Job Description

The Grower Representative position represents Wonderful Citrus to third party growers and is responsible for recruiting additional acreage, servicing the current grower base, and the coordination of harvest. This position acts as a liaison between contracted growers and our Sales, Production, and Grower Relations departments. The main grower base is in the San Joaquin Valley with frequent travels to Imperial County and Ventura County.

Here’s what you’ll do:

• Responsible for maintaining current grower relationships by establishing good communication and trust.
• Responsible for recruiting new grower acreage while maintaining existing grower base.
• Involved in coordinating the crop management and harvesting of citrus with outside growers.
• Partners with both Sales and Production to develop and execute effective pick strategies for areas of responsibility.
• Communicates Wonderful Citrus’ harvest and market plans to growers.
• Responsible for crop estimates to forecast the current year’s supply.
• Responsible for insuring all growers are compliant with Food Safety rules, compliance agreements, as well as all other regulatory compliance items.
• Responsible for routine observation, evaluating and measuring of the crop, monitoring of field conditions during the season.

Qualifications

Here’s what you’ll bring to the table:

• Can work independently, displaying self-management skills.
• Strong time management skills.
• Represents Wonderful Citrus’ values in communicating to third party growers.
• Understands the interaction between crop management and market dynamics, and can articulate those clearly to growers.
• Experience reading, analyzing, and interpreting business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or government regulations.
• Ability to make good rational judgment decisions while under pressure.
• Works well in a team setting comprised of multiple departments.
• Experience writing reports, business correspondence, and effectively presenting information and responding to managers, peers, and growers.
• Strategic thinker with tactical and detailed execution.

Additional Information

Here’s what we’ll bring to the table:

• Wonderful Giving – a one-of-kind program that donates company money to charities close to our employees’ hearts
• Employee college tuition reimbursement
• Employee referral program
• Full benefits package – Medical, dental, vision, 401(k) retirement plan, company matching and annual catch-up, Employee Assistance Program, company-paid life insurance (spouse and dependents to age 26), life insurance, AD&D insurance, flexible spending accounts (FSAs)

Wonderful Citrus is part of The Wonderful Company, a successful, fast-growing privately held $4 billion company with 9,000 employees worldwide. We’ve made Wonderful Pistachios one of America’s top-selling salty snacks. We’ve turned pomegranates and POM Wonderful into a worldwide phenomenon. Wonderful Halos is the No. 1 mandarin orange in America. FIJI Water is the No. 1 premium bottled water in America. JUSTIN Wine produces California’s top-selling, high-end Cabernet Sauvignon. And Teleflora is the world’s largest flower delivery service.

The Wonderful Company has a long-standing commitment to corporate social responsibility, including more than $120 million invested in environmental technologies and sustainability research, $45 million in charitable giving and education initiatives every year, $30 million toward the construction of a new charter school campus in California’s Central Valley, and innovative health and wellness programs, including two new, free primary care clinics for employees and their dependents.

The Wonderful Company is an Equality Opportunity Employer that provides opportunities for advancement. We are committed to creating a diverse workforce that embodies a deep culture of acceptance, equity, and inclusion. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, region, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected categories.

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