Summary of the Role:
Develop and grow sales of Seeds, Fertilizers and other farm inputs while managing purchases of Grain from growers for our Trading team to market.
Provide customers with information about all our farm services including storage capabilities, grain marketing, agronomy packages, haulage and feeds wherever there is opportunity to do so.
You will need to be knowledgeable, keeping up to date with emerging technologies, industry trends and all of our products and services to be able to inform and advise our customers.
To be successful in the role, you will need sound understanding of on-farm sales, arable farming, grain buying. Ideally you will be qualified with experience gained within a similar role and able to develop a working customer portfolio within the areas in and around:
Oxfordshire
Northamptonshire
Hertfordshire
Buckinghamshire
Berkshire
About You:
The role of Farm Trader is an excellent opportunity for an experienced arable farm specialist to join the business. Ideally you will hold a BASIS qualification or have studied and or worked in arable agriculture to an advanced level. Alternatively, you may have hands-on farm management experience or have held a role in a similar business making arable farm sales with a serviced customer base that you have been able to successfully grow. Knowledge of fertilizers and crop nutrition will also be advantageous.
You will need to hold and maintain a UK Driving License to be able to carry out this role and as you will be required to make on-farm visits and other trips and visits on as the company needs.
About Bartholomews:
Leading in our field, developing a sustainable Agri Food Chain. We are a main contributor in the UK agri-foods sector, headquartered in Chichester, West Sussex and operating across the southern counties of England. We are a business built on perpetuity, first established in 1883 and we are continuing to grow and prosper.
We provide a range of agricultural services and essential supplies to the farming community including the sale and marketing of grain, the sale and supply of agricultural seeds, the manufacture and supply of fertilizers, crop protection products, animal feeds, bird-food and game feeds. We also provide technical advisory agronomy service to our farmer customers, and we are engaged in ongoing research and development through our extensive cereal crop trials.
Our facilities include a seed plant and crop research, technology, and multiplication center near Chichester and our dock-side sites of Shoreham Silos Services Ltd and Ultimate Fertilizers Ltd in Southampton. We have our own haulage company, Churchill Freight Services Ltd and multiple depots across the South of England. All these facilities and sites make our company proportionately the best resourced Agrifood business in the United Kingdom.
Our mission and as an Integral part of the food chain, is to connect growers with UK and European consumers, adopting new technologies and always striving for sustainable food security.
Perpetuity
Our Core Values:
Perpetuity Privately owned, always independent and equipped for the future
Team Working together and winning together.
Integrity Honesty, honour, and flexibility every day.
Sustainability working with stakeholders to develop leading solutions with fewer resources.
Equitable By offering equal value and terms, we build trust and long-lasting relationships.