Khula Advisory Technician - Chloorkop, South Africa - AECI

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Chloorkop, South Africa

1 week ago

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Description

Khula:


  • Working closely with the Khula team to on board emerging farmers to the Khula app
  • Provide training to farmers on the functionality of the Khula app
  • Promote technical training on the AECI products
  • Provide recommendations to farmers on input requirements
  • Manage the logistics of Khula orders
  • Manage and arrange Farmer days in the area to promote Khula/AECI
  • Manage the Kiosk in the area regarding stock, orders, deliveries
  • Manage a good relationship between Khula and AECI

AECI:


  • Promote AECI Inhouse and other products to farmers
  • Communicate and liase with AECI crop and technical advisors
  • Assist AECI depots with marketing and logístical functions
  • Assist AECI CA's with farmer days and training
  • Assist the financial and logístical AECI teams on Khula orders
  • Provide weekly activity feedback to the business development manager
  • Provide weekly planning and strategy on activities
  • Assist with strategy to achieve sales goals and execution

Khula Contract Growing:


  • Assist the Khula team on their contract growing projects
  • Provide the required reports on contracted farmers to Khula and funders
  • Visit the contract farmers on the required schedule and provide the necessary reports
  • Link the AECI crop and technical advisors to the Khula projects
  • Assist with recommendations, orders and delivery of products
  • Taking part in Khula meetings and work as partners with common goals
Business Development

  • Assist business development manager with Khula projects
  • Getting quotes on inputs requested from farmers that is not on the Khula app
  • Maintaining good relationships with input suppliers and working closely with them

TRAINING:


  • Participate in training workshops for clients on inhouse products per crop, integrating the full APH inhouse product range.
  • Train up clients to understand the NuWay product range and development of spray programmes in order to offer Growers workable solutions to better manage crop cultivation with regard to chemical residue.

CUSTOMER COMPLAINTS:


  • Assist the Khula and AECI team with any product complaints or claims in order to obtain an understanding of what went wrong.

SALES SUPPORT:


  • Interact with key influencers in industry to promote APH inhouse products and grow existing client base.
  • Act on leads for new products or new programmes based on specifics of a crop or region.
  • Execute on the NuWay strategy
  • Assist in the execution of NuWay product trials
  • Meet budget targets as set by the Company.
  • Communicate and interact with Portfolio Specialists and in particular Biological, Nutritional and Adjuvant.

Qualifications & Experience:


  • Minimum educational requirement Grade 12 with post matric tertiary qualification of a B.Agric / B.Sc. Agric degree or accepted diploma.
  • Minimum of 3 years postgraduate experience in the agricultural industry.
  • Must possess good customer relationship skills.
  • Possess technical and agrochemical knowledge.
  • Computer literate MS Office (Word/Excel/PowerPoint/Outlook)
  • Knowledge of.
NET advantageous.

  • Sound working knowledge of Safety, Health and Environmental practices is essential.
  • Must be in possession of a valid driver's license, have own reliable transport and must be medically fit to drive.
  • Must be able to travel.
  • Must have the ability to work independently.
  • Possess good communication (verbal and written), planning, organisation, presentation, technical and people skills.
  • Must be safety orientated.
  • Possess the ability to solve problems systematically.
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