Field Solutions Specialist - Broad Acres - Canada

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Principales fonctions

Our North American Commercial function is looking for a dynamic individual to join our team as a Field Solutions Specialist – Broad Acres for Canada, ideally located in MB, SK or AB.

Reporting to the Field Solutions Manager - Broad Acres - North America, the successful candidate will act as a technical ambassador, internally and externally, providing expert support and training to the sales team, distribution partners and growers on the technical aspects of our products and their effective use, and adapting and preparing our products for registration and launch in NA.

The Field Solutions Specialist will work in collaboration with our technical sales, marketing, product management and other internal cross-functional groups as well as with growers, crop advisors, distribution partners, key influencers, government, university and other research institutes, grower organizations and cooperatives.

Tasks associated with this position also include, but may not be limited to:

• Provide online and in-person technical support for growers and distribution partners.
• Provide expert-level application and trial advice.
• Design, coordinate, analyze and interpret structured trials for regulatory requirements, marketing, and major growers (implementation).
• Define of trial priorities and protocols in conjunction with product managers.
• Develop technical documents to support customers in conjunction with marketing, sales managers and product managers.
• Provide technical review and editing support for marketing collateral.
• Adapt existing region- and crop-specific product-use recommendations and technical documents with applicable new information as it becomes available.
• Provide prioritized recommendations to product compatibility team for compatibility testing according to market impact and needs (tank-mix, sequential, in-situ, and equipment compatibility).
• Propose and manage trial and commercial-support travel budgets in alignment with Commercial NA priorities and objectives.
• Develop and maintain professional networks and relationships with key influencers that project a trusted and respected technical image.

 

Compétences techniques

Requis

• MSc. in a related field
• Minimum 2 years in a technical support, extension research, or IPM specialist role
• Practical commercial, extension or grower experience in a related field
• Experience designing and managing applied research trials
• Direct experience with customers and other stakeholders
• Understanding of current production practices, issues and constraints
• Skills in project management and time management
• Ability to execute and help develop protocols/processes
• Experience in writing and editing technical reports
• Experience in experimental design, statistical analyses and communication of results to both scientific and grower stakeholders
• Familiar with Microsoft 365, and at least one standard statistical analyses package (Minitab, R, SAS, SPSS, JMP)

Un atout

• Experience in the microbial biopesticides, inoculants or biostimulants industry is an asset

Qualités personnelles

Requis

• Excellent written and oral communication skills; active listening skills
• Strong collaborative skills to work effectively in a team
• Demonstrates good judgement and initiative, organized and reliable, ability to work autonomously, as well as in a team

Critères généraux

Requis

• Willingness to travel extensively across Canada. Up to 50% per year, including overnight travel. Additional international travel may occasionally occur
• Ability to exert moderate physical effort: walking in grower environments, hot/cold weather, lifting loads or carrying equipment weighing up to 20 kg/44 lb.
• Includes office work as well as work travel (air and land), and on-farm activities in the presence of heavy equipment and crop inputs used in grower environments

Organisation

Lallemand est une société canadienne privée fondée à la fin du XIXe siècle, qui développe, produit et commercialise des micro-organismes pour divers marchés. Les bureaux administratifs de la société mère sont situés à Montréal, au Canada. Aujourd'hui, Lallemand emploie plus de 5 000 personnes travaillant dans plus de 45 pays sur 5 continents.

Levures, bactéries, champignons : les micro-organismes ont toujours vécu en harmonie avec les plantes depuis leur origine et sont aujourd'hui reconnus pour leurs multiples bénéfices agronomiques. En tant que spécialiste mondial des micro-organismes, Lallemand Plant Care sélectionne avec soin des souches à usage agricole, pour améliorer la nutrition, la santé et la productivité des plantes.

Lallemand Plant Care est une unité d'affaires en plein développement et offre de nombreuses possibilités d'évolution de carrière et de développement professionnel à une échelle locale et internationale. Rejoindre l'équipe de Lallemand Plant Care, c'est collaborer avec des personnes qui travaillent avec passion pour développer des solutions durables, efficaces et propres pour les professionnels de l'agriculture, de l'horticulture, des espaces verts et du secteur forestier. Nous recrutons régulièrement de nouveaux talents à travers le monde pour soutenir notre croissance et nos efforts commerciaux, logistiques, marketing, de production et de recherche et développement.

Veuillez prendre note que des mesures d'adaptation seront prises à toutes les étapes du processus d'embauche. Les candidats doivent faire connaître leurs besoins à l'avance.