About this role
Field Agronomist - Sulawesi & Kalimantan
PURPOSE
The Field Agronomist executes high-quality field trials across Sulawesi, ensuring safe, compliant, timely, and reliable delivery of field evidence to support product advancement, registration, launch readiness, and local technical positioning. The role converts field observations and trial data into decision-ready insights through close collaboration with ARI SEAP1, Product Agronomy Asia, Regulatory Science, Commercial teams, external institutes, third-party partners, and growers.
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MAJOR TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Field Trial Execution: Plan and execute assigned regional, local, promotional, registration, and pipeline trials in Sulawesi according to approved priorities, protocols, stewardship requirements, and quality standards. Ensure accurate trial establishment, assessment, data capture, conclusion, and timely reporting.
- Technical and Indication Support: Support assigned crop, pest, disease, weed, or crop-improvement indications by aligning trial objectives with the Agronomic Specialist, trial leads, and relevant regional or cluster stakeholders; contribute field insights to protocols and technical recommendations.
- Collaboration within ARI SEAP1: Work closely with the ARI Hub Lead, Agronomic Specialists, the field research network, trial leads, and cross-country ARI teams to align priorities, share learnings, improve execution quality, and strengthen collaboration.
- Product Delivery Support: Contribute field evidence and local insights for country and regional pipeline projects in partnership with CP Product Delivery SEAP, Product Agronomy Asia, and country BPMs, as applicable.
- Regulatory Support: Support Regulatory Science activities, including supervised registration trials conducted by third parties or external institutes in Sulawesi. Ensure protocol compliance, data reliability, appropriate documentation, and timely communication of trial status and results.
- Knowledge Transfer and Launch Support: Translate relevant trial outcomes into clear technical updates, launch-support inputs, demonstration content, and technical training materials for internal and customer-facing teams.
- Local Field Execution Coordination: Coordinate day-to-day trial activities with Field Development Assistants, temporary resources, trial cooperators, growers, and external partners where assigned. Provide clear work direction and quality oversight without holding formal people-management accountability.
- Operational Excellence: Deliver assigned activities within agreed priorities and budgets while complying with safety, regulatory, stewardship, legal, data-quality, and industry standards. Maintain transparent records and provide timely updates for decision-making.
- External Collaboration: Build and maintain effective working relationships with growers, government research and regulatory institutes, universities, agricultural scientists, and other relevant partners in Sulawesi.
- DSO Behaviors: Apply DSO behaviors in daily work by focusing on outcomes, collaborating with accountability, co-creating for customers, and evolving in shorter cycles.
SKILLS AND REQUIREMENTS
- Bachelor's degree in Agronomy, Plant Protection, Agriculture, or a related discipline; an advanced degree is an advantage.
- Strong practical knowledge of crop protection, pest, disease and weed management, field trials, and sustainable agriculture practices.
- Ability to execute trial protocols consistently and translate field observations and trial data into reliable conclusions, technical recommendations, and customer-relevant insights.
- Strong analytical thinking, problem-solving, planning, and field-organization skills.
- Ability to build effective relationships with growers, external institutes, universities, third parties, and internal cross-functional teams.
- Understanding of registration-trial requirements, stewardship, safety, legal compliance, and data-quality expectations.
- Proficient in English and Bahasa Indonesia, written and oral.
- Proficiency with standard computer applications and relevant trial and data-management tools.
- Willingness and ability to travel extensively within Sulawesi and, when required, to other locations in Indonesia
Application Period: 14/10/2026 Reference Code: 891236 Division: Crop Science Location: Makassar, South Sulawesi Functional Area: Production&Manufacturing Position Grade: R.12 Employment Type: Regular Work Time: Standard