About the Opportunity

Are you a Chinese national studying in the US, eager to kickstart your career back home in China? Driscoll's is actively recruiting talented individuals like you to join our team in China. This opportunity is specially designed to harness your academic prowess and global perspective, offering a platform to excel in a thriving professional environment. Be part of our innovative journey and make your mark on the future of berries in China. Apply today to kick start your career and unleash your potential with the world's largest berry company! The agronomy specialist is responsible to support growers in specific production. This job learning how to grow raspberry, blueberry, strawberry, blackberry, transferring best practices to all growers, and learning the On Farm Trials (OFT’s) in Yunnan. This job will be to work with growers to continuously improve growers’ ability to grow good quality berries, understand new varieties, collaborate with R&D and all our growers, transmit our learnings both good and bad, then work with production, farming, and growers to get the best results in the field.

Responsibilities

• Understand and implement Driscoll’s Vision, Mission and Values

• Conduct daily work in production side, learning how to grow strawberries and blueberries.

• Responsible for daily production management, assist supervisor to carry out the production plan and accomplish the company annual goals.

• Crop growth management, timely and effective processing plant diseases, insect, pests, and recording weather data, learning pest and diseases for different berries.

• Understand plants applications with different types of plants in different regions growth strategic.

• Working on OFT (on farm trails), understand new varieties potentials and fit into business requirements. Collect OFT data to evaluate the OFT results.

• Understand Driscoll’s business model, learning food safety knowledge, understand QA standard.

• Ensure the security of Driscoll’s confidential information and proprietary varieties.

• Follow Company policies and practices while representing Driscoll’s in an ethical and business-like manner in all interactions with employees, governmental agencies, growers, customers, etc.

• Performs other duties as instructed by supervisor.

Candidate Profile

• Eligible to work in China.

• Currently studying for or recently graduated from a university in the U.S. or another country, majoring in Plant Pathology, Agriculture Science, Horticulture, Agronomy, Plant science, Plant nutrition and related areas.

• Hands on 0-2 years’ experience in substrate and/or farming production preferred.

• Knowledge and skills in production; pest, disease, and weeds control; soil, fertilizer, chemicals application.

• Good communication skills be able to work independently and in a team environment.

• Must be willing to learn new skills to support personal and professional growth.

• Proficiency with Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook, and related data base tools

• A passion for teaching and sharing/transferring knowledge.

• Proficiency in both Mandarin and English (written and verbal)

• Passion for agriculture and innovation

About Driscolls

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 fresh, beautiful and delicious berries. Our values of humility, passion and trustworthiness have guided our mission to delight consumers around the world.

Driscoll's exclusive patented berry varieties are developed through years of research using only natural breeding methods – meaning, no GMOs. From farm-to-table, we focus on delivering a high quality, premium berry experience with our many supply chain partners.

Driscoll's is the trusted brand for Only the Finest Berries™.

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Driscoll's es el proveedor líder en la comercialización de Fresas, Frambuesas, Zarzamoras y Arándanos Azules en el mundo. Con más de 100 años de herencia en agricultura y cientos de productores independiente alrededor del mundo, Driscoll's es una compañía apasionada por cultivar Berries frescas, hermosas y deliciosas. Nuestros valores de humildad, pasión y confianza han guiado nuestra misión de deleitar a los consumidores en el mundo.

Las variedades exclusivas de Driscoll's han sido desarrolladas a través de años de investigación usando sólo métodos de mejoramiento natural. De la granja a la mesa, nos enfocamos en ofrecer una experiencia de alta calidad con apoyo de nuestros socios de la cadena de suministro.

Driscoll's es la marca de confianza de sólo las mejores Berries.