Role purpose
To drive a farmer-centric approach by providing technical expertise and support to optimize crop productivity and farm profitability.  
The agronomist will develop strong relationships with farmers and key stakeholders to understand the challenges they face.  This will lead to delivery of tailored agronomic solutions.Accountabilities
Build, develop and maintain an Area Grower Map for the given geographic area, that includes farm and crop detail, grower info and demographic information – to be housed and maintained on SalesForce.com 
Explore and develop biopotential as per the iPlan and Crop Atlas data.
Regularly liaise and align with the relevant Key Account Manager (Sales Manager) and Campaign managers in furtherance of the Sales Key Account Plan.
Manage an optimum portfolio of key growers and grow Syngenta’s market share in the “area”. 
Facilitate positive influence on the wider grower network aimed at demand generation and aligned to the implementation of the Marketing campaigns.
Regularly coordinate demand generation activity with the local KAM (Sales Manager) and Technical Leads.
Manage other key influencers in the area in line with campaign direction, e.g.study groups, large growers, Potato Growers SA etc. 
Support the achievement of sales targets for the defined sales area by influencing grower purchasing decisions.
Feedback market intelligence and value chain information to relevant members of the Syngenta team via SalesForce (SF, the Syngenta Customer Relationship Management system). 
Maintain good communication and networking across a multi-functional business  
Actively contribute to the regional campaign teams with relevant market info and trends. 
Have a full technical knowledge and commercial perspective of Syngenta and key competitor products and relevant crops.
Support Campaign Leads with the conversion of trial data to sales and marketing messaging.
Operate within all legal and company policy frameworks. 
Continuously promote Syngenta Health, Safety & Environmental activities by ensuring that all operations under direct control comply with HSE policies and guidelines as well as any other relevant Syngenta or statutory policies.
Closely align with Technical personnel of the Channel network on all technical aspects and benefits/ROI of the Syngenta product range.