Castongia Tractor Valparaiso
Location
Valparaiso, IN | United States
Job description
Precision Ag Consultant
Who We Are
Castongia Tractor is a team of professionals focused on helping our customers grow by providing accurate, timely and valuable solutions for our Agricultural, Commercial, and Residential partners’ ever-changing needs through providing high quality products, first-class product support and cutting edge new technology and continued education of our customers and employees.
What We Offer
- Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
- Life and Disability Insurance
- 401K Retirement Savings Plan
- Paid Time Off
- Paid Holidays
Purpose
Provide consulting services, expertise, and training for the sale and support of solutions enabled by the John Deere FarmSight™ strategy and other aligned technology and applications. Ensures ongoing AMS mainstreaming and works with all dealership departments to sell and support precision farming products and services.
Responsibilities
- Provides leadership across the organization for the sale of Precision Farming Products offered through John Deere
- Creates and executes a John Deere Agriculture Management Solutions (AMS) Marketing Plan
- Develops and delivers employee training for AMS products
- Manages the adoption of new technology and product offerings
- Manages dealership inventory processes for AMS products, customer follow-up processes, and customer satisfaction issues related to product line.
- Provides support for advanced customer training (including desktop software products) offered through John Deere
- Coordinates the execution of the dealership’s John Deere FarmSight™ strategy (Machine Optimization, Logistics Optimization, and Ag Decision Support)
- Develops and executes the plan to ensure ongoing AMS mainstreaming across all departments at the dealership
- Assists in leading the organization in the area of John Deere precision farming products
- Ensures understanding of John Deere FarmSight™ solutions and precision farming products in sales, service, parts, and all other departments
- Serves as the internal and external technical specialist for all precision farming products
- Implements the adoption of new technology and product offerings
- Develops and delivers employee and customer training for John Deere FarmSight™ solutions and advanced precision farming products
- Provides recommendations of stocking/inventory requirements for solutions enablement
- Provides recommendations on ordering option codes
- Provides solutions-based business consulting services to customers (i.e. advising customers on optimizing performance, reducing costs, operation efficiencies, etc.)
- May also support the dealership efforts with third-party providers (Certified Crop
Experience, Education, Skills and Knowledge
- 1+ years’ experience in an agriculture-related role
- Dealership sales, service, training, or other related work experience preferred
- Proficient knowledge of electrical and wireless communication systems
- Ability to operate with a solutions approach and identify existing/emerging customer needs
- Ability to use standard desktop applications such as Microsoft Office and internet functions
- Solid organizational, interpersonal, analytical and communication skills
- Ability to work flexible hours and travel to store locations and customers
- Certified Crop Advisor certification or equivalent preferred
- Associates degree in Agronomy, Agriculture Business, or Agriculture Mechanization or equivalent experience required
- Bachelors Degree in Agronomy, Agriculture Business, or Agriculture Mechanization preferred Advisor, Ag Service Provider, etc.) and related John Deere businesses
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