Sr. Soy Quality & Seed Production Technology Manager

Now hiring! Sr. Soy Quality & Seed Production Technology Manager

Champaign, IL - remote

We are looking for a Sr. Soy Quality & Seed Production Technology Manager to join our Agricultural Solutions team in Champaign, IL. This is a remote role - preferably near Champaign, IL, Iowa, or other Illinois locations. 

Come create chemistry with us!

BASF’s Agricultural Solutions division connects innovation, customers, partners and agricultural experts and integrates sustainability criteria into all business decisions. We help farmers deliver the best possible outcomes, working to achieve the balance between economic, environmental and social value creation for sustainable and efficient agriculture. 

The Sr. Soy Quality & Seed Production Technology Manager is a multi-faceted role. As Sr. Quality Manager, this position has primary responsibilities as company “expert” in soybean seed Quality Management and to ensure a strong QMS & QC culture in maintained. This includes developing and implementing new quality processes; establishing quality standards and testing for the introduction of all new soy genetics and traits; collaborating with senior leadership in NA Seeds Supply, Global Seeds Excellence, and our R&D breeding teams; and to develop controls, audit procedures, and process improvements in seed quality.

This position is also responsible as Seed Production Technology expert to lead and implement new seed production research technologies; develop field data management systems, and related data analysis; develop, test, and implement new and existing seed treatments technologies. As a senior seed production “expert,” this position will operate as a liaison communicating with senior leadership experts in Regulatory, Legal, Sustainability, and Global Product Stewardship and exchange expertise with the commercial soy seed production team for new and future trait releases. 

As a Sr. Soy Quality & Seed Production Technology Manager, you create chemistry by...

• Being accountable to lead BASF’s overall soybean seed quality management program in NA soybean seeds supply, including the day-to-day management of our soybean seed production quality processes, and network of seed testing labs and systems. Scope includes leadership of quality management, quality assurance, and quality control processes for all foundation seed and commercial 3rd party soybean seed multiplier production facilities. 
• Assisting with service calls to sites or fields as it relates to seed quality and product performance issues. Provides oversight of internal and external non-conformances (NCM’s) and develops appropriate improvements using our CAPA processes. 
• Leading and coordinating  process documentation and related training for both internal and external 3rd party partners. 
• Acting as our expert liaison to BASF’s global product stewardship group, and ensure all required protocols are conveyed and executed in foundation & commercial production for any regulated and directed use production, and will coordinate the launch of all new and future traits from our R&D programs in commercial production. This includes both domestic and counter season production in South America. 
• Leading our “upstream” seed treating activities at all our internal and 3rd party production treatment sites.
• Collaborating with our commercial and marketing soy business leaders, the agronomic services team, and the crop protection seed treatment colleagues, to explore, test, transition and implement new seed treatment technologies as needed.
• Working closely with production planning & commercial production managers, with planning and executing production schedules at our assigned seed treating sites.
• Leading the exploration and application of new technologies as part of our production research plans. This may include oversite and advancement of our internal SCOPE field management system, SEEDLIMs quality control assurance systems, connectivity with BASF’s Xarvio Field Mgr ™, field imaging and analytics using satellite imagery, drone imaging, and other new technologies that may help with varietal/trait purity, plant health, predicting yield/quality, etc. info mgmt. development, tech foundation, etc.
• Serving as a key member and contributor to the North American Seed Supply Quality Management team and assisting the North America Seed Supply Quality Manager with continual improvement of Q