Description

Description

With roots reaching back to 1901, New Vision Co-op serves more than 2,000 member-owners from 18 different locations, providing products and services focused on feed, grain, and agronomy. New Vision offers limitless opportunities for passionate individuals looking to unlock a deeper value for the future of agriculture and our communities. 

 Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned. 

• Expected to work cooperatively as a team player, participating in regular meetings with sales agronomist, sales manager and the rest of the agronomy team to help educate, listen and share ideas to better serve our customers.
• Collect agronomic data to generate sustainability plans, profitability insights and support scenario development for improvements and revenue opportunities, using New Vision Coop’s preferred sustainability platform.
• With partners, develop and implement workshops and field days designed to educate growers, farm-related and grower-led organizations on best practices, and other innovative systems that benefit natural resource quality and farm productivity.
• Owning strategy and approach to managing the enrollment grower journey and developing new processes, leveraging technology and analytics, to improve workflows for New Vision team members accountable for execution.
• Serving as a liaison when needed between the field and other support teams to address concerns on data integrity and tracking.
• Tracking and reporting on grower contract progress and executing contracts tied to program enrollment to key members of the business and the field.
• Supporting other business units at New Vision with status reporting and data to support goal setting and measurement towards achievement of those goals
• Envisioning and proposing new ways to simplify processes to meet a scaling and growing business and the associated operational needs tied to farmer engagement.
• Develops the strategic direction in the development, execution, and delivery of Precision Technology
• Developing new data tracking metrics including acres of engagement, survey’s taken, program targets and progress towards milestones
• Owning the development and management of new processes to streamline data movement and integrations associated with program enrollment and tracking to provide operational efficiencies.
• Providing regular updates to business team members and key stakeholders on farmer status
• Self-motivated, able to learn quickly, follow instructions, handle multiple projects, feel comfortable dealing with ambiguity, and be willing to work with new and innovative projects and programs, in a group as well as complete work independently.
• Strong organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills, both written and verbal. Must possess meticulous record-keeping skills. Must be comfortable working with individuals of varied ages and social backgrounds.
• Maintain records, accurate data management to ensure accurate reporting and that all deadlines are met.
• Specific duties of this position are expected to change as the needs of the area change.
• These duties describe the general nature and level of work being performed by this position and are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all duties performed. Other duties may and will be assigned. 

Supervisory Responsibilities: This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

Requirements

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree (B. S.) from four-year college or university; or a minimum of two years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents
•  Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community.
•  Capacity to develop and interpret soils maps & aerial photography
•  Ability to write correspondence and articles for publication that conform to prescribed style and format
•  Ability to effectively present information to local units of government, management, public and private groups, and organizations. 
• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, areas, circumference, and volume. 
• Must have experience using a personal computer. (Microsoft Office Outlook, Word, excel, Arc GIS, GPS). 
• Valid Driver’s License required.

Why New Vision?

Along with competitive wages, New Vision offers well rounded health insurance benefits including dental, vision, group life, & long/short term disability, HSA/FSA, and 401k (with a 6% company match). Employees benefits also include paid holidays, volunteer time, PTO, clothing allowances, referral program, and profit sharing.