Product Specialist - Vegetables

Location

Guatemala

Make the difference

You will be part of the Marketing team and will support Vegetables Seeds Business.

Through the values How Matters, Determined Execution and Long Term View you will live and experience a critical role for our business, below the detail:

Role purpose:

Develop strategy and Shaping product portfolio for a given set of crops/geography to meet customer segment needs

Key responsibilities of role

• Developing product strategies for a given geography, collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure product alignment with business goals
• Define local Target Product Profile, leading product decisions including market positioning and overall product life cycle management including portfolio shape.
• Planning trials: define the standard varieties, trial seeds allocation and standard key traits for evaluation of the PLC 6 trials
• Inputs Seed Production needs of PLC 5 to 6 & 6 to 7 for the territory
• Consolidates CU or Territory Trial reports (PLC6) to support advancement decision and promotional activities

• Define and drive New Product Introduction (NPI) strategy and Plans with the Customer Experience campaigns
• Drive variety naming and activate registration / IP protecting including trials
• Assess value traits & positioning, proposing pricing
• Provide strategic inputs to RCL by maintaining an in-depth understanding of the changing market trends, values value chain needs including competitors landscape

• Update customer needs and preferences, to support analysis of portfolio health, update of TPP and prioritize segments/target/market scope. 
• Gives technical support to key producers, leverages technical knowledge to the sales team to prepare sales arguments and after sales support

Syngenta Group is one of the world’s leading agriculture innovation companies, with roots going back more than 250 years. Its 48,000 people across more than 100 countries strive to transform agriculture

through breakthrough products and technologies that play a vital role in enabling the food chain to feed the world safely, sustainably and with respect for our planet. Swiss headquartered