EMEAAGRICULTURE COMPENSATION TRENDS
27th November, 2019
H E ALT H W E ALT H C AR E E R
2MERCER
I N T R O D U C T I O N &
A G R I C U L G T U R E S U R V E Y S
O V E R V I E W A N D D E M O G R A P H I C S1
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A G R I C U L T U R E S A L A R Y
M O V E M E N T S N A P S H O T
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A G R I C U L T U R E S E C T O R
S A L A R Y D I F F E R E N T I A L S
Q & A5
T I P S A N D T R I C K S W I T H D A T A
A G E N D A
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A G R I C U L T U R E S U R V E YC O U N T R I E S C O V E R E D
• I N D I A
• I N D O N E S I A
• T H A I L A N D
• P H I L I P P I N E S
• I T A L Y
• N E T H E R L A N D S
• G R E A T
B R I T A I N • M O R O C C O
• C H I N A
• G E R M A N Y
• F R A N C E
• R O M A N I A
• S O U T H A F R I C A
• R U S S I A
• H U N G A R Y
• U K R A I N E
• P O L A N D
2017
2016
2014
2013
• S P A I N
• T U R K E Y
• B U L G A R I A
• E G Y P T
• K E N Y A
2015
2018
• A R G E N T I N A
• B R A Z I L
• C H I L E
• M E X I C O
• S W I T Z E R L A N D
2019• G R E E C E
• C Z E C H R E P .
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CountrySurvey
participation
Argentina 21
Brazil 22
Chile 16
Mexico 18
India 22
Indonesia 15
Philippines 11
Thailand 13
Egypt 8
Kenia 8
Morocco 15
Turkey 18
South Africa 12
2 0 1 9 S U R V E Y PA R T I C I PAT I O N
CountrySurvey
participation
Bulgaria 11
Czech Republic 9
France 21
Germany 21
Greece 7
Hungary 12
Italy 19
Netherlands 21
Poland 18
Romania 22
Russia 15
Spain 19
Switzerland 13
Ukraine 14
United Kingdom 16
Overall, we have
437 participating
entities
in 28 countries
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A G R I C U LT U R E S U R V E YP A R T I C I P A N T S / A G R O F O R U M M E M B E R S
• ADAMA
• ADM
• BASF
• BAYER
• BUNGE
• CARGILL
• CORTEVA
• FMC
• KWS SAAT
• LIMAGRAIN
• LOUIS DREYFUS COMPANY
• NUFARM
• NUNHEMS
• SYNGENTA
• YARA
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A G R I C U LT U R E S U R V E Y SL O C A L C L I E N T S P A R T I C I P A T I N G
• ADECOAGRO
• AGRICOVER
• AGROPOLYCHIM
• AJINOMOTO GROUP
• AMEROPA
• ARLAND ROMANIA
• ASSOCIATED BRITISH FOODS
• AVRIL GROUP
• BARRY CALLEBAUT
• BELAGRICOLA
• BERRYMEX
• BONDUELLE
• CHS
• COPERSUCAR
• COSMOCEL
• DELASSUS
• DRISCOLL'S
• DUMMEN ORANGE
• EAST-WEST SEED (EWS)
• ELLAKTOR
• EXPORTADORA SANTA ELENA
• FALL CREEK FARM & NURSERY
• FALL CREEK MEXICO
• FERRERO
• FRUTICOLA AGRICHILE
• GLENCORE
• GRAINCORP
• GROUPE MONNOYEUR
• GRUPO LOS GROBO
• HERSHEY
• HERSHEY'S
• HERSHEY'S MONTERREY
• HORTIFRUT
• INGREDION
• ISRAEL CHEMICALS (ICL)
• J.M. HUBER CORPORATION
• KUTAS GROUP
• KWIZDA
• LABORATORIOS AGROENZYMAS
• MAISADOUR
• MEWI
• MOSAIC
• NIK
• OLAM AGRO
• PEDRA AGROINDUSTRIAL
• PEREZ COMPANC FAMILY GROUP
• RAIZEN
• REITER AFFILIATED COMPANIES (RAC)
• SAN MIGUEL
• SATUS AGER
• SEABOARD
• TERUMO
• THAI CENTRAL CHEMICAL
• TITAN MACHINERY
• VAN OERS UNITED
• VIÑA CONCHA Y TORO
