Field Development Representative

A member of the AgJobNetwork is currently looking for a field development representative in the pacific northwest.  This looks like a great opportunity for someone that lives in this area, has presentation experience, can handle themselves well with customers, and has a zest for product development.  You'll have an opportunity to delve into product positioning....HOW COOL!?

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Develop technical and market product positioning, supporting the Sales and Marketing functions

Design, execute and manage sales support / field demonstration programs to meet technical needs of the market.

Design, execute and manage product development programs to meet timely commercialization of new products / new product uses

Lead technical aspects of commercial product stewardship

Coordinate and manage technical product databases 

Field Development Representative

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QUALIFICATIONS:

Strong knowledge of crop protection products and markets

Prior experience in coordination and execution of field development trials

Excellent analytical and problem solving skills 

Strong interpersonal, team building and collaborative abilities

Project management competence

A knowledge of federal and state regulatory requirements

EDUCATION:

B.S., preferred or PCA License with significant experience

Customer Service Representative

Spectrum Technologies is a global company - offering affordable measurement technologies to agriculture and horticulture industries.  75 Countries - now that is saying something.  This position is based just south of Chicago.

Position Title/Summary	Inside Sales/Customer Service Representative
Recruiter's Name *	Tom Ebeling
Email *	rebecca@specmeters.com
Industry *	Agriculture/Horticulture
Company *	Spectrum Technologies, Inc
Where to call you.	(815) 436-4440
Career Website	http://www.specmeters.com
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Company: Spectrum Technologies is an industry-leading, 22-year-old company that develops and markets affordable measurement instrumentation and technology to the agricultural and horticultural markets worldwide. The company has over 14,000 customers in over 75 countries. The customers are in the agricultural, chemical, seed segments, including major universities, the USDA-ARS, growers, agricultural and turf consultants, golf course superintendents, greenhouse growers, and research organizations. Spectrum is focused on four primary product groups: Weather and Environmental Monitoring; Nutrient Management Tools; Integrated Pest Management Tools; and Soil Moisture and Quality Measurement. Spectrum has received 16 AE50 awards from the American Society of Agricultural Engineers for innovations in new product technology. Please visit our website at www.specmeters.com for additional information. Position: Inside Sales/Customer Service Representative interested in joining an entrepreneurial and highly successful company that values and rewards individual contribution and new ideas. The representative will work as a team with four other staff members in the US/Canada sales group with the career development goal of advancing into a position of increasing responsibility. This role is based at our corporate office in suburban Plainfield, Illinois, 35 miles southwest of downtown Chicago. Duties/Responsibilities: • Processing sales orders and monitoring orders from receipt to shipment; • Preparing sales quotations while directing inbound and outbound call activity; • Preparing documentation for international shipments (NAFTA, etc.); • Proactively tracking and following up sales leads and inquiries; • Maintaining and updating customer databases and files; • Participating in sales and marketing initiatives, market analyses, and new product roll-outs; • Periodic travel to trade events; Requirements: • Bachelor’s degree; industry knowledge a plus; • Computer skills (MS Office, Outlook, Internet); • Other technology and science skills a plus; • Passion for relationship-building; • Ability to successfully work in a fast-paced, multi-tasking, small team environment; • Strong communication, interpersonal and presentation skills.
Apply To:	Rebecca Fry, Marketing Mngr
Application Deadline	August 30, 2009

Public Relations Guru

Attention PR Folks - here is a really great opportunity in Public Relations.  I've become a little more familiar with AdFarm this past year, and from what I know, this is a great company to work with.  Email Dan Danford about this job - his info is below!

