Sales Agronomist

Job Description

Key Responsibilities & Duties

• Promote the company’s Agri-products through farm visits, field demonstrations, customer meetings, agricultural shows, and more.
• Build good relationships with farmers, commercial farms, agrodealers, cooperatives, and agricultural industry stakeholders.
• Identify new customers, markets, and opportunities to help increase sales of company Agri-products.
• Plan and deliver field demonstrations, training sessions, and product awareness sessions.
• Analyse customer requirements. Recommend fertiliser regimes to apply to improve soil health and crop nutrition based on crop requirements and soil knowledge.
• Monitor current trends, customer interest, competition and agricultural industry developments. Provide reports to management.
• Create sales plans, customer visit schedules, sales forecasts, and regular reports. Highlight successes, issues, and areas for improvement. Talk to customers to gain an understanding of their farming systems, issues they face when producing, what they buy, and what technical requirements they have. Recommend suitable products.
• Work with relevant departments to provide a follow-up to customer orders, product availability, and delivery.
• Work with the Finance Department (where required) to monitor customer accounts, follow up on any unpaid invoices, and ensure we are following approved credit control policies.
• Deal with any issues customers have with our products, application and service. Escalate technical and commercial issues to the relevant department.
• Create and implement marketing campaigns, seasonal sales, and customer engagement.
• Ensure sales activities are in line with the agricultural season, planting times, and customer requirements.
• Keep good records of customer interaction, farm visits, sales, product demonstrations, market knowledge, and follow-up.
• Stay up to date with agricultural technologies, improved crop production techniques, new products, market trends, and relevant research within the industry to provide a high standard of technical advice.
• Ensure all product recommendations, marketing, and customer training are in line with legal requirements, company policies, product labeling, and relevant health and safety requirements.
• Analyse sales figures against targets. Identify areas for improvement and recommend actions to improve conversion rates, repeat sales, and sales in general.
• Build relationships with agricultural extension officers, farming groups, input providers, research and other relevant industry stakeholders.

Qualifications & Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Agronomy, Agriculture, Agricultural Economics or a related field, and at least three (3) years of relevant experience in agricultural sales, agronomic advisory services, agricultural input marketing, crop production, or a related field. Experience in a commercial agricultural environment will be an added advantage

Eligible candidates meeting the required qualifications and experience should submit their applications, attaching copies of certificates, National ID, and curriculum vitae with at least three traceable referees to the address below, to be received not later than 11th November 2026.

Please note that only shortlisted candidates meeting the stipulated requirements will be responded to.

The Chief Executive Officer
Press Agriculture Limited
Kulima House
Private Bag B352
KASUNGU
Email- [email protected]