Agricultural, Fertilizer, and Pest Control Manufacturers

Industry Overview:

With the challenge of providing food for a growing world population – and doing so in a way that is healthy, environmentally friendly, and sustainable – farmers increasingly rely on agricultural, fertilizer, and pest control manufacturers to provide them with the products that make this all possible. Additionally, manufacturers must take into consideration cost and energy efficiency, government and market considerations, and promotion of maximum crop yield.

This industry is one that is quickly evolving, and which must always maintain the flexibility to adapt to shifting environmental conditions, governmental regulations, consumer concerns, and scientific breakthroughs. Manufacturers must maintain strong relationships on both sides – with the farmers that ultimately use their products, and with ingredient providers who supply them with the elements that imbue the properties their customers are searching for

App Common Applications:

Insecticides, herbicides, bactericides, etc.
Sprayers
Agrochemicals
Bioremediation
Organics
Genetically modified crops
Fertilizer formulators, blenders and mixers

Solutions:

With almost 35 years as a top consumer products industry recruitment agency, Ropella is well-versed in the challenges companies face in their search to find highly qualified professionals. As talent acquisition specialists, we excel at attracting, recruiting and building relationships with potential candidates. Our executive search consultants stay abreast of current industry trends making Ropella a knowledgeable, efficient and effective partner for recruiting top consumer products talent.

A proven executive search firm, Ropella is dedicated to helping companies gain a competitive advantage by providing customized and strategic talent solutions. We leverage our industry expertise, proprietary smart search system and global network to deliver exceptional results quickly for even the most challenging searches. Successful industry leaders count on Ropella to find the right talent to drive their business forward.

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Agricultural, Fertilizer, and Pest Control Manufacturers

The typical positions, roles and/or functions our search consultants serve include:

	Sales (such as; new business development, key account management, technical service, customer service, branch, district, region, national, global in scope).
	Marketing (such as market research, market analyst, consumer research, public relations, social media, communications, product management).
	Manufacturing (such as operations, production, engineering, plant design, process development, pilot plant, scale up).
	Research & Development (such as exploratory research, discovery research, synthesis, analytical, applications development, new product development, formulations, compounding, quality control, environmental, regulatory, health and safety).
	Administration (such as procurement, supply chain, logistics, human resources).
	Business Management (such as general management, executive, manager, director, vice president, c-suite and board member, commercial development, merger, acquisition, joint venture).
	Venture Capital / Private Equity (such as administration and finance, commercial development, executive level management, human resources, mfg., marketing, r&d, sales)

From the initial introduction and engagement meeting through the onboarding of our selected candidate, the Ropella team was professional, organized and on top of every detail. We found the Ropella team focused on providing a truly diverse group of thoroughly screened candidates well-matched to our position requirements. We believe it is Ropella’s wealth of experience and meticulous prep work that ensures success. I especially appreciated the personal check-in calls, not overly aggressive—just the right amount of push to keep us equally on task and focused. We’ve successfully filled key critical positions in multiple regions now and will reach out to Ropella when our next need arises.