About this role
Crop Scientist (Southern Province)
We at Yara are part of a global network, collaborating to profitably and responsibly solve some of the world's key challenges - resource scarcity, food insecurity and environmental change.
Profile
Yara Fertilizer Zambia Limited is looking to fill the permanent position of a Crop Scientist to service the corporate and commercial agricultural producers in the Southern region of Zambia:
- Area of responsibility: South of Kafue, Mazabuka, Monze, Kaloma, Choma, Livingstone.
- Living location: Mazabuka, Zambia.
- Reporting to: Agronomy & Commercial Sales Manager - Zambia Cluster.
Role and Responsibilities
Professionally and sustainably drive the agronomic support and sales services of Yara premium and differentiated products to commercial agricultural producers within the designated area and to positively contribute to the company’s overall performance:
- Agronomic expertise and technical support
- Plant nutrition product portfolio development, sale, implementation and monitoring
- Digital farming solutions
- Market Intelligence
- Sales planning and forecasting, ordering and logistics
- Credit application, debtor management and account query solutions
- Stakeholder and relationship management, applicable to the commercial farming sector
- Company policy, values and contract adherence