Position Title/Summary	PR Specialist
Recruiter's Name *	Dan Danford
Email *	dan.danford@adfarmonline.com
Industry *	Agriculture
Company *	AdFarm
Where to call you.	(816) 218-2724
Career Website	http://www.adfarmonline.com/contactus_careers.php
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The Public Relations Specialist is responsible for leading the Public Relations efforts of one of AdFarm's leading crop production industry clients as well as working together with the AdFarm Public Relations Team on other initiatives. The Public Relations Specialist will work within a multidisciplinary team of agency professionals sharing a goal of successfully achieving client satisfaction, business unit profitability, team functionality and performance. Requirements To become an AdFarmer, the candidate will have: Public Relations experience with 3-7 years in media relations, event management, and strategic planning. Proven track record of excellence and experience in agricultural marketing communications and/or print/broadcast agricultural communications. Proven as an effective project manager - preferably in an agency. A college diploma or University degree in public relations, communications or a related field. A deep understanding of the agricultural media (print, broadcast, industry events/tradeshows, interactive, internet etc) and marketing needs of the agricultural industry. Strong news and commercial writing skills; with excellent attention to detail. An inquisitive mind, ability to take direction, good interpersonal and communication skills. The ideal AdFarmer will have the ability to be highly organized and self motivated, excellent time-management skills and the ability to multi-task. And last but not least, we need someone who works and plays well with others, with an ability and desire to work within a team and contribute towards one. To get a good look at who we are and what we believe in, go to http://www.adfarmonline.com/. For a detailed job description or to submit your resume, cover letter and salary expectations please email: HR@adfarmonline.com Applications close Sunday, July 12th at 5:00 pm We thank all applicants for their interest in this position; only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
Apply To:	HR@adfarmonline.com
Application Deadline	July 12, 2009

Territory Sales Rep

I was unfamiliar with Stay-Tuff fencing until I received this job posting recently.  A Quick glance at their website shows a company that offers some great products.  If you live in or are willing to relocate to the south for a great sales career, this opportunity might just be for you!

Position Title/Summary	Territory Sales Representative
Recruiter's Name *	Randy Lenz
Email *	randy@satytuff.com
Industry *	Agriculture Manufacturing
Company *	Stay-Tuff Fence Manufacturing
Where to call you.	1-888-223-8322
Career Website	http://www.staytuff.com
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TERRITORY MANAGER We are a growing company based in Texas and are seeking a highly motivated Territory Sales Representative to travel Georgia and Northern Florida to develop new dealer accounts. This is a 100% outside sales position that will require up to 90% travel. The successful candidate will have an agricultural sales background and will be responsible for developing and maintaining business relationships with dealers. Products include woven wire fence and fencing accessories. Essential duties include: • Generate new accounts through cold calling on businesses that will stock and sell our products. • Generate sales by conducting training seminars and field days for end users and dealers. • Maintain and grow accounts by calling on them regularly. • Achieve established monthly and annual sales goals • Submit daily reports on travel and sales activities as required by Sales Manager. • Attend trade shows as directed by Sales Manager Compensation: • Competitive salary and commission • Great benefit package including health insurance, vacation and retirement • Weekly expense reimbursement Education and Experience • Bachelors degree preferred but not required (High School Diploma or GED required) • Previous Ag sales experience preferred • Basic computer knowledge required (Word, Excel, Power Point & email) • The best candidate is one who is sales driven, a self starter and must be able to work independently
Apply To:	randy@staytuff.com
Application Deadline	July 10, 2009

Location Manager

Land O Lakes and its cooperative system have lots of really great opportunities.  If you are looking to make a switch, this undoubtedly is yet another great possibility posted by Jeri Derig.  Check it out, or feel free to shoot her an email with further questions.  You'll be glad you did!

Position Title/Summary	Location Manager
Recruiter's Name *	Jeri Derrig
Email *	jdderrig@landolakes.com
Industry *	agriculture
Company *	Land O'Lakes
Where to call you.	(515) 574-2905
Career Website	https://sjobs.brassring.com/1033/ASP/TG/cim_home.asp?partnerid=142&siteid=5334
Copy and Paste Job Description.	Responsible for the day to day activities of the branch location and staff supervision. Location includes a Pump-24, tire and repair shop, and a farm products and lawn mower store front. Volumes include 500,000 gallon each of bulk fuels and LP and $385,000 in shop revenue. Candidates should have petroleum and LP experience. Tire and shop experience helpful.
Apply To:	Jeri Derrig
Application Deadline	July 5, 2009

Business Operations Analyst

Christensen farms from what I know is a well respected industry swine producer. I've had several friends that have worked in this organization, I and I usually hear good things. If you have a business background, and know a thing or two about the hog industry, you might give this one a shot.

Business Operations Analyst Christensen Farms is a leader in Agricultural Production and is the fourth largest pork producer in the United States; with operations in Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska, Colorado and South Dakota. The Christensen family has been active in the pork industry for more than a quarter of a century; dedicated to delivering the highest quality, safe and consistent meat products to the consumer market. CF is a growing, profitable organization with an evolving focus as a food company. The work environment is highly collaborative and challenging. We believe in hiring smart and talented people and providing them with an opportunity to experience an outstanding professional work environment.

