Field Agronomist - Sulawesi & Kalimantan

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.

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.