal nutrition principles for technical sales.
• Understand forage production incl. dryland and irrigated pastures.
• Write quarterly articles.
• Monitor product performance using farm production data monthly.
• Participate in study groups and trade shows.

Skills

Sales

Customer development

Nutrition knowledge

Forage production knowledge

Education

B Agric / B.Sc. Agric

3 year Agricultural diploma

Job description

Kerry Kopp Recruitment

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Job Description

Selling - developing customer base and servicing existing base

Technical Sales:

• To understand the principles of Animal nutrition
• To understand the fundamentals of forage production which will include dryland and irrigated pastures as well as other forage crops
• Writing of quarterly articles
• Monitor the performance of products, to gather production figures from species specific feedlots & supplemented farms on a monthly basis
• To play an active role in study groups & Trade shows.

Qualifications:

• B Agric / B.Sc. Agric
• 3 yr. Agricultural diploma

Legal requirements:

• Possession of a valid code 08/EB drivers license

• Able to obtain SACNASP registration a Professional Natural Scientist