Position Overview and Responsibilities The Business /Operations Analyst will track and analyze business unit trends and draw conclusions and make appropriate actionable recommendations that will positively impact the overall business . Acts as a business partner to the rest of the company. Emphasis will be on analysis and interpretation of the data vs. a focus on report writing.

More details about this position are available online at http://www.christensenfarms.com

U.S. Media Relations Manager

Here is a really AWESOME and UNIQUE opportunity with McDonalds - yes, McDonalds! U.S. Media Relations Manager... The U.S. Media Relations Department develops and executes national media relations strategies designed to proactively tell McDonald's story and deliver consistent, strategic brand messages to all external audiences. The department also manages brand reputation through crisis management across multiple disciplines of McDonald's USA, to help promote and protect brand McDonald's. Manager of Media Relations: The Role Working with the Sr. Manager, the Manager of U.S. Media Relations is responsible for providing media relations and crisis and issues management and other responsibilities to support McDonald's U.S. Leadership, home office departments as well as local markets, franchisees, suppliers and others, to help develop and execute media relations strategies that support business priorities, programs and leadership initiatives and executives that drive U.S. business plans.

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Senior Director of Development

Heifer International has another unique job opportunity as the Senior Director of Development - its nice to see non profits that are hiring during these times!

Function: To lead and manage the Development Department by ensuring the development and implementation of the departmental strategic and operational plans. The Senior Director of Development provides leadership and strategic direction for the Major Gifts, Grants and Capital Campaign fundraising teams in a manner that is consistent with Heifer International's mission, vision and values. Responsibilities: Responsible for creation of strategy for the Development Department and implementation and monitoring of the fundraising plans. Responsible for meeting the revenue and expense targets for the Development teams. Oversee and direct prospect cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship efforts leveraging a Moves Management Process. Educate departmental managers and directors on current trends in fundraising and grantmaking, as well as in developing and implementing program plans in their designated areas to fully reach the goals and objectives of the Department. Work closely with Executive Vice President (EVP) to ensure effectiveness of all Major Gifts activities. Work closely with each area of Development in order to establish strategic objectives and ensure success in all areas while minimizing expenses. Serve as a “thought leader” for Heifer on Capital Campaign, Major Gifts, and other fundraising efforts. May have additional signing authority and assume additional responsibilities in the EVP’s absence. Develop and monitor effective policies and procedures regarding major gifts, grants and capital campaign fundraising leading to increased funds in all areas. Provide leadership and direction to staff regarding fundraising best practices and ensures timely implementation of plans. Effectively work with the Chief Operating Officer and President & CEO and other Heifer executives (Board, International Program Country Directors, etc) to cultivate and solicit funds from Major Donors. Manage a portfolio of major gift prospects and donors using short-term and long-term fundraising strategic plans; secure gifts through the systematic and effective cultivation, solicitation and stewardship of individuals, corporations and foundations. Oversee the prospect management tracking and moves management system to ensure coordination of major gifts fundraising across the organization. Oversee the Prospect Research Office to ensure effective and timely research and identification of funders to include individuals, foundations and corporations. Liaise with appropriate internal teams for development of materials and proposals for solicitation. Maintain a current and substantive knowledge of the work of Heifer and fundraising best practices. Supervise and lead the development and administrative staff towards meeting the overall department goal. Develop, implement and monitor departmental operational plans and expense budgets. May perform other job-related responsibilities as assigned.

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Sustainable Food & Agriculture Consultant

This job recently passed through my email inbox and I felt it was worth sharing. Those of you that are passionate about Sustainable Agriculture will find this appealing. Do you know of other sustainable ag opportunities? Feel free to let me know.

Position Available: Sustainable Food and Agriculture Consultant
San Francisco Bay Area
(Embedded image moved to file: pic21343.gif) The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is now accepting applications for a Sustainable Food and Agriculture Consultant in the San Francisco Bay Area (full time equivalency). The consultant will work with NRDC staff to implement several projects seeking to advance more sustainable food and agricultural systems.

Applications will be accepted until July 6, 2009.

About NRDC The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is a non-profit national environmental advocacy organization with more than 1.2 million members and online activists. We have offices in New York, Washington, D.C., Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Beijing. Our staff of over 300 includes attorneys, scientists, policy analysts and educators working to protect the environment and public health through advocacy and education.

