Agribusiness Associates

Graduate Programme 2024 – Agribusiness Associates
Remote

About Us 
Tirlán is a world-class food and nutrition co-operative, with a diverse portfolio of quality ingredients, leading consumer and agri brands. 
The farmer-owned co-operative has a first-class track record of success in the global market. Rooted in a rich heritage of family farming and embedded in its communities, Tirlán has evolved to bring the passion of its farmers and their high-quality milk and grains to the international marketplace.  

Overview
Tirlán is offering unique opportunities for graduates to join our Agribusiness team as an Agribusiness Associate. These roles will be mobile/remote.

Responsibilities
•    You’ll gain experience across the Agribusiness category to include business development, branch and direct customer sales, farm development / advisory while pursuing a career in a challenging and fast-moving environment
•    You will advance your technical experience by working closely with their managers and teams, gaining the skills and confidence to develop our business through new sales and innovation.
•    You will develop areas ranging from on-farm nutritional consultancy, technical advisory and project management
•    Work on aspects of our retail operations and managements, customer service, people management, category management and logistics

Requirements
•    High academic record to date in the following fields of study: Agricultural Science, Agribusiness or related discipline; and expected minimum of a 2.2 honours primary degree
•    Strong technical knowledge and customer-facing/retail experience
•    Ambition to progress successfully in a career in agribusiness in an exciting, ever-changing and challenging environment
•    Thinks commercially and delivers customer centric solutions
•    Drives collaboration and builds partnerships to meet shared objectives
•    Communicates clearly and can influence at all levels
•    Demonstrates a thirst for knowledge with a desire to continually learn and grow
•    Analytically minded with the ability to develop creative insights and execute change

If you are interested in this position, please apply with an up-to-date resume.

More about us at Tirlán 
A talented team of over 2,100 people manage Tirlán’s network of 11 production facilities and 52 agri retail outlets serving its communities with annual revenues of over €2 billion in 2022. Tirlán’s state-of-the-art headquarters in Kilkenny city and innovation centre in Ballyragget promote innovation, creativity and collaboration. Tirlán is committed to sustainability throughout the organisation through its comprehensive Living Proof programme, and the Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi) contained within it. For more information visit www.tirlan.com.

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion
Tirlán embraces diversity, equal opportunity and inclusion. We are committed to building diverse teams where different perspectives drive innovation and growth. We strive to create an inclusive workplace where people can bring their true self to work and achieve their full potential.

At Tirlán, we celebrate diversity, because we know that our individual strengths make us stronger together. We welcome and encourage interest from a wide variety of candidates, and we will give your application consideration, without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, or disability status. 

At Tirlán our culture will celebrate individuality, knowing that together we are more.

Tirlán is a Values Based Organisation - www.tirlan.com