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A G R I C U LT U R E S U R V E YS U R V E Y P R O F I L E
Key info
Sectors
Job Families
• 28 markets
• 98 specializations
• Mercer Job Library and IPE/PC underpinned
• Data collected along with TRS on one questionnaire
• Results delivered via WIN
• Total Remuneration Information
• Fee: EUR 2,100 per country
• Agrochemical
• Seeds production and processing
• Soft commodities trading
• General Management
• Engineering & Science
• Legal & Compliance
• Supply Chain and Production
• Trading and Dealing
• Sales, Marketing & Product Management
• Customer Service
• IT, Software Development
• Quality
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0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
Hungary
Poland
Kenya
Bulgaria
Romania
Russia
South Africa
Egypt
Morocco
Turkey
Engineering & Science Sales, Marketing & Product Management
Production & Skilled Trades Supply Chain
Legal, Compliance & Audit Customer Service & Contact Center Operations
Trading & Dealing Quality Management
General Management
A G D A T A B A S E D E M O G R A P H I C SJ O B F A M I LY S T R U C T U R E – E E , M E A
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0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
United Kingdom
Germany
France
Switzerland
Spain
Netherlands
Greece
Czech Rep.
Sales, Marketing & Product Management Production & Skilled Trades
Engineering & Science Supply Chain
Legal, Compliance & Audit Quality Management
Trading & Dealing Customer Service & Contact Center Operations
General Management
A G D A T A B A S E D E M O G R A P H I C SJ O B F A M I LY S T R U C T U R E - W E S T E R N E U R O P E
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AGRO SPECIFIC JOBS
• Product Regulatory Affairs
• Environmental Compliance/Product Stewardship
• Technical/Scientific Consulting
• General Field Sales: Agricultural/Chemical & Seeds
• General Field Sales: Agricultural/Chemical
• General Field Sales: Specialty Agricultural/Chemical
• Channel Sales: Seeds
• Multiple Field Sales & Account Management Specializations
• Field Research Station Management
• Field Product Development Operations
• Field R&D Data Management
• Multiple Technical Product Development/Research Operations
Specializations
• Discovery Biology
• Discovery Chemistry
• Lab Research Science
• Field Research Science
• Field Production Science: Agronomy
• Science R&D Analytics: Bioinformatics
• Multiple Science Specializations
• Field Research Technical Support
• Plant Multiplication & Seeds Production
• Soft Commodities Agriculture Trading
• Soft Commodities Agriculture Trade Execution
A G R I C U L T U R E S U R V E Y S
S T R A T E G I C A G R O A N D C R O S S I N D U S T R Y B E N C H M A R K S
Plus Strategic Cross Industry Specialization
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SALARY MOVEMENT
SNAPSHOT
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S A L A R Y M O V E M E N T S N A P S H O T
2019 Salary Movement Snapshot
Edition 1 Edition 2 Edition 3 Edition 4
Scope• Budgeted 2019
Salary Increase
