Precision Ag Specialist / Certified Crop Advisor

Stratford, PE

We are looking for a dedicated person to fill the role of Precision Ag Specialist / Certified Crop Advisor at our Stratford, PEI location.

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Purpose:

Provide consulting services, expertise, and training for the sale and support of solutions enabled by the John Deere Precision Ag strategy and other aligned technology and applications. Ensures ongoing Precision Ag mainstreaming and works with all dealership departments to sell and support precision farming products and services. Provide expertise at the dealership surrounding crop production systems. Build credibility with customers and enable dealership to participate in the development of comprehensive solutions for customers. Train and develop dealership personnel in agronomic best practices. Collaborate with customers' third-party advisors to ensure alignment and support.

Responsibilities

• Ensures understanding of John Deere Precision Ag solutions in sales, service, parts, and all other departments
• Implements the adoption of new technology and product offerings
• Provides recommendations on ordering option codes in respect to new technology products
• Provides solutions-based business consulting services to customers (i.e. advising customers on optimizing performance, reducing costs, operation efficiencies, etc.)
• Provides leadership across the organization for agronomic knowledge.
• Promotes understanding across the dealership of the latest production practices and their overall agronomic impact, including crop production systems, regulations, production data layers and key attributes, etc.
• Works with customers to ensure quality machine data capture, proper machine set-up and proper delivery of third-party's recommendations.
• Remains current on production practices, latest trends and changes in regulations.

Experience, Education, Skills and Knowledge

• • 2+ years experience in an agriculture-related role
  • Dealership sales, service, training, or other related work experience preferred
  • Proficient knowledge of electrical and wireless communication systems
  • Ability to operate with a solutions approach and identify existing/emerging customer needs
  • Ability to use standard desktop applications such as Microsoft Office and internet functions
  • Solid organizational, interpersonal, analytical and communication skills
  • Certified Crop Advisor Certification (Certification is required within 2 years of start date)
  • Ability to operate with a solutions approach and identify existing/emerging customer needs
  • Demonstrates leadership, organizational, project management, interpersonal, analytical and communication skills
  • Ability to work flexible hours and travel to store locations and customers locations.
  • Bachelor's degree in Agronomy, Agriculture Business, or Agriculture Mechanization or equivalent experience preferred

We offer full time employment, an opportunity for advancement within a progressive organization and a competitive compensation package which includes salary, merit-based pay, family health benefits and company pension plan.
Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

Please submit your resume today!