Crop Manager VFO

About this Job:
● Strengthen the Pillar brand through innovative, effective, and excellence campaign programs.
● Lead and co-create with team to ensure excellence in campaign development and execution to ensure GTM implementation to support business ambition.
● Manage strategic positioning along with tactical responsibilities such as identifying campaign/program message, target market, campaign calendars, contest map, execution plans executing on creative briefs in partnership with others area.

Accountabilities:
• Work with Commercial Unit team to provide them with strategic sell in tools and content each season.
• Create effective copy for all websites and other interactive media within agreed-to schedules & create digital content creation and distribution plan. Supports and suggests improvement ad efficiencies to content management system where copy is published.
• Responsibilities including acting as a liaison with internal department (Market Insight, Digital Lead, Business Development) to ensure that all campaigns are executed in a timely and efficient manner.
• Monitor campaign effectiveness and product portfolios performance in timely manner. Allocate A&P by Region/Crop effectively & dynamically based on market & competitor situation.
• Responsible for end-to-end execution of lead generation, cross-selling, and retargeting campaign lead-nurturing program using our Syngenta marketing tools
• Supervise A&P spending so that they are aligned with business objectives & maximize returns on investment.
• Provide market insights and proactively provide inputs in the business forums (Marketing Meetings, PLT, TPR, SOP, CMM).
• Work with Sales Heads and Area Sales Managers to generate channel point of sales material and Implement merchandising and retailer loyalty programs.
• Supporting development of personal & non-personal promotional materials for end-user and coordinating training coordination and implement for field colleague.
• Growers’ data base collection - SMS blast and digital communication with Grower console & Cropwise apps.

• Examines the total plans for the event to determine what is needed with stakeholder meeting to plan scope of events, establish and monitor budget, and/or review procedure.
• Monitor price deviation and discount and present recommendations for improvement. With guidance from manager, define business issue & develop volume and profit implication with appropriate analytic information plan.

• Bachelor’s degree in agriculture and 5 – 7 years of proven track record in in Sales & Marketing preferable
• Knowledge of Sales and Marketing principles, particularly around campaign management and marketing communications
• Understanding of Malaysia agriculture and general marketing concepts and methods.
• 6+years’ work experience in marketing, sales of Agricultural industry or marketing is preferred.
• Outstanding ability to analyses complex problems and deliver insightful and practical solutions.
• Strong time-management and organizational skills to pivot quickly and manage multiple projects, deadlines and priorities within a fast pace, high pressure environment in various regions of the CU.
• Strong ability to understand customer needs, structure, and business drivers.
• Ability to travel as required and the ability to work variable hours driven by the needs of the business.
• Strong understanding of computer programs and technical proficiency in social media and MS office (Sharepoint, Word, Excel, Powerpoint, TEAMS & Outlook)
• A valid driver’s license is recommended.

• Candidate MUST be proficient in Mandarin
• Full time/ Permanent
• Location: Malaysia

If you have strong communication and interpersonal skills, strategic vision and execution, and an ability to influence multiple stakeholders, we would love to hear from you.

Syngenta is a leading agriculture company helping to improve global food security by enabling millions of farmers to make better use of available resources. Through world-class science and innovative crop solutions, our 28,000 people in over 90 countries are working to transform how crops are grown. We are committed to rescuing land from degradation, enhancing biodiversity and revitalizing rural communities.