Technical Specialist

Technical Specialist

Dümmen Orange is a leading global breeder and propagator of flowers and plants, offering an impressive patented portfolio of crops and varieties to growers, wholesalers and retailers around the world.

Globally accessible and locally embedded, Dümmen Orange continues to be close to its customers and business partners and helps them grow. As a global leader in floriculture, we stand out as the value chain partner that takes responsibility for people, communities and our environment.

Dümmen Orange has its global headquarters in De Lier (the Netherlands) and employs 6,600 people worldwide.

In North America, our headquarters in based in Columbus, Ohio operating in 20 states. Our Technical Department is currently in search of a Technical Specialist to support our customers and Sales organization.

Job Overview:

Our organization grows and flourishes. This results in a fast changing and, therefore, challenging environment.

As a Technical Specialist, you will work closely within the Dümmen Orange technical team, supporting production farms, broker and grower partners in the resolution of production-related challenges, optimizing production practices and advising on new techniques to grow Dümmen Orange products.

Your tasks and responsibilities

Support grower and broker accounts to assist in resolving specific technical challenges.

Prepare customer facing training documents and bulletins that relate to pathology and other technical topics.

Conduct educational webinars for grower and broker customers on new or updated technical practices in all crop categories including phytopathology issues.

Approval of quality claims

Responsible for verifying technical guide content.

Stay current on university, trade, and internal research being conducted and keep teams informed accordingly.

Communicate/share information internally and externally.

Provide feedback to farms, technical team, product managers and sales on cutting quality & issues.

Facilitate meeting with Sales and Product Managers throughout the selling cycle and beyond.

Serve as the initial point on contact and North American liaison for GreenCare – Dümmen Orange’s phytosanity program.

Your Profile

Degree in Plant Science, Plant Pathology or equivalent experiences