• Actual 2019,
• Forecasted 2020 Salary Increase
• Actual 2019
• Forecasted
2020 Salary Increase• Salary Matrices
• Forecasted 2020Salary Increase
Survey launches 29/01/2019 30/04/2019 30/07/2019 22/10/2019
Survey closes 15/02/2019 17/05/2019 16/08/2019 8/11/2019
Results delivery 27/03/2019 26/06/2019 25/09/2019 18/12/2019
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S A L A R Y M O V E M E N T SS A L A R Y F R E E Z E S F O R A G R I C U L T U R E
0.0%
2.0%
4.0%
6.0%
8.0%
10.0%
12.0%
AG
TRS
Source: Salary Movement Snapshot, September 2019
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Country% of Organizations
Actual Freezes for 2019
AG All IndustriesEGYPT 0.0% 1.6%
KENYA 0.0% 2.2%
MOROCCO 0.0% 2.1%
SOUTH AFRICA 11.1% (N = 9) 3.3% (N = 92)
BULGARIA 0.0% 0.9%
CZECH REPUBLIC 0.0% 1.2%
HUNGARY 0.0% 1.3%
POLAND 5.9% (N = 17) 1.9% (N = 216)
ROMANIA 0.0% 1.4%
RUSSIA 6.3% (N = 16) 1.2% (N = 257)
TURKEY 0.0% 0.0%
UKRAINE 0.0% 1.4%
FRANCE 0.0% 1.1%
GERMANY 0.0% 1.7%
GREECE 0.0% 4.8%
ITALY 0.0% 1.3%
NETHERLANDS 0.0% 1.6%
SPAIN 0.0% 2.5%
Source: Salary Movement Snapshot, September 2019
P E R C E N T A G E O F O R G A N I Z A T I O N S S T A T I N G N O C H A N G E T O S A L A R I E S
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Country2019 Actual 2020 Forecast
AG Diff. All Industries AG Diff. All IndustriesEGYPT 15.0% 1.4 13.6% 13.8% 0.6 13.0%
KENYA 7.3% 0.2 7.1% 7.0% 0.0 7.1%
MOROCCO 3.7% -0.3 4.0% 3.5% -0.3 4.3%
SOUTH AFRICA 6.7% -0.3 6.9% 6.6% 0.0 6.9%
BULGARIA 4.0% 0.0 4.0% 4.2% 0.0 4.0%
CZECH REPUBLIC 3.3% 0.3 3.0% 3.3% -0.1 3.1%
HUNGARY 4.1% 0.5 3.6% 4.6% -0.4 4.0%
POLAND 3.5% 0.0 3.5% 4.0% 0.0 3.5%
ROMANIA 4.5% 0.0 4.5% 5.0% -0.1 4.6%
RUSSIA 7.0% 0.0 7.0% 6.5% 0.0 7.0%
TURKEY 20.0% 2.0 18.0% 19.0% 2.0 16.0%
UKRAINE 12.0% 1.7 10.4% 12.0% 0.3 10.0%
FRANCE 2.5% 0.1 2.4% 2.5% -0.1 2.5%
GERMANY 3.0% 0.1 2.9% 3.0% -0.1 3.0%
GREECE 2.0% 0.0 2.0% 2.0% 0.0 2.0%
ITALY 2.3% -0.2 2.5% 2.5% 0.0 2.5%
NETHERLANDS 3.0% 0.3 2.7% 3.0% 0.0 2.7%
SPAIN 2.5% -0.1 2.4% 2.5% 0.0 2.4%
SWITZERLAND 1.8% 0.0 1.8% 2.0% -0.2 2.0%
UNITED KINGDOM 2.8% -0.1 2.9% 2.9% -0.1 3.0%
Source: Salary Movement Snapshot, September 2019
S A L A R Y I N C R E A S E S – E M E A R E G I O N( E X C L U D I N G F R E E Z E S )
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V O L U N T A R Y T U R N O V E R A N D H I R I N G I N T E N T I O N SH I G H H I R I N G I N T E N T I O N S M I G H T A F F E C T R E M U N E R A T I O N I N C R E A S E I N T H E F U T U R E
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H O T J O B S I N A G R I C U LT U R E S U R V E Y S
Parietal LobeDifficulty in attracting
the right candidates:• Sales
• Industry Specific
• Engineering
• Research and
Development
Frontal LobeDifficulty in retaining
the right candidtes:• Sales
• Industry specific
• Research and
Development
CerebelumMost critical new hires for
organizations to achieve
budget/business plan:• Sales
• Sales and marketing
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2019 AGRICULTURE
SURVEY SUMMARY
AG SECTOR VS.
