LATAM Seeds Strategy Head

Role purpose

Support regional strategy management, including Long Term Plan coordination for all business units and functions, M&A projects and Market Intelligence coordination across region.

Accountabilities

•    Orchestrate execution of the strategic planning process across business units, key functions and regions to define the Syngenta Seeds long-term plan (15 years horizon), closely working to enable plan communication globally and deployment 
•    Monitor and advice core strategies and strategic initiatives to enable investment plans
•    Monitor Value Levers for all businesses and functions, including its report for the leadership team tracking
•    Coordinate Market Intelligence activities in LATAM, including area projection consolidation across territories, mega trends and competitors tracking, and regional commitee execution 
•    Produce market oriented assessments through Market Intelligence to support SPM & Licensing activities
•    Execute coordination of all M&A projects for LATAM, including business case and valuation activities, tracking and reporting activities for the region
•    Create and review procedures & processes maps for activities under Strategy accountability
•    Develop tools to organize and report accurate information to support decisions on the various forums where Strategy is part of
•    Coordinate budgeting (expenses) activities and vendors/3rd party contracts under Strategy responsibility
 

Knowledge, experience & capabilities
Critical knowledge

•    Background in Life Sciences, Economics, Business
•    Understanding of seeds business environment
•    English is mandatory to ensure ability to discuss and influence in this language 
•    Spanish language is desirable (for Brazilian candidates)
•    Digital fluency is required
 

Critical experience

•    Experience in strategic planning
•    Thorough knowledge to identify critical issues and engage effectively with people to remove blockers in the progress

Critical technical, professional and personal capabilities

•    Attention to details
•    Strategic view
•    Ability to takle complex data and transform in clear information to other functions and stakeholders at all levels in the organization
•    Adaptability to constant changing-environment
•    Willing to work in a diverse and inclusive environment
•    Agile mind-set is desirable
•    Strong business acumen and professional communication skills (written & oral)
Critical leadership capabilities
•    Lead by influence in order to achieve goals – trust and hold each other as accountable to deliver
•    High-collabortative skills – Work together to deliver
•    Ability to make decisions under uncertainty
 

Critical success factors & key challenges

•    Ability to build and convey professional credibility and to communicate effectively to stakeholders with varying perspectives and levels of power/interest.

Additional information

•    Travel requirement: 20-30% (depending on based location)
•    Candidate can be based in any Syngenta Seeds LATAM headquarter (BR, LAS or LAN territories) – Home Office and Flex Time policies apply
•    Team culture highly collaborative, diverse, inclusive and fast-paced

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.