Agronomist

Agronomist

Frontier Agriculture is strengthening our on-Farm Frontier team and is looking to recruit Agronomist on a full-time, permanent basis. This is a homebased role, with Sandy serving as the main office location, covering the areas of Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Northamptonshire, Rutland, and Hertfordshire.

Our Agronomists play a key role in facilitating our business on farm by building outstanding customer relationships, providing a comprehensive advisory service, and maximising crop production for the farmer while increasing sales for the business.

The Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Company car
• Private Medical Insurance
• Participation in the Company's Commercial Performance Bonus scheme
• Opportunities for a mixture of home and site working (to be agreed with Line Manager)
• 25 days holiday per calendar year with option to purchase 5 more days
• Dedicated Learning & Development team to support you and your career
• Employee Assistance Program providing 24 hours support & advice in areas such as health and wellbeing for yourself, your family & friends (up to 5 people in total)
• Increased Maternity, Paternity & Adoption leave benefits for eligible employees
• Life Assurance scheme and pension plan with employer contributions of up to 7%
• Up to two days paid volunteer leave per year (only applicable to permanent employees)
• The opportunity to join our employee network groups including LGBTQ+, Menopause wellbeing, Neurodiversity and Women's network groups.
• Cycle to Work Scheme, employee retail discount scheme and free eye test vouchers

About You

• You will have worked in agriculture and have a good understanding of the sector
• BASIS qualified and also (preferably, but not essential) being FACTS qualified
• The ambition and resilience to develop new business and succeed in a sales role
• Strong commercial awareness with previous success dealing with farmers
• Able to build outstanding professional relationships with customers and colleagues
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal)
• A high level of initiative with strong planning and organisational skills
• High standard of numeracy and literacy and good attention to detail
• Good computer skills including Microsoft Excel

Your Role

As an Agronomist your role will involve:

• Providing an integrated and comprehensive service on all aspects of Crop Production for our customers, including Crop Nutrition and Crop Protection advice, and guidance on current agricultural legislation.
• Understanding 'end markets' for farm outputs and being able to support the customer with advice on the most appropriate management strategy to maximise the crop potential and achieve the volume and quality standards appropriate to these end markets.
• Working with support departments to place and track orders, ensuring the customers get the services they have requested.
• Building a comprehensive knowledge of Frontier's products and services to achieve the best commercial, quality and relationship outcomes for customers and the company.
• Crop walking regularly; establishing a strong relationship with the customer and understanding their on-going needs.
• Building strong relationships with the Trials teams and Technical Support Team, supporting initiatives and developing own product and customer knowledge.
• Building relationships with experienced commercial managers, building commercial understanding alongside technical knowledge.
• Working with colleagues to identify new and develop existing customers and support a joint working approach across Frontier teams including support of cross departmental initiatives.

About Us

Frontier is a successful and growing business. We are the largest crop production and grain marketing company in the UK, with over 1,000 employees and a turnover of more than £1.5 billion.

With a vision to be the first-choice employer in UK agriculture, we are committed to delivering a culture where people are at the heart of our success.

Our business approach is underpinned by our core values – Integrity, Customer First and Expertise – or 'ICE'. These values support our whole philosophy and way of working and we are always looking to attract talented individuals with either industry knowledge or specialist skills that will help us deliver consistently to these values.

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

We have a clear commitment to equality of opportunity and diversity encouraging fairness and equality of treatment for all. As such we encourage applications from all backgrounds.

We recognise the value of a workforce in which people from diverse backgrounds are encouraged to introduce fresh ideas and contribute to the business goals.

We are committed to providing a diverse and inclusive environment with inclusive employment policies, such as progressive flexible working and parental policies.