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Robot Milking & Business Improvement Specialist
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September 03, 2024
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Grand Valley Fortifiers
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Who we are:The GVF Group of Companies empowers farmers to produce meat, milk, and eggs profitably and sustainably for the advancement of human lives, nutrition and health.?Founded in 1960, Grand Valley Fortifiers specializes in the formulation, manufacture and sale of high quality, leading-edge mineral premixes for swine, dairy, beef and poultry producers. We create opportunities for livestock & poultry farms to be more profitable by providing innovative products, programs and services which lower feeding and livestock producers costs, maximize animal performance, and increase nutritional and commercial value of our customers products; meat, milk and eggs.?Today the GVF Group is comprised of six divisions: Grand Valley Fortifiers, Fortified Nutrition, Farmers Depot, Direct Source Commodities, Valley Feeds and True Foods.?Ours is a family business that cares about its employees and its community. We make sure that all our staff get what the best in class team members deserve: benefits, good wages, and respect. Whether through our charitable work, or our dedication to staff, GVF is committed to living out our principles and values.?Why we have this role:As the Voluntary Milking Systems and Business Intelligence Improvement Specialist for GVF, you will provide on-farm service and support for ruminant customers and prospective clients to achieve their personal and financial goals for their individual operations. You will work together with Dairy Specialists to provide and deliver performance and management solutions, dedicated business expertise, and real time advice and service. As the ideal candidate, you will be an expert in automatic/robotic milking systems, parlour management and animal husbandry and be comfortable and confident in providing technical coaching and training on-farm and in-barn in a friendly and consultative manner.???Working with us:This is a permanent, full-time position based out of your home office with the requirement to travel where needed across Ontario and to GVF?s headquarters in Cambridge, Ontario.? Typical work hours for this position are Monday to Friday 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. Given the nature of your role supporting our sales team and customers, you will travel to visit customers across Ontario and may have opportunities to travel outside of the province and outside of Canada as requested. This means there may be times when you will be required to work outside of these typical hours.?What you?ll do:Provide in-barn technical diagnostics, and solutions to production, performance and health issues in customer and prospective customer farms.Walk customers and prospective customer barns, identifying opportunities to improve production and performance and diagnosing environmental, management, health, and nutritional issues.Network with industry partners that have VMS and parlour systems and software and network within your territory and community to better understand the industry in your area and help farmers with their business.Coach and train team members in learning herd management software for VMS and Parlour systems.Work with the value-add team on projects including feed budgeting, record keeping, report generation and presentation of results.Help develop Economic Modelling of customer Performance as a tool for customer discussions.Utilize On Farm Business Intelligence Tools and Reporting to add value on farm.Establish personal and positive working relationships with team members and customers.Collaborate with the Dairy Specialists to learn ruminant sales, nutrition and business tactics as you endeavour to grow the business and your personal knowledge.Work with the team to expand existing ruminant business by passionately pursuing all business opportunities. There is potential for this role to look after your own book of business.Work closely with the Farmers Depot HyCare Specialists to learn about Total Water Care and Hygiene Schippers concepts. In addition to this, you will be a resource for the
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On site
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Terms of employment
Permanent employmentFull time
- Start date
Starts as soon as possible
- vacancies
1 vacancy
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