Job description
Excellence. Pride. Integrity. Compassion. Trust. Are you ready to plant your career in a place where words like these serve as the foundation for doing business every day? At Michigan Sugar, our purpose is Making Life Sweeter, and our mission is Creating Growth and Opportunity.
Michigan Sugar Company has an immediate full-time opportunity for a Agronomy Leader, which will work remotely, but be assigned to a district.
Job Summary:
The Agronomy Leader will serve as the assigned districts expert for agronomic consulting in the east, west, or central districts of Michigan Sugar Company’s growing areas including Ontario, Canada. In this role, more than 50,000 acres of sugar beets will be managed at a value of more than 40 million dollars. The Agronomy Leader will be responsible for hiring, coaching, and developing a team of field consultants and an agronomist that will cover the assigned district areas. The Agronomy Leader will lead, direct, and consultant their team to improve and enhance our grower’s sustainability. They will be responsible for all agronomy standards and expectations within their team/teams. The Agronomy Leader will also work with assigned growers, to consult on agronomic practices and serve as their agronomic expert.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Hire/Lead/Coach a team of 3-4 field consultants and agronomist professionals.
- Serve as primary agronomy “expert” in their assigned growing areas.
- Establish and maintain strong relationships with the other teams within the agricultural department.
- Establish and maintain strong relationships with all Industry experts.
- Guide Agribusiness to adopt and adhere to Michigan Sugar Company agronomic practices.
- Together with Ag Relations and Communications Manager, develop and grow communication vehicles for increased effectives.
- Agronomy program development in terms of grower services, technology offerings (variable rate planting for example), and field consulting professional development.
- Develop programs that continually increase RWST.
- Work hand in hand with our Research Department in offering recommendations for trials and in rolling out results that create more economic wherewithal for our shareholders.
- Develop presentations and present agronomic information at meetings
- Foster strong ties between all Ag Pillars (Research, Ag Ops and Shareholder Relations).
- Other duties as assigned.
Position Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Agronomy related study
- 10+ years of experience in field consulting and/or field advising
- Leadership experience managing, coaching, and directing teams
- Competent in computer software packages such as Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
- Ability to provide trusted advice to growers
- Strong background in disease management, soil science, and weed control
- Strong public speaking and communication skills
Key Competencies
- Strong attention to detail.
- Must be self-motivated and able to work independently without supervision in a fast paced ever changing environment.
- Ability to work well with others in a team environment.
- Ability to work with confidential information.
- Ability to calmly handle adversity and professionally deal with conflict.
- Demonstrate ethics and integrity.
- Provide model behavior to demonstrate professional values.
- Ability to learn new software/computer programs.
NOTE: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by staff assigned to this position. The above statements are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills that may be required. All staff may be required to perform duties outside their normal responsibilities as needed.
Michigan Sugar Company offers competitive salary, opportunity for professional growth, and provides excellent medical insurance 100% company paid. A comprehensive benefits package includes: dental and life insurances, 401k match, paid holidays, vacation, sick leave and more. To learn more visit www.michigansugar.com.
Michigan Sugar Company was founded in 1906 when six smaller sugar companies merged their operations. In 2002, Michigan Sugar Company became a grower-owned cooperative and in 2004, it merged with Monitor Sugar Company to form the company that exists today.
Michigan Sugar Company is headquartered in Bay City and has sugarbeet processing facilities in Bay City, Caro, Croswell and Sebewaing, Michigan. Its nearly 900 grower-owners plant and harvest up to 160,000 acres of sugarbeets each year in 20 Michigan counties, as well as Ontario, Canada. Those beets are sliced at the factories and turned into about 1.3 billion pounds of sugar annually.
That sugar is sold to industrial, commercial and retail customers under the Pioneer and Big Chief brands.
Michigan Sugar Company has 930 year-round employees and an additional 1,100 seasonal workers. It is the No. 1 employer in Huron County, the No. 2 employer in Bay and Sanilac counties and the No. 3 employer in Tuscola County. The company’s annual payroll is more than $65 million and its annual local economic impact is about $500 million.
Michigan Sugar Company is the third largest of nine sugarbeet processing companies in the United States and Michigan is one of 11 states where sugarbeets are grown in the country.
Michigan Sugar Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer
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