Job Description

Minimum requirements for the role:

• Must have a post-graduate degree in Agriculture or similar
• Minium 6 years experience in Agronomy and the area of agriculture, preferably in the Southern Africa market will be required
• Experience and knowledge of the seed industry will be advantageous
• Must have experience working with Government officials at all levels and navigating government structures
• Substantive experience working and/or living in rural African farming contexts and building relationships across sectors and disciplines will be required

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

• Coordinating products testing and registration in line with in-country seed policies and regulations.
• Preparing and implementing trial plans and design by existing TD system, including the collation of trials data/information and general data management to understand the outcomes and the impact on the strategy.
• Managing the TD Trials for field and vegetable crops by employing best agronomic practices, by knowing the agronomical aspects (pest / diseases resistance, characteristics, performance, etc.), yield potential, and potential segments in different markets.
• Providing product/crop training to the Sales and Marketing team, developing product specific technical information and offering technical support in product complaint handling.
• Preparing and reporting trial reports regularly.
• Leading and conducting market research and analysis both for Domestic and International markets.
• Working closely with the TD team in the registration of products in line with the regulatory requirements of the different geographies.
• Developing strategies regarding which crops to target and implementing solutions to get customers and stakeholders to engage.
• Qualifying opportunities and executing product testing.
• Preparing and negotiating commercial proposals.
• Generating new business by leveraging existing relationships and building new relationships across private and public sectors, NGOs, Government, Commercial and SHF.
• Providing market feedback and analysing data to aid in decision making.
• Travelling to trial sites and conducting marketing visits up to 50% of the time.
• Travelling to Stakeholders and conducting external and internal training.

Please note that subsequent to the screening and shortlisting process, all further communication will be entered into, only with the shortlisted candidates

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