Requested consulting services NRDC promotes food and farming systems that advance environmental, social and economic sustainability goals. Growing consumer and business interest in sustainable agriculture, combined with the emergence of agriculturally-derived biofuels and the development of state and federal climate change policy, creates an unprecedented opportunity to promote more sustainable food and farming systems. In this context, NRDC seeks consulting services for the following:

· Develop sustainability metrics to enable market-place reporting, comparison and continual improvement of sustainable performance in the food sector. NRDC is a founding participant of the Stewardship Index for Specialty Crops, a multi-stakeholder initiative aimed at developing business-to-business metrics for benchmarking sustainable performance in the fruit and vegetable supply chain (see www.stewardshipindex.org). The consultant will help NRDC contribute to this effort through the development and evaluation of specific metrics; providing outreach to experts and industry leaders; designing and coordinating pilot projects to evaluate possible metrics in actual supply chains; and evaluating opportunities to promote Stewardship Index metrics throughout this sector.

· Expand NRDC's capacity to contribute to sustainable standard-setting processes currently underway for the production of food and fiber. The consultant may help NRDC identify effective performance standards, represent NRDC in specific standard-setting processes, and seek alignment across different initiatives.

· Work with NRDC staff to develop new initiatives to promote sustainable food and fiber production while advancing climate stewardship goals.

Qualifications Requested qualifications include: A Masters level degree in a related discipline such as soil science, agroecology, conservation biology, agronomy, silviculture, water quality, environmental chemistry, or agricultural economics or at least 4 years of relevant experience. Knowledge of issues at the interface of agricultural production and environmental stewardship such as water consumption and water quality, habitat protection, soil conservation, nitrogen cycling, and soil carbon sequestration. Excellent written and oral communication skills, especially communicating technical and analytical information in a clear and persuasive manner. Strong technical research, analytical and quantitative skills particularly as it relates to the development of standards and performance-based metrics. Familiarity with related public policy and standards development processes is desirable.

Consulting fees will be based on a nonprofit scale and commensurate with experience. NRDC is committed to diversity and is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Applicants should submit a cover letter, resume and writing sample to: Suzanne Vyborney (svyborney@nrdc.org).

Jonathan Kaplan Natural Resources Defense Council 111 Sutter Street, 20th Floor San Francisco, CA 94104 Phone: 415-875-6100 Fax 415-875-6161 jkaplan@nrdc.org

Internet Marketing Manager

Yet another cool opportunity with Heifer International. Can you believe it? These guys really understand the need for online presence. It sounds like this position is responsible for helping raise funds for Heifer with online marketing strategies. Cool stuff. If you know somone at Heifer that could help an AJN reader to secure this position, please leave a comment below.

Function: Manages the creation, execution, monitoring and reporting of Heifer’s Internet marketing to drive traffic to all externally facing fundraising websites. Works closely with other team members to ensure efficiency and high degree of donor user satisfaction of online income producing assets and provides user feedback to keep them at optimal usability. This position is directly responsible for specific online fundraising revenue in Fiscal Year 2010 with increasing fundraising targets in subsequent years. Manages the day-to-day work of the Internet Marketing team’s Search Engine Optimization & Marketing (SEO/SEM) manager, campaigns, and initiatives.

Responsibilities: Manage growth and diversify revenue through Heifer’s primary donation vehicles; online catalog, express giving, Friends of Heifer and other methods as assigned, largely utilizing existing digital assets and content. Manage advertising and display media and creative to drive online traffic to individual and team fundraising websites. Manage creative, content and approval process for email campaigns and e-newsletters. Manage the development of new creatives for websites and e-communications. Manage external relationships with advertising agencies and consultants, freelance designers and writers, independent contractors and internal creative services. Manage relationships with other technology vendors as assigned. Manage and maintain integration of Heifer secondary websites such as education websites with Heifer.org and the overall Heifer Web presence. Manage the growth and development of email lists and communications to donors and prospects to increase revenue and retention. Manage the Internet Marketing Team position: SEO/SEM manager. Work closely with the other team members to develop and implement income-producing technology that improves the donor experience. Understand, support and exemplify Heifer’s values, mission, vision and brand cornerstones through actions and behaviors. May perform other job-related responsibilities as assigned.

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