High Value Crop Product Manager

About Our Client

Who Are John Deere?

Integrity. Quality. Humanity. Commitment. Innovation. These are the values that guide everything John Deere do. They conduct their business in accordance with the highest ethical standards. They are dedicated to providing superior products and services. They treat everyone with respect and dignity. They are committed to the success of their customers, employees, and stakeholders. They continuously seek new ways to improve and evolve.

At John Deere, they run so life can leap forward. The business is a world leader in providing advanced products, technology, and services for customers whose work is revolutionising agriculture and construction-those who cultivate, harvest, transform, enrich, and build upon the land to meet the world's dramatically increasing need for food, fuel, shelter, and infrastructure. John Deere are committed to innovation, excellence, and sustainability, ensuring that their customers can rely on John Deere to help them achieve their goals.

Job Description

The Opportunity

The High Value Crop (Horticulture) Product Manager position exists to lead in-field initiatives and business development of the HVC Portfolio in orchard, vineyard and bedded crop settings across Australia and New Zealand. These activities are designed to achieve sales growth and provide technical support to both Dealers and Customers by acting as a liaison between the factory and outside product users. The HVC Product Manager will leads the execution of the marketing plan, provide expert product knowledge for dealer and customer demonstrations, training, and conduct presale setup and optimisation to align with marketing activities.

Key responsibilities include but are not limited to :

• Leading the development and delivery of product demonstrations, product optimisation, and product training
• Providing dealers with technical support across the HVC portfolio, including in-person and virtual troubleshooting, acting as the local technical subject matter expert.
• Interfacing with the sales branch, channel partners, customers, and platform to provide analysis to improve the product
• Providing support or marketing assistance to product, parts, or services through phone or field reports.
• Developing prescribed solutions and generating new opportunities by maintaining relationships with partner organisations
• Resolving queries from internal or external customers
• Supporting senior colleagues in building and optimising relationships and interactions with external and internal stakeholders, including key decision-makers, regulators, public organisations, governmental institutions, insurance companies, providers, professional communities, and customer / client / patient groups.

The Successful Applicant

About you

The ideal candidate for the HVC Product Manager role will have a technical underpinning but be commercially aware. Hands-on technical experience in an agricultural setting is highly preferred with an ability to troubleshoot and diagnose technical faults in real time. Technical exposure in similar industries or with other automated / robotic applications will also be considered.

You'll be a strong communicator and self-motivated with an ability to work independently. As the role is travel / field based with 50% plus of your time out of the office, you'll be comfortable on the road and relish the opportunity to travel and experience new contexts and people.

Proximity to Brisbane or Melbourne is preferred to allow for office connection.

What's on Offer

What's on offer?

The successful candidate can expect to be offered a two-year contract on a generous hourly rate that covers base salary, superannuation and bonus allowances. Travel and vehicle rental costs will be fully covered as expenses.

In addition, the successful candidate will be taking on a high-profile role in the business, with exposure across ANZ and also the US, including travel to the US early in post. You'll have the chance to make an impact that's felt by customers, dealers and the business alike.