1. Compensation
All elements of Agrium’s Compensation program are market competitive, and include performance recognition and profit sharing plans. Our focus on performance based pay means that our Long Term Incentive Program, normally reserved for managerial positions, is also open to high performing senior professionals.
2. Career Growth
If you define your career destination, Agrium will help you get there. We offer training, education reimbursement, conference participation, stretch work assignments and volunteer opportunities to make your career at Agrium rich and rewarding.
Employee Development is a partnership between you and your leader. You will identify your strengths and your areas for development together to determine the appropriate path to close any developmental gaps. To assist you with this, Agrium uses a 70/20/10 Learning & Development Model. This model states that 70% of your development will occur on the job, 20% happens through feedback and 10% from formal education.
Learn more about Employee Development at Agrium Wholesale.
Did you know?
- The Agrium Wholesale’s profit sharing payout for 2007 and 2008 was the maximum 10 percent.
- Agrium matches the contributions you make to your Defined Contribution Plan or 401(k) Plan by 50 percent. That’s like getting a 50 percent return on your investment right away.
- In 2008, Agrium gave out 98 higher education awards worth $138,000 to the sons and daughters of Agrium employees.
- Agrium matches funds raised during our United Way week dollar-for-dollar. Last year, Agrium contributed over a million dollars in total.
- We operate a well-established succession management program that focuses on developing management talent from within.
http://www.agriumwholesale.com/careers/employee_development.jsp
3. What We Do
Agrium Wholesale is one of the world’s largest fertilizer distributors, marketing approximately 8.5 million tonnes of nitrogen, potash, phosphates and secondary nutrients annually. We produce, market and distribute crop nutrients for agricultural and industrial customers around the world, with operations in North America, South America, Egypt and Europe.
Crop Nutrients & Industrial Products
Agrium Wholesale manufactures, markets, and distributes four primary nutrients: nitrogen, phosphate, potash and sulphate. We service our customers through a network of over 100 distribution warehouses, supplied by 13 production facilities.
An overview of each of our primary market segments can be found on our crop nutrients and industrial products pages. For detailed information about our products, including Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS), Product Specification Sheets, and Labels, please visit our products page.
For a more general overview or to find answers to basic questions about our products, please visit our Product Fact Sheets page and download the appropriate PDF file.
4. Employee Development
On-the-job Experiences
Experience makes up the largest part of development as employees work through tasks in their role at the Company. There are special job assignments that may involve new initiatives or locations at the company. Cross-functional teams are also a way to gain access to and learn from different types of skills and backgrounds.
Education
Agrium uses regular channels for new employees to orient them not only on Company policies but also on our business, nutrients and a review of plant basics. Documents on our business, and the science we use, are available on our Intranet.
Opportunities such as training, apprenticeships, conference participation, internal forums and train-the-trainer workshops allow for learning and leadership training by giving employees an opportunity to put their new skills into action. Agrium Wholesale also sponsors employees to take external education programs. A subsidy of up to $3,000 per annum is available to support tuition and other costs for approved programs.
Feedback
Leaders provide employees with both formal and informal mentoring and coaching. This is typically linked to Agrium’s Formula for Success, which provides criteria for accessing behaviours that will support employees in achieving success.
External Knowledge
Agrium Wholesale also supports our employees who will benefit from specialized training from conferences, seminars or at a local educational institution. External knowledge can also come in the form of belonging to professional associations or getting professional designations.
The employee development process within Agrium Wholesale will enable you to identify meaningful developmental goals to help you attain your growth aspirations.
5. Work/Life Balance
This is a very important piece of Agrium’s success in finding the right fit for us and the new candidate. Agrium offers flex-days, 2/quarter, that you can take through out the quarter for an extra vacation day, long weekend, or just to catch up. This helps keep your work/life balance on the top of your list. Along with 8 to 5 work days, there is flexibility in your schedule. There is also a gym facility at our head office to make sure that we know that your health is just as important.
All full-time hires will receive 3 weeks of vacation, as well as the flex-days every quarter. Depending where it is that you are located, if you are located at one of our plant site, you will most likely work a 9/80 schedule. Where you work 9 hour days and receive every second Friday off, it is a long weekend every second week.
6. Company Culture
Agrium Wholesale is proud to have rolled out a new initiative of ‘Growing Together’. Where there are two central themes,
Cultural Elements:
Growing…
Our employees
In partnership with our customers and suppliers
Our responsibility for the environment
With the communities in which we do business
For our shareholders
Cultural Qualities:
- Passion – for our work, our industry, our community and our environment
- Relentless Focus – on high standards, and a commitment to honesty and integrity
- Embracing Change – anticipating and learning from new ideas and opportunities
- Learning as an Organization – continually finding new ways to excel
- Discipline & Efficiency – a focus on achieving our goals
- Leadership – ensuring we are all aligned with the visions and strategies of Agrium Wholesale
7. Social Responsibility
Agrium’s main fundraiser and social responsibility is to the united way campaign. Every year Agrium goes above and beyond to raise funds for such a worthy cause. There are jean day’s monthly where the money raised goes to the United Way. Also for one week out of the year we have a week of fundraising for the United Way, where there are auctions, bake sales, jean week, and other fundraisers for them.
8. Benefits
Agrium offers a flexible health and dental benefits package, allowing employees to tailor coverage to suit individual needs. We offer a full range of company-paid core benefits, plus a pool of flex dollars to purchase enhanced benefits. Excess flex dollars can be taken as cash, invested in the Company Group RRSP or contributed to a tax free Health Savings Account. Agrium also makes significant contributions to employee pension plans.
Additional Benefits Include:
- Annual paid vacation of up to 6 weeks
- Compressed work week at many locations
- Education assistance
- Fitness subsidy
- Charitable donation matching
- Scholarship program for the children of our employees
9. Awards and Recognition
2010
2009
- Agrium named one of Alberta’s Top 40 Employers for the 5th year in a row.
2008
- Agrium named one of Alberta’s Top 40 Employers for the 4th year in a row.
- Agrium was recognized in Calgary Inc. magazine as one of the Best Places to Work in Calgary for the second year in a row.
- Scotiabank honoured Agrium at its 8th Annual Commercial Card Conference for leadership in card-related workflows.
2007
- Agrium named one of Alberta’s Top 40 Employers for the 3rd year in a row.
- Agrium was recognized by Mediacorp Canada Inc. as a Top 25 employer in Alberta.
- We were named one of the Best 50 Corporate Citizens in Canada by Corporate Knights magazine.
- Canadian Business magazine lists Agrium's Board as one of the top three in Canada.
- Agrium was recognized in Calgary Inc. magazine as one of the Best Places to Work in Calgary.
- Our Conda Phosphate Operation in Idaho achieved the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) highest level of recognition and was designated as an OSHA Star Site.
10. Press Room
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