Technical Agronomy Lead

Technical Agronomy Lead

Job Description

Join the team behind iconic brands like Huggies®, Kleenex®, Cottonelle®, Scott®, Kotex®, Poise®, Depend®, and Kimberly-Clark Professional®  At Kimberly-Clark, it’s all here for you—innovation, growth, and the chance to make a real impact. 

You were made to create Better Care for a Better World: exploring uncharted questions, engineering innovative solutions, advancing scientific understanding, and constantly pushing the boundaries of what’s possible. You want to be part of a performance culture dedicated to solving real-world problems with purpose and precision. You want to work in an environment that promotes sustainability, inclusion, wellbeing, and career development. In this role, you’ll help us shape the future and improve lives for billions of people around the world.

It starts with YOU.

Please Note: Position located in SW Arizona or SE California.  Must Live within commuting distance or ability to relocate to SW Arizona or SE California, with K-C relocation benefits available.

About You

In one of our professional roles, you’ll focus on winning with consumers and the market, while putting safety, mutual respect, and human dignity at the center. Job responsibilities include:

Kimberly-Clark is seeking a Senior Technical Agronomist to join our agriculture team. This position requires a motivated self-starter to assist with our agricultural equipment development for the commercialization a new crop.  The position will be responsible for working with our agronomy team in designing and executing field equipment trials, improving harvesting equipment, and developing field equipment operation and logistical protocols.  This role will collaborate regularly with agronomists, scientists, and cross-functional partners in the organization; lead and perform extensive in-field trial work; and collaborate with numerous research and commercial agricultural partners.

Responsibilities

• Become the team’s go-to expert on agricultural equipment.
• Lead development of harvesting equipment, processes, management and equipment software, and logistical flow of a new crop to maintain commercial timelines.
• Perform field trials on various types of agricultural equipment and report results to help transition R&D concepts into commercial applications.
• Collaborate with commercial agriculture partners to ensure proper deployment and execution of equipment operation and logistical protocols.
• Work with internal and external commercial and R&D teams to troubleshoot potential issues and develop effective, cost-efficient, and scalable modifications or solutions.
• Conduct technical analysis of agricultural equipment and the effects on the overall cropping system to enable key business decisions relating to cutting edge technology.
• Work in a cross-discipline environment with high degree of flexibility, including working with external partner collaborations, public / private research organizations, etc.
• Mentor and build talent of team members related to agricultural equipment and processes.
• Travel, as needed, to lead harvesting activities, identify / analyze potential agricultural equipment, attend equipment trade shows, and support agricultural team objectives.

• Understand and embody our mission & vision

  Optimistic and innovative; solution-oriented; able to function in the speed and ambiguity of new crop development

  Collaborates well across functions

  Communicates and interacts with others with high levels of transparency and respect

  Strong focus on workplace safety

To succeed in this role, you will need the following qualifications:

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of agricultural equipment development
• Familiar with agricultural practices in the Southwest US
• Live within commuting distance or ability to relocate to SW Arizona or SE California
• Capable of performing in-field tasks >75% of time, including physically demanding field activities in an outdoor environment in high Southwest desert temperatures
• Demonstrated ability to accomplish tasks independently, while functioning in a team environment, to complete projects within required timeframe and budget
• Effective communication skills, both oral and written, and the ability to interact with cross-functional team members and external partners

Led by Purpose. Driven by You.

Total Benefits

We believe that our employees are our greatest asset, and we're committed to providing them with the resources they need to be successful. If you're looking for a rewarding career with a company that cares about its employees, then Kimberly-Clark is the place for you.​

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