Cultivar & Seed Specialist – Varietal Solutions

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🦬 Montana, North Dakota, +2 more states – Remote

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Bay State Milling Company

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201 - 500 employees

Founded 1899

🍽️ Food & Beverage

🏭 Manufacturing

🌾 Agriculture

Food & Beverage • Manufacturing • Agriculture

Bay State Milling Company is a family-owned, five-generation flour miller and ingredient supplier that produces a wide range of traditional and specialty flours, gluten-free grains and oats, seeds, blends, and custom bakery mixes. The company focuses on sustainable sourcing and close partnerships with growers, operates innovation and quality-assurance capabilities (including an innovation hub and grain scientists), and supplies ingredient solutions primarily to food manufacturers, bakeries, and other commercial food customers. Bay State Milling emphasizes nutrition-forward products (e. g. , high-fiber wheat flour and purity-protocol oats) and integrated supply-chain services to support customers' product development and production needs.

📋 Description

• Maintain seed purity and accurate seed inventories across licensed intellectual property portfolios, including HealthSense®, SowNaked®, oats, and future varietal programs • Forecast seed demand and align production requirements across regions, growers, and partners • Support inventory planning, yield monitoring, production data accuracy, and reliable seed and data workflows • Conduct regular field scouting, participate in field days, and evaluate trial and production plots • Monitor crop performance, agronomic inputs, production risks, and environmental conditions • Provide timely field reports and practical agronomic insights to internal teams and external partners • Connect field performance with ingredient processing, product quality, and commercial objectives • Serve as a key point of contact for breeders, universities, growers, seedsmen, elevators, agricultural technology providers, and other seed partners • Build trusted relationships with partners in key growing regions and maintain communication on pipeline expectations, risks, and operational changes • Bring grower and industry perspectives into business planning and constructively challenge assumptions • Partner with Corporate R&D, Corporate Quality Assurance, business unit supply chain teams, mill operations, and other Bay State Milling teams • Coordinate with the Seed and Grain Inventory Specialist and Supply Chain Merchandiser • Support seed compliance, certifications, registrations, and partner agreement requirements across regions • Provide routine updates to leadership on seed performance, partner relationships, emerging risks, and business activities • Contribute to operational capacity, cross-training, and business continuity • Perform other duties and projects as assigned

🎯 Requirements

• Relevant experience (5+ years) in plant breeding, agronomy, agricultural inputs, farming or crop production, seed operations, or agricultural markets • Working knowledge of field practices, crop inputs, trials, and production agriculture • Experience building relationships with growers, breeders, universities, agricultural businesses, or other industry partners • Curiosity and a strong desire to learn about cultivars, seed systems, technology, and the broader food and agriculture value chain • Courage to ask thoughtful questions, surface risks, and constructively challenge established thinking • Strong written and verbal communication skills • Ability to organize details, manage changing priorities, and work effectively across evolving systems and multistate operations • Ability to travel approximately 30-40% and work flexibly during seasonal field and harvest periods • Proximity to a major airport required • Preferred: experience with licensed seed programs, cultivar development, breeding partnerships, or seed production systems • Preferred: existing relationships with growers or agricultural businesses in key production regions • Preferred: familiarity with seed compliance, certification, and registration processes • Preferred: knowledge of commercial seed pricing, agricultural markets, or negotiation frameworks • Preferred: comfort using technology and data to support inventory, forecasting, field reporting, and decision-making • Ability to stand and walk in agricultural field environments, including uneven terrain and variable weather conditions • May occasionally be required to climb or balance and lift and/or move up to 50 pounds

🏖️ Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package, including two medical plan options, Company-paid dental, and vision • Company-paid short- and long-term disability coverage • Company-paid life insurance and optional supplemental insurance plans • Matching 401(k) plan with a Roth option • Vacation time, floating holiday, sick time, and holiday pay for all full-time employees • Tuition reimbursement program • Paid family leave for new parents following birth, adoption, or foster care placement

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