Plant Specialist Vegetables and Fruits - Langley, Canada - Signify

Signify

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Langley, Canada

3 weeks ago

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Job Title

Plant Specialist Vegetables and Fruits

Job Description:

We're looking for a Plant Specialist to join our Horticulture team.

You are part of the Plant Specialist team and will work remote based, as you will travel to customers and projects across Canada regularly.

You are also part of our global network of plant specialists in Horticulture LED Solutions, that meets regularly online and incidentally in person (in Europe).

Working for Signify means being creative and adaptive.

Our culture of continuous learning and commitment to diversity and inclusion creates an environment that allows you to build your skills and career.

Together, we're transforming our industry.

As the world leader in lighting, we're constantly ahead of the curve.

The Signify Horticulture LED Solutions team develops customized 'light recipes' for horticulture that combine crop growth knowledge with lighting technology and AI.

This approach allows growers to harvest a better quality and higher and more predictable yield throughout the year by using a light strategy optimized for their specific situation.

Working with research institutes, universities, growers and partners, we develop optimized lighting strategies to meet a grower's unique needs.

Signify is one of the few companies in the world to achieve carbon neutrality and our next sustainability goals are even bolder: doubling our positive impact on the environment and society by 2025.

As a Plant Specialist, you'll be responsible supporting customer's projects: you use your crop growth expertise and crop-planning tools to help growers optimize their strategy and advise during and after the sales process.

You will also be closely involved in new developments by setting up and following trials with recipe partners and customers (growers).

What you'll do- Advise growers on implementation of LED, support them in optimizing their lighting strategy and adapting to the new way of growing using your crop growth expertise and modelling tools Share knowledge both internally and externally with customers and partners, by means of customer visits, presentations, reports.

Your qualifications- At least 3 years working experience in the area of growing high-wire or other vegetable greenhouse crops, preferably tomato.- Like to work with customers and colleagues.- A Bachelor or Master degree (preferably in Horticulture)- Willing and liking to visit customers both in BC and across Canada (e.g.

Leamington) and occasionally travel to Europe.- You have affinity to working with excel and other calculation tools to optimize crop planning strategies- Experience with data analysis is a plus- Committed, drive for result- Structured way of working + good communication skills, conscientious and pro-active attitude

To be eligible for this position, you must legally be permitted to work in Canada and travel within North America, without any additional sponsorship support from Signify.

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What you'll get in return

We're offering multiple opportunities for career development, like mentoring, coaching and stretch assignments, with strong international exposure for dynamic profiles.

Learning is fundamental to our culture. Through continuous learning, we are transforming the industry.

You have the chance to learn every day, acquire new skills and perspectives through customized online programs, and on-the-job experiences.

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Who we are

Signify is the world leader in lighting. We provide professional customers and consumers with quality, energy-efficient LED lighting.

And our lights, when connected, bring data to devices, apps and people - redefining what light can do and how you use it.

Today, our innovations, such as LiFi - internet connectivity through light - and UV-C, solar and horticultural lighting, contribute to a safer, smarter, more sustainable world.

We're operating in 74 countries with 32,000 people worldwide.