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

📌 Agronomist: Brassicas (Madrid)
🏢 Sakata Seed
📍 Madrid