Regional Agronomy Manager

This position will require a significant amount of travel to various locations within region.

Nutrien is a leading provider of crop inputs and services, and our business results make a positive impact on the world. Our purpose, Feeding the Future, is the reason we come to work each day. We’re guided by our culture of care and our core values: safety, inclusion, integrity, and results. When we say we care, we mean it. We’re creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels safe, has a sense of belonging, trusts one another, and acts with integrity.    

Nutrien Ag Solutions is the retail division of Nutrien, providing full-acre solutions through our network of trusted crop consultants at more than 2,000 locations in North America, South America, and Australia. For more than 150 years, we have been helping growers achieve the highest yields with the most sustainable solutions possible, offering a wide selection of products, including our proprietary brands: Loveland Products, Inc.; Proven®Seed and Dyna-Gro®Seed; as well as financial, custom application and precision ag services.  

Through the collective expertise of our nearly 26,000 employees, we operate a world-class network of production, distribution, and ag retail facilities We efficiently serve growers' needs and strive to provide a more profitable, sustainable, and secure future for all stakeholders. Help us raise the expectation of what an agriculture company can be and grow your career with Nutrien and Nutrien Ag Solutions.  

The Regional Agronomy Manager (South Region) plays an important role enabling organic growth through technical leadership and optimization of our North American Agronomic Network. This role will collaborate with Region and Division leadership, Proprietary Products, Seed, Digital Agronomy, Sustainability, and local Agronomists to prioritize and execute training of specific products, technologies, and solutions. This role will lead detailed training programs that increase product knowledge, confidence, and adoption of predictable, proven sustainable solutions and align with grower challenges and commercial objectives.  

This role is located in Winterville, Mississippi

What you will do: 
 

• ​​In partnership with Division Marketing Managers, drive local technical marketing efforts focused on addressing grower pain points and production challenges while navigating them towards useful solutions. 

• ​Collaborate with data science and digital agronomy teams to build capabilities that optimize agronomic data capture, analysis, learnings, and knowledge transfer. 

• ​Establish and optimize a cyclical process to convert data into valuable, usable, locally relevant information and disseminate to support divisional business goals. 

• ​Collaborate closely with Division Leadership and local sales teams to identify and fill education and knowledge transfer gaps. 

• ​Increase crop consultant product knowledge, sales confidence, and adoption of predictable, locally-proven, sustainable products and solutions. 

• ​Lead area product performance resolution process and assist in documentation and investigation of customer complaints, as needed. 

• ​Collaborate closely with Innovation Farms. 

• ​Model our core value of safety by enabling a culture in which you are actively contributing to a safe work environment.​

What you will bring: 
 

• ​​Bachelor’s Degree required, experience may be considered in lieu of education.  

  • Degree in agronomy, plant pathology, entomology, weed science or related field preferred. Masters or Ph.D. preferred.

• ​8+ years of related experience required, preferably with consultative agronomy. 

  • 10+ years preferred.

• Active participation in one or more professional agricultural organizations is a plus.

• ​Current and ongoing maintenance of a valid driver’s license. 

• ​Willingness and ability to travel extensively up to 60% the time.​ 

Ready to make an impact with us? Apply today!   

The estimated salary that Indeed, Glassdoor and LinkedIn lists does not represent Nutrien's compensation structure. Nutrien is an equal opportunity employer.  We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.  

This job will remain posted until filled. In accordance with Nutrien policies, you will be required to undergo a background check, and may be required to undergo a substance test. While we appreciate all applications we receive, only candidates under consideration will be contacted.  

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