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About Godrej Industries Group:
GIG is a holding company of the Godrej Group. We have significant interests in consumer goods, real estate, agriculture, chemicals, and financial services through our subsidiary and associate companies, across 18 countries.
https://www.godrejindustries.com/
About Godrej Agrovet
Godrej Agrovet is a food and agri conglomerate, dedicated to improving the productivity of Indian farmers by innovating products and services that sustainably increase crop and livestock yields.
www.godrejagrovet.com
About The Role
As a Crop Manager at Godrej Agrovet, you will drive crop strategies to strengthen product positioning and brand differentiation. Lead new product launches and manage the complete product life cycle to ensure market competitiveness and growth. Enable and support the sales team with technical expertise, training, and market intelligence for effective execution.
Roles & Responsibilities
- Crop Strategy & Business Planning
- Develop and execute crop-wise strategies for key crops.
- Identify growth opportunities across geographies, seasons, and crop stages.
- Build annual demand forecasts and align with sales targets.
- Product Positioning & Portfolio Management
- Position herbicides, insecticides, fungicides and PGR/PN effectively in crop programs.
- Develop crop stage-wise spray schedules.
- Identify portfolio gaps and support new product development.
- Lead New Product launches and product life cycle management.
- Technical Support & Market Development
- Provide strong agronomic guidance to sales teams, channel partners, and farmers.
- Conduct field visits, crop diagnostics, and problem-solving.
- Monitor Demonstration trials in collaboration with NPD team and generate data-backed recommendations.
- Training & Capability Building
- Train frontline sales teams on crop practices, pest/disease identification, and product usage.
- Develop training modules, crop guides, and technical literature.
- Support Sales and field marketing team for dealer and farmer meetings, field days, and campaigns.
- Marketing & Campaign Execution
- Collaborate with field marketing team to design crop-focused campaigns.
- Create product value propositions tailored to given crops/segment.
- Support branding, positioning, communication, and promotional material development.
- Market Intelligence & Insights
- Track competitor products, pricing, and strategies in crop segments.
- Gather farmer insights, crop trends, and pest incidence data.
- Recommend actionable inputs for business growth.
- Cross-functional Coordination
- Work closely with Sales, R&D, Regulatory, and Supply Chain teams.
- Ensure timely product availability aligned with crop cycles.
- Collaborate with NPD team to identify new segments in crops.
What is in it for you
Be an equal parent
Maternity support, including paid leave ahead of statutory guidelines, and flexible work options on return
Paternity support, including paid leave
New mothers can bring a caregiver and children under a year old, on work travel
Adoption support; gender neutral and based on the primary caregiver, with paid leave options
No place for discrimination at Godrej
Gender-neutral anti-harassment policy
Same sex partner benefits at par with married spouses
Gender transition support
We Are Selfish About Your Wellness
Comprehensive health insurance plans, as well as accident coverage for you and your family, with top-up options
Uncapped sick leave
Mental wellness and self-care programmes, resources and counselling
Celebrating wins, the Godrej Way
Structured recognition platforms for individual, team and business-level achievements
Performance-based earning opportunities
An inclusive Godrej
Before you go, there is something important we want to highlight. There is no place for discrimination at Godrej. Diversity is the philosophy of who we are as a company. And has been for over a century. It's not just in our DNA and nice to do. Being more diverse - especially having our team members reflect the diversity of our businesses and communities - helps us innovate better and grow faster. We hope this resonates with you.
We take pride in being an equal opportunities employer. We recognise merit and encourage diversity. We do not tolerate any form of discrimination on the basis of nationality, race, colour, religion, caste, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, age, or marital status and ensure equal opportunities for all our team members.
If this sounds like a role for you, apply now!
We look forward to meeting you.
Work Experience
10–12 years
