Crop Consultant
About the role
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.
Responsibilities
- Sell company products and services
- Maintain sales programs within assigned territory/accounts
- Responsible for meeting annual sales goals
- Monitor competitive activity and trends
- Knowledge of product features, benefits, and use
- Provide training to employees, as needed
- Initiate trials that will support marketing efforts
- Interpret soil, tissue, and water analysis
- Research and respond to technical inquiries
- Develop proprietary fertilizer formulations
- Publish and distribute periodic summaries of agronomic observations and research
- Maintain and build customer contacts
Requirements
A bachelor’s degree in an agriculturally based program
Familiar with standard concepts, practices, and procedures within the agriculture industry as well as the application of agricultural chemicals
PCA License is required
Valid Driver’s License
Qualifications
Nearly 26,000 employees operating a world-class network of production, distribution, and ag retail facilities
Efficiently serving growers' needs and striving to provide a more profitable, sustainable, and secure future for all stakeholders
Skills
Proprietary fertilizer formulations
Technical inquiries
Customer contacts
Benefits
The estimated salary that Indeed, Glassdoor and LinkedIn suggested does not represent Nutrien's compensation structure.
The salary range for this role, in Oxnard, CA location, is between $68,640.00- $130,000.00. While we provide this range as general guidance, several factors are taken into consideration when making compensation decisions including, but not limited to, candidate skill set, experience and training, licensure and certifications, work location, and other business and organizational needs. Actual salary and benefits may differ based upon location.
We provide an attractive benefits package that includes comprehensive medical, dental, vision coverage, and life insurance and well as disability coverage for positions working more than 30 hours per week. In addition, we have a retirement program that encourages our employees to save for the longer term, with generous matching employer contributions. Our benefit package also demonstrates our culture of care with paid vacation, sick days and holidays as well as paid personal and maternity/parental leaves and an Employee and Family Assistance Program.
In addition to base pay, this role is also eligible to participate in our annual incentive plan, consistent with the terms of our program(s) where discretionary pay out of awards is reflecting components such as performance of the company and the employee.
This information is provided in compliance with applicable state equal pay and pay equity legislation and is the company's good faith and reasonable estimate of the compensation range and benefits offered for this position. The compensation offered to the successful applicant may vary based on factors including experience, skills, education, location, and other job-related reasons.