Parent Seed Manager - Veg India

Role purpose

• Managing E2E Parent seed operations for both field Production and plant operations in order to produce and supply parent seed on time in full with quality.
• Health, Environment & Safety: ensuring  safety (HSE) with goal zero in site and regulatory requirements, policies, IP security and compliance as per Syngenta standards.

Accountabilities

• To Ensure E2E India Parent seed Operation activities and production of different vegetables crops which are taking inside the home farm & grower field with Quality, quantity and on time.
• Health Environment & Safety: to ensure safety and compliance at site (HF & Plant) and regulatory requirements, including HSE policies, IP security, compliance, and CSR, as per Syngenta standards.
• Planning: organise work and resources according to the production plans and priorities, including handover of instructions between teams and Supply operation on time in full Quantity (OTIF) to stake holders.
• Operation activities: To ensure Operational and development activities related to Home farm, Post-Harvest Operation (PHO) and Clean, Treat & pack (CTP) End to End (E2E) facilities effective utilisation of machineries, resources planning and scheduling.
• Performance: managing daily production requirements, optimize and improve production processes using continuous improvement methodologies and SOP preparation & implementation.
• To motivate and train FTEs and NFTEs on right processes in line with SOPs to achieve production and supply to support the business.
• Collaborate with cross functional teams ( global Production Planner / GPCS, R&D, MOMs and quality (QC) & commercial production as required.
• SAP Foundation system: to be responsible for 100% SAP Foundation system process implementation for E2E operations with support from MOMs.
• Budgeting and BOM working: To ensure budgeting, function cost and overhead cost analysis for meeting financial requirements.
• People : Support training & development plan to strengthen team capability interms of technical and skill set improvement.
• Contract management; To ensure intime agreement /contracts are inplace with Vendors , tollers , growers and service providers.  

Syngenta Seeds
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.

Knowledge, experience & capabilities

• • A minimum of 9 to 10 years working experience of vegetable seed production (grower field and farm management) and plant operation (CTP and Inventory management)
  • Willing to travel across the field production locations of India.
  • Fluent in local language, English and Hindi
  • Should have valid 4-wheeler driving licence.
  • Continuous improvement and collaborative mind set.

Critical knowledge

• • Must have hands-on knowledge about Vegetable seed production, Post operation activities , home farm ,  CTP Operation , Inventory management and Supply operations..
  • Leading a team of FTE, NFTE’s, Vendors and stake holders.
  • Very good interpersonal, communication skills and customer centric orientation
  • HSEMS knowledge

Critical experience

• Preferred to have basic knowledge of SAP foundation and minimum financial knowledge including budgets, BOM, standard costing, variance analysis, fixed and variable costing and project planning.
• Good experience on Vegetable crops Seed production, Home farm operations, seed conditioning and inventory management
• Good at communication with different levels of people within organisation
• A good team Leader
• Leading a team of FTE, NFTE’s, Vendors and stake holders.

Critical technical, professional and personal capabilities

• E2E Parent seed operations for both field production and plant operations in order to produce and supply parent seed on time in full with quality
• Good at communication with different levels of people within organisation
• Quality Vegetables seed production, plant operation activities and Inventory management system.
• Leadership and management skills.
• Strategic & tactical thinking and interpret critical data to identify appropriate site action plans.
• Self-motivated and striving for continuous improvement.
• Working relation with FTE, NFTE s and Organizers
• HSEMS knowledge

Critical leadership capabilities

• Collaboration: in conjunction with the global Production Planner /Global production crop strategist (GPCS)
• Must have knowledge about agricultural supply chain management and plant operational activities.
• Ability to function as team player, Managing cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
• Lead the projects and new infrastructure/resource planning.
• Ability to coach, teach and mentor.
• People/team building and decisive.   
• Need to travel across the production locations of India.

Experience to be gained

• Exposure to other home farm/ Plant operation sites within and across geographies
• Green /black belt six sigma  trainings
• Home Farm/ plant operation activities mechanisation/Automation system

Critical success factors & key challenges

• Develop people, organization and self.
• Effective leadership to motivate team for continued performance.
• Efficient planning of infrastructure, seed inventory and non-seed inventory.
• Good Knowledge on Safety (HSEMS).
• Timely development and implmentation of SOP based on requirement .
• Solid experience to build strategic partnership with other units of organisation
• Implement and Ensure SOP, CSR, Product security and Compliance
• Routine technical trainings for implementing best practices.
• Leadership and Technical competency.
• Resource planning, cost optimisation and Continuous improvement and collaborative mind set

Additional information

• Traveling and mobility based on business requirement …
• People first, maintain working culture at workplace.
• A good leadership

Innovations

• Be familiar with modern Farm mechanisation/advance Technologies
• Operation Process automation
• New Project planning with innovative ideas.
• Lean six sigma

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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