Do you have a degree in soil science or agronomy crop production? Do you have strong organizational skills with excellent follow-up abilities? Are you a strong leader? One who can assist in the development, coordination, and lead trials & studies? Are you comfortable with ambiguity? And, do you possess solid computer and data entry skills? If you said yes to these questions and you have an eye for details, and solid technical judgment, we want to hear from you!

For over a century, Wilbur-Ellis has experienced success and growth in marketing and distributing agricultural products and services. Join us and grow your career with a strong and profitable industry leader offering competitive compensation, tremendous growth and development opportunities, and a people-first work environment. Come grow with us!

General Purpose and Scope of Position:

The Regional R&D Field Development Specialist is a pivotal role responsible for the design and placement of regional branded crop nutrition, plant health, crop protection, and adjuvant research trials and demonstration plots with growers and contractors as well as final analysis, summarization, reporting, and presenting to internal and external audiences. This includes collecting and prioritizing trial ideas and requests from the Wilbur Ellis Territory Managers, Portfolio Managers, R&D team, and key stakeholders. This role will also provide branded products technical support and information to the Branded Products team and to Regional Sales. Substantial travel during the cropping season. The Regional R&D Field Development Specialist is expected to observe the trials for quality and make key observations as well as travel as needed to present trial results and attend planning meetings.

Key Skills and Abilities Include:

• Deep understanding of production agriculture field practices, industry crops, and technologies
• Strong background in crop nutrition, soil science, plant health amendments, crop protection, adjuvants, and biologicals
• Experience and training with experimental design, trial planning, data capture, analysis, and reporting. Experience with ARM software is preferred
• Strong ability to manage and optimize processes and programs
• Excellent written and verbal presentation and communication skills
• Experience working with growers, sales staff, and contract researchers
• Highly proficient with Microsoft Windows and Office Suite applications
• B.S. degree or higher in a Soils, Agronomy, Plant Sciences, Horticulture or Crop Production discipline. M.S. or Ph.D. preferred
• CCA License preferred

Key Personal Attributes:

• Proven crop research and technical agronomy expert with the ability to build relationships with customers, sales staff, contractors, and cross-functional team members
• Passion for field research and development and for sharing knowledge and findings with others
• Strong creative and critical thinker
• Proven track record of being detail-oriented, self-motivated, and effectively managing projects to meet deadlines.
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple trials

Specific Responsibilities and Key Deliverables Include:

• Prioritize, design, plan and place value-added nutrition, plant health, crop protection, adjuvant, and other trials across all crops in designated territory and into contiguous cropping areas in surrounding states in consultation with our Territory and Portfolio Managers, R&D, and Sales Teams
• Manage large amounts of data, analysis, and trial summaries resulting in data sets and summaries ready for marketing or registration
• Support Regional, R&D, and Branded Product teams with identifying market and product opportunities
• Support our Sales, Branded Products & Advanced Agronomy teams with data and ideas for product and agronomy training
• Provide regular communication to management and our formulation chemists on product performance, trial progress, plans, and goals
• Prepare and present research and demonstration trial data to diverse internal and customer or stakeholder audiences

Compensation and Benefits:

• In compliance with all states and cities requiring transparency of pay, the base compensation for this position ranges from $73,800 - $98,400. Note that salary may vary based on location, skills, and experience. This position is eligible for vacation, holidays, health, dental, vision, mental health, retirement plans, and other benefits.

If you are a current Wilbur-Ellis employee, please notify your Manager prior to applying for this position. Thank you!

COMPANY CULTURE

Wilbur-Ellis is a company you can be proud to call your employer

Wilbur-Ellis markets and distributes agricultural products, animal feed, specialty chemicals, and food ingredients. A privately held and consistently profitable company, we employ more than 4,000 people throughout North America and Asia-Pacific

Wilbur-Ellis is for and about people

Wilbur-Ellis has enjoyed over 100 years of success and growth, all thanks to our people. Our employees are both leaders and team players who thrive on creativity, entrepreneurial spirit, and a dedication to quality work, our customers, and each other

Wilbur-Ellis invests in the industry’s best workforce

Wilbur-Ellis invests heavily in our employees by offering skill development and training, competitive compensation and benefits, and a tradition of promoting from within for a broad range of career opportunities. And we foster a supportive, people-first work environment.

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