Would you like to combine your crop technical experience in the green sector with your love for traveling to the Asia-Pacific region? This challenging position at Grodan gives you the opportunity to do both! Come and join our international team and grow with us!
The Crop Consultant supports Grodan’s growth by providing expert technical guidance to customers and promoting Precision Growing across the horticultural value chain. In this role, you collaborate closely with sales representatives and crop specialists, help develop advanced irrigation advice, and build strong relationships with growers, distributors, consultants, and other stakeholders.
You act as a key technical ambassador for Grodan—translating market needs into input for R&D and Marketing, supporting commercial activities, and strengthening Grodan’s positioning as the preferred growing-media partner.
Main Responsibilities
1. Deliver high-quality crop technical support (on-site and remote) related to Grodan products, irrigation strategy, and root zone management
2. Improve and further develop irrigation advice based on Precision Growing principles
3. Build and maintain strong relationships with customers, distributors, and consultants to expand Grodan’s market presence
4. Collect and share technical and market insights; provide competitive intelligence
5. Conduct sales-supporting technical conversations and contribute to business development
6. Set up and monitor customer trials; document findings and guidance
7. Provide technical training to internal teams and external partners
8. Log customer visits and activities in the CRM system
9. Participate in Business Development projects as a technical expert
Your profile
10. Bachelor- or University degree in Plant Sciences, Plant Biotechnology or Resilient Farming & Food Systems
11. Strong agronomic and crop-technical expertise, preferably in irrigation, substrate use, and greenhouse cultivation
12. Ability to translate complex technical information into practical guidance for growers and partners
13. Proactive networker with a strong market orientation
14. Of course we look for experience and we also invite recent graduates to apply for this role
15. Superior written and verbal communication skills in English; Dutch is a strong plus, and you have strong cultural awareness of the APAC region.
16. Gets energized by travel: 20-25% travel in Asia-Pacific region, 10-15% travel in EU and 5-10% presence in Roermond/The Netherlands.
Why join Grodan?
We offer more than a job. You’ll join a global leader in substrate technology, where innovation and sustainability go hand in hand. You’ll have the opportunity to expand your expertise, influence product development, and directly contribute to a future where high-tech horticulture sets the standard. Ready to make your expertise count on an international stage? Join Grodan and help us bring Precision Growing to the next level!
This is how you can apply
We value diversity and therefore welcome all applications regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion/belief, disability, age, sexual orientation and identity.
We look forward to receiving your application! Please respond via the application button and we will be happy to engage with you. We will reply to your application as soon as possible. If you have any questions, please contact our recruitment manager Dave Coppen directly on +31 6 15262701 30 or email .