Senior Organic Agronomist – Global Tech Transfer

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Ciudad Guzmán, Zapotlán el Grande, Jalisco
In-Office
Senior level
Food
The Role
The Senior Organic Agronomist will lead global knowledge transfer for organic berry production, train colleagues, and promote sustainable innovations while coordinating site visits.
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About the Opportunity

Driscoll’s is seeking a Senior Organic Agronomist to join our Global Agronomy Tech Transfer (GATT) team. This role is essential to advancing organic berry production across our global operations. The successful candidate will have extensive hands-on experience in organic crop management, and will be responsible for transferring agronomic knowledge and sustainable practices across regions, by translating the business unit needs and opportunities to a relevant knowledge/technology solutions and adoption.
**Please submit resume in English**

 Responsibilities
  • Lead global knowledge transfer efforts focused on organic berry production.

  • Identify knowledge gaps and train agronomy colleagues in the execution of key organic production processes and techniques across different business units.

  • Gather and standardize global best practices in farming with support from Ops and Applied Research teams. 

  • Promote sustainable innovations that improve efficiency through automation and mechanization, increasing efficiencies required to deliver more berries with less resources.

  • Collaborate with GATT lead to enhance the value of proprietary genetics through tailored knowledge packages.

  • Coordinate and execute global travel to Driscoll’s farming sites across business units.

  • Document and share concise reports after each field visit.

  • Ensures the security of Driscoll’s confidential and proprietary information and materials.
     

    Candidate Profile

•  Bachelor’s Degree in Horticulture, Agronomy, or related field.
•  Minimum of 5+ years’ Organic production experience required.
•  Strong business knowledge of fruit production and nursery activities, production management, agronomy, grower economics, research, product quality/food safety, and customer service.
•  Bilingual skills in English and Spanish required.
•  Excellent verbal and written communication skills required.
•  Travel required (up to 50% nationally and internationally).
•  Current driver’s license and valid passport required. 

**Please submit resume in English**

Location Flexibility:
This position may be based in any of Driscoll’s operational regions within Mexico, depending on candidate location.

Top Skills

Agronomy
Automation And Mechanization
Organic Production Techniques
Sustainable Practices
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The Company
HQ: Watsonville, CA
2,501 Employees

What We Do

Driscoll’s is the global market leader for fresh strawberries, blueberries, raspberries and blackberries. With more than 100 years of farming heritage and hundreds of independent growers around the world, Driscoll’s is passionate about growing great tasting berries.

Driscoll’s exclusive patented berry varieties are developed through years of research using only natural breeding methods – that means no GMOs. A dedicated team of agronomists, breeders, sensory analysts, plant pathologists and entomologists help grow baby seedlings that are then grown on family farms. Our independent berry growers then work with Mother Nature, using experience and know-how to get the very best out of each strawberry, blueberry, blackberry and raspberry plant.

Driscoll’s is serious about yummy berries! Driscoll’s is the trusted brand for Only the Finest Berries ™.

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