Working alongside our commercial and planning team, help build the overall cropping programmes for Tenderstem® and Bimi® across S Europe and North Africa territory. Advising licensees and growers on planning-based decisions, drawing from localised growing experience to ensuring enough product is programmed to support the demand from local sales channels and exported crop volumes. What will you do? * Ensure key members of the team have visibility of up-to-date availability so that surplus volumes can be managed effectively and give timely warnings of likely shortfalls of volumes. * Develop and support new growers across the regions by giving technical agronomy advice for crop management. * Help continue to develop our existing reporting system where growers report produces sales and plan their crop programming. * Have responsibility for the flow of seeds into the grower base for the business, leasing with key internal sales colleagues. * Continuous improvement of an overall cropping plan and forecasting tool. * Trialling innovative agronomy ideas to boost crop productivity on farms. Where will you work? Home-based or at our station in San Javier (Murcia). Good link to airport for travel.
Do you fit this profile? * Previous agronomy work experience. * Technical knowledge and knowledge of cropping systems. * Crop planning systems. * Agricultural chemistry and fertilisers. * Excellent use of excel and other MS office software. * Good level of English, Spanish and preferably some French. * Team player. * Working in a multi-cultural and cross functional environment. * Able to communicate clearly. * Ability to push through barriers. * Able to work in an anticipatory way rather than reactive. * Able to work autonomously. * Rigorous. * Precise. * Open minded. * Innovative. * Personable. * Methodical. You will be part of Sakata Vegetables EMEA team, which is part of the SAKATA Group. What makes SAKATA different is that while being a key international player in the seed business, the company has retained a family spirit. It is a people-oriented company where it is easy to communicate at all levels. As a result of its Japanese origins, it is a stable company with an emphasis on long-term culture. Working at Sakata offers you the opportunity to join a well-established company in the seed industry. #J-18808-Ljbffr