CENTRIGO Center Head

Role purpose

• Lead the CENTRIGO™ Centre or cluster of Centres in the assigned geography
• Need to manage the Centre as a P&L, where by manage the operations and commercial activities with the assigned team, farmers and partners – channel, value chain and service partners
• Motivate and drive the team to improve the yield and quality of the produce for farmers, have extremely close relationship with the farmers and drive overall efficiency in the farm
• Drive the sustainability agenda with traceability tools
• Manage expenses and income of the centre/centres through various revenue streams
• Increase the penetration of CENTRIGO™ farmers and create a community where by trust is developed
• Drive integrity and values of Syngenta in the market place
• Train team and build capabilities for effective relationship management and right agronomy practices
• Be an inspiration to the organization to elevate CENTRIGO’s purpose (farmer-centricity, modernizing agriculture, soil health, healthier and safer food)

Accountabilities

• Manage P&L of the centre, make sure that the expenses are controlled and have relative benefits to the revenue generated
• Manage and train the team of Farm and Farmer Officer
• Lead and train the team on agronomy and soft skills for enhancing farmer relationship
• Manage key relationships with farmers, channel partners, value chain partners, service providers, mandi merchants
• Manage the output payments to the farmers and help negotiate a win win with value chain sourcing team
• Make sure that farmers are adhering to the sustainable farming practices that have been advised by the agronomy team
• Provide full support to the value chain sourcing team and make sure that their needs are met, also manage farmers requirements based on their pain points
• Lead community development of the specific strategic geography by conducting engagement events to elevate the brand equity of CENTRIGO™ and create enhanced engagement to develop an environment of Trust and integrity
• Lead the financial acumen for Farmers and be able to support them to drive profitability with sustainable financial planning and discipline

Critical success factors & key challenges

• Passion to support farmers and sustainably modernize agriculture across APAC
• Deep knowledge of end-to-end farming and agronomy, Smart-ag practices and digital tools
• Entrepreneurial mindset with a digital bend
• Able to work in a start-up-like environment
• Be a key influencer in the farming and trading community, should be extremely good in external stakeholder management
• Natural people leader
• Role model in Integrity and discipline
• Ability to influence and communicate effectively with various stakeholders internally and externally
• Ability to lead and drive technical relationships with value chain companies
• Thought leader in Smart and modern ag practices
• Provide strategic leadership, development and coaching for the NFE country organizations

Knowledge, Experience & Capabilities:

• Minimum of 5 years’ experience, with a sound agronomic and commercial understanding of major crops across APAC, having experience in end-to-end farming, agronomy and agri-technologies
• Understanding of Agribusiness strategies, trends and of the principles of value creation for growers.
• Understanding of overall farming /value chain lifecycle (farm to fork)
• Understanding of requirements of value chain companies and consumer needs
• Be willing to take ownership of community and be able to drive them to the right direction
• Be a natural people’s leader
• Should be able to adapt fast and understand the assigned geography in-depth and create  close relationship with the farmer
• Technical background with business acumen is strongly preferred
• Experience working in cross-functional teams, to influence and set strategy
• Ability to work effectively in multi-disciplinary, multi-cultural environment and matrix organization. Work experience at geography level or country level with another company.
• Familiarity with information technology and data management with ability to use them to solve key farmers’ pain-points

Qualifications:

• Degree in Agronomy, Agriculture Science or in a related field
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in Agribusiness area (practical experience in crop protection, agronomy, digital agri-technologies)
• Experience with a value chain company leading a technical/agronomy team
• Preferred if candidate has experience in agri operations, procurement and supply chain
• Proven ability to lead, influence and build impactful relationships

Additional Information:

People are at the heart of what we do:

• Once a year Full body check
• Competitive insurance scheme
• Employee assistance program – to take care of your and your loved ones mental health
• Paid Vacation of 30days, 12 Paid Holidays, Maternity and Paternity Leave, compassionate leaves
• Education assistance – for your career growth
• People first culture translated into ‘Most Preferred place to work 2022-23 by Times group’

Note: 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, gender identity, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.

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we help farmers to counter these threats
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as well as droughts and floods, heat and
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