ALL INDUSTRIES
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Source: 2019 AG & TRS Policy & Practices reports, Short Term Incentives
15%
15%
17%
15%
15%
15%
12%
15%
15%
0% 10% 20%
Turkey
Russia
Bulgaria
Hungary
Romania
Netherlands
France
Germany
United Kingdom
TRS Target AGRO Difference From TRS
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A G R O V S . T R S 2 0 1 9T A R G E T B O N U S F O R M A N A G E M E N T
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N = N U M B E R O F D I S T I N C T C O M P A N I E S ,
S T A T I S T I C S O R G A N I Z A T I O N W E I G H T E D
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2019 AGRICULTURE
SURVEY TIPS AND TRICKS
IN MERCER WIN
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• Comparing data by core job, which include all specializations within the same job sub-family
• Family: Engineering and Science
• Sub-family: Science
• Specialization: Breeder
A P P R O A C H N O . 1J O B V S C O R E J O B
No. of
Orgs
No. of
Obs
Org Wtd
25th %
Org Wtd
Median
Org Wtd
75th %e
Job Field Research Science (Agriculture) - Manager (M3) ENS.07.034.M30 5 17 56,095 66,088 89,448
Job Field Research Science (Agriculture) - Senior Professional (P3) ENS.07.034.P30 6 35 47,999 55,851 71,096
Job Field Research Science (Agriculture) - Experienced Professional (P2) ENS.07.034.P20 7 95 33,784 41,268 44,372
Core Job Science - Senior Manager (M4) ENS.07.000.M40 4 24 -- 85,360 --
Core Job Science - Manager (M3) ENS.07.000.M30 6 59 57,623 70,204 93,075
Core Job Science - Team Leader (Professionals) (M2) ENS.07.000.M20 4 29 -- 59,074 --
Core Job Science - Specialist Professional (P4) ENS.07.000.P40 5 57 56,008 62,084 74,785
Core Job Science - Senior Professional (P3) ENS.07.000.P30 9 83 47,397 54,550 62,681
Core Job Science - Experienced Professional (P2) ENS.07.000.P20 8 340 35,355 37,718 40,867
Core Job Science - Entry Professional (P1) ENS.07.000.P10 6 138 27,465 29,898 33,349
S O U R C E : 2 0 1 9 F R A N C E A G
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• Comparing data by job family, sub family and Position Class
• Family: Engineering and Science
• Sub-family: Science
A P P R O A C H N O . 2J O B F A M I LY A N D P C
S O U R C E : 2 0 1 9 F R A N C E A G
Family Sub-family Position Class No. of Orgs No. of Obs Org Wtd Mean Org Wtd Median
Engineering & Science Science 46 7 114 32,565 30,000
Engineering & Science Science 47 5 45 34,992 33,131
Engineering & Science Science 48 4 109 37,610 37,402
Engineering & Science Science 49 4 154 48,540 44,835
Engineering & Science Science 50 6 54 49,705 51,048
Y O U C AN
C O M B I N E
P O S I T I O N
C L AS S E S , TO O
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T R E N D S
• Industry Consolidation (multiple M&A in the last few years) with big historical players and very few new comers of the same size.
• Some industry disruption could come from the rise of Digital Farming
• Main comparators are industry competitors plus chemical industry, Life Science to some extent
• Different Industry Sub Sectors (Trader, Agrochemical, Seed Producers…etc.) with different structure, value chain, culture, attractiveness and challenges
• Aging population among farmers
R E WA R D & H R H OT TO P I C S
• Performance Management
• M&A Integration
• HR Systems Implementation
• HR Transformation
• Attraction/Retention/EVP–Multigenerational Talent Pool
• Job architecture
• Benefits Transformation
• Employee Segmentation – Identifying preferences
• Global Mobility Policy
• Hot Jobs : Breeders (R&D), Traders , Field Sales Representatives
A G R I C U L T U R E S E C T O R
T R E N D S & C H A L L E N G E S
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Q&A
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Magdalena Syryt
Project Manager
John Langenius
Industry Consultant
A G R I C U L T U R E S U R V E Y S
C O N T A C T S
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