Seed Production Agronomist

Company Description

About Syngenta 
Syngenta is a global leader in agriculture; rooted in science and dedicated to bringing plant potential to life. Each of our 28,000 employees in more than 90 countries work together to solve one of humanity’s most pressing challenges: growing more food with fewer resources. A diverse workforce and an inclusive workplace environment are enablers of our ambition to be the most collaborative and trusted team in agriculture. Our employees reflect the diversity of our customers, the markets where we operate and the communities which we serve. No matter what your position, you will have a vital role in safely feeding the world and taking care of our planet. Join us and help shape the future of agriculture.  

Job Description

At Syngenta, we are working to build the most collaborative and trusted team in agriculture that provides leading seeds and crop protection innovations to enhance the prosperity of farmers. We are currently seeking a Seed Production Agronomist in Danvers, MN.
You will enhance the prosperity of farmers by: 

• Management and execution of all phases of seed production for corn and/or soybeans to ensure a high quality, reliable, and timely supply is delivered to the facility
• Fostering on operations culture founded on HSE and process improvement
• Develop crop placement plans that deliver agreed upon production goals
• Collaborate with the Production and Processing Technology to develop best practices in seed production
• Actively engage and provide technical expertise with seed growers, and production research for seed multiplication

Accountabilities  

• Contract required production acres with seed growers to maximize yield, and deliver seed meeting quality standards
• Maintain a grower evaluation system to drive increased yields and quality.
• Manage pre-season planning duties, including, recruiting new seed growers, field selection, hybrid placement, creating preliminary field maps, and SAP data entry.
• Provide post season yield to evaluate growing area strategy.
• Understand species and variety characteristics, seed quality standards and crop delivery requirements to optimize seed availabilities.
• Through networking and education, remain current on new and emerging production techniques, bring to production team for evaluation and fit analysis.
• Identify agronomic issues in production fields including, weed, disease and insect programs, and timely field inspection programs.
• to Ensure high quality seed is delivered to the location along with scheduling of seed delivery to plant location.
• General administrative management duties including signing vendor contracts, collecting, preparing, inputting data for reports and conducting Quality Management System (QMS).
• Foster an operational culture founded on adherence to all applicable Health Safety Environment (HSE) and other corporate policies, procedure, and guidelines.
• Ability to manage multiple projects concurrently and communicate with Field Production team key milestones.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Agronomy or related field; 2 year degree with equivalent professional experience and/or training in addition to the experience requirement will be considered.
• 2-4 years related experience preferred
• Certified Crop Advisor (CCA) preferred
• Soybean Seed Production experience preferred
• Fluent in English (spoken and written)
• Individual must be authorized to work in the United States for Syngenta without work authorization sponsorship now or in the future

Critical Success Factors & Key Challenges

• Meet crop plan targets while maintaining high quality production
• Achieve annual COGP and HSE targets
• Proactive professional working relationships with seed producing vendors
• Assessments, implementations, and execution of important business strategies relating to consistent supplied of high quantity seed products
• Ability to remain flexible and responsive when faced with multiple urgent requests

Additional Information

• Full Benefit Package (Medical, Dental & Vision) that starts the same day you do 
• 401k plan with company match, Profit Sharing & Retirement Savings Contribution 
• Open Vacation Policy with a minimum of 15 days of vacation and up to 30 days with manager approval, 9 Paid Holidays 
• Maternity and Paternity Leave, Education Assistance, Wellness Programs, Corporate Discounts among others 
• A culture that promotes work/life balance, celebrates diversity, and offers numerous family-oriented events throughout the year 

Syngenta is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training