Technical Agronomist II

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Technical Agronomist II 

YOUR TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The Technical Agronomist II is the area sales team and product agronomic leader.  The TA is jointly responsible with the ABM to achieve or exceed the established regional and territory sales targets.  The TA will enable the sales team success by utilizing their agronomic expertise to position the full Bayer portfolio of seed, crop protection, and Climate FieldView for tailored solutions with customers.

This role will support the Northeast Nebraska territory.

The primary responsibilities of this role Technical Agronomist II, are to:  

• Plan and Execute field scale testing programs including field testing of commercial Bayer seed products and Ground Breaker trials for new product launches from all platforms;
• Collaborate with Seed Dealers/growers to plant trials, collect required data, maintain and harvest trials;
• Provide technical support and training for seed dealers and Bayer sales team;
• Work with Bayer sales team to achieve local business objectives through technical support, consultation and training;
• Give seed dealer support provided strategically based on business priorities;
• Establish and execute effective communication and training strategies with Seed Dealers Provide technical information for seed, trait and chemistry products;
• Communicate agronomic positioning and benefits of seed and trait products and the benefits and uses of crop protection products;
• Develop and instill confidence in product recommendations and Tailored Solutions;
• Provide sales and business support;
• Create annual Agronomy Business Plan for communication/alignment with Sales Team with strategies and prioritized activities to achieve business objectives;
• Care for area impact on business results for the Sales Team;
• Plan and execute tactics to support identified business strategies and objectives;
• Participate actively in local portfolio management and future year forecasting;
• Assume Sales Team and/or Agronomy Team project leadership role(s);
• Build profile as technical expert in territory;