Regional Sales Agronomist, QLD

About the Unit

Established in 1996, Yara Australia is a trusted leader in crop nutrition, supporting the nation’s diverse and dynamic farming sector. We provide high-quality specialty fertilizers and biostimulant solutions. With our head office in Brisbane and sales representation across all states, we maintain a strong national presence. Through a commitment to sustainable agriculture, we focus on innovation, strategic partnerships, and promoting best-practice crop nutrition to help growers respond to the challenges of a changing climate.

Responsibilities

Responsible for driving profitable growth and market share across the Bowen and Tablelands regions by executing Yara's commercial strategy, promoting the full product portfolio, and strengthening relationships with growers, distributors, and industry stakeholders. The role plays a key part in expanding Yara's brand presence, increasing end-user demand, building and expanding volume

• Drive profitable growth and market share by developing and executing sales strategies for the Yara product portfolio across the region, with a strong focus on key crops and customer segments.
• Leverage agronomic expertise, market insights, and commercial acumen to identify opportunities, influence grower decisions, and deliver value-based solutions to customers.
• Collaborate closely with the broader commercial team to execute pricing strategies, maximize business performance, and proactively share market and competitor intelligence.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with distributors, agronomists, growers, and key industry stakeholders to strengthen Yara's market presence and customer loyalty.
• Develop and manage strategic customer accounts, ensuring high levels of customer satisfaction, retention, and business growth.
• Create and expand influential grower networks to increase end-user demand and drive adoption of Yara solutions.
• Plan and deliver grower meetings, field days, workshops, and technical presentations to promote product knowledge and position Yara as a trusted agronomic partner.
• Coordinate and manage crop demonstration programs, showcasing product performance and communicating results through grower, agronomist, and customer networks.
• Lead regional sales planning, budgeting, forecasting, and pipeline management activities to achieve sales targets and business objectives.
• Monitor sales performance against forecasts and budgets, providing regular reporting, insights, and recommendations to support decision-making.
• Oversee customer order fulfillment and collaborate with Operations and Supply Chain teams to ensure timely product availability and delivery.
• Manage regional inventory requirements in partnership with Operations to maintain service levels and meet market demand.
• Coordinate and execute sales promotion activities for target crops and market segments in partnership with the Marketing team.
• Maintain accurate customer, opportunity, and market data within the CRM system to support strategic planning and customer engagement activities.
• Gather, analyze, and communicate market intelligence, including customer trends, competitor activities, crop developments, and emerging business opportunities.
• Actively contribute to business planning, cross-functional initiatives, and continuous improvement activities that support the achievement of regional and national objectives.

Profile

• Strong commercial acumen & industry experience of 10 plus years within Agricultural based sales
• Good knowledge of agronomic principles in tropical crops
• Extensiive existing industry contacts & networks within North QLD agricultural sector
• Strong commercial mindset, enthusiastic and reliable
• Team player, self-motivated, adaptable and good attention to detail
• Excellent English communication and interpersonal skills, both oral and written.
• Proven planning and organization skills.

Additional Information

This full-time Agronomist role requires permanent Australian work rights and is strictly based in North Queensland.