Precision Ag Specialist

Summary:

The Precision Ag Specialist position is responsible for sales, services, and delivery of Precision Agriculture products and services for assigned region of Heartland Co-op.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Make sales and support calls throughout assigned Heartland Co-op territory. Create solutions and build long term relationships with customers and Heartland Co-op sales staff that will generate sales of Precision Ag Products and services.
• Sell and support Heartland Co-op’s precision ag programs including soil and tissue sampling, variable rate prescriptions, data analysis and Climate FieldView.
• Position Heartland Co-op’s Truterra platform with growers through marketing and selling the value of improving farm profitability through the stewardship of our natural resources. Partner with NRCS and soil and water districts to deliver opportunities and funding to our farmers.
• Collect and populate data and provide support for the Farm Field System in a timely manner. Maintain and operate Heartland Co-op’s UAV, selling and delivering imagery and data obtained from the program.
• Develop a sales & marketing plan with the Precision Ag Department to meet company goals as well as achieve assigned sales and gross margin budgets with assigned customers.
• Develop proposals for advertising and promotional programs and materials.
• Communicate latest products and programs with Precision Ag Department, Region Mgrs., Location Mgrs., Account Mgrs., Sales Agronomists, Director of Seed Sales and Marketing and Regional Seed Specialists in timely manner.
• Represent company and department at designated sales meetings, trade shows, and Precision Ag industry events, as required.
• Must maintain a valid driver’s license and commercial insurability at all times.
• Other duties as assigned by management.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to outdoor weather conditions. The employee is occasionally exposed to work near moving mechanical parts. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. The duties of the job also require travel within the Heartland Co-op trade area on a daily basis.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk, hear, taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. Employee is exposed to long seasonal work hours.

Lift Level: Medium

Exerting 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly.