Sunflower PPS associate

Company Description

Syngenta Seeds is one of the world’s largest developers and producers of seed for farmers, commercial growers, retailers and small seed companies. Syngenta seeds improve the quality and yields of crops. High-quality seeds ensure better and more productive crops, which is why farmers invest in them. Advanced seeds help mitigate risks such as disease and drought and allow farmers to grow food using less land, less water and fewer inputs. Syngenta Seeds brings farmers more vigorous, stronger, resistant plants, including innovative hybrid varieties and biotech crops that can thrive even in challenging growing conditions. Syngenta Seeds is headquartered in the United States.

Job Description

ROLE PURPOSE:

• Support PPS team in the late development, pre-commercial evaluation and selection of seeds product candidates for target markets
• Perform field evaluations and phenotypic observation on sunflower hybrids in different environments. Coordinate notations and interpret the results, to be able to select best adapted hybrids for responsible area.
• Support in Product Advancement process in collaboration with other parties
• Understand the regulatory environment and contribute in driving the registration strategy

ACCOUNTABILITIES:

Coordinate / Contribute the annual Crop Advancement Processes (HPC/VPC):

• Connect with product managers receiving portfolio needs, filtering and prioritizing them with Regional Portfolio, understanding market trends, and considering new pipeline enablement
• Select and characterize the best products for a given territory and propose pre-commercial line up for represented Market Segment

Late stage sunflower hybrid evaluation:

• Visit multiple locations to evaluate different parameters of sunflower hybrids on various phenological stages.
• Understand the growing conditions, farmer practices and be able to interpret the hybrid behavior based on occurred conditions.
• Compare tested hybrids with local checks, seek for differences and advantages that helps to promote and position new products accordingly.
• Interpret notations and observation into technical profile summary for promoted hybrids

Secure License to Operate of the New Advancements

• Work with portfolio and registration representatives of the commercial area
• Support the local regulatory representatives
• Interact and influence the official registration process and downstream end users
• Monitor and update on performance of candidates through official trialing in registration

Engage with the Business Unit Commercial Teams:

• Lead the NPL product positioning meetings, make sure that the product FABs are understood, and adjusted minorly to the required level to the local needs
• Collaborate with local technical experts, design and develop growing protocols to support Product Positioning and maximize on farm performance
• Provide methods and solutions, with an aim for a shared small plot trial network

Qualifications

KNOWLEDGE SKILLS & EXPERIENCE:

• Degree in agricultural science and/or Biological science or similar
• Experience in practical field trialing
• Familiar with relevant computing (MS-office) system
• Good command of English knowledge
• Awareness of the environmental types, growing conditions at the represented area
• Basic knowledge of portfolio management, market segmentation, and end user / farmer needs
• Basic knowledge of statistics and data management of complex data sets
• Basic knowledge of breeding methodologies, and techniques
• Own a Driving License  B

Additional Information

Please note this is a fix term contract for 1 year.

Syngenta is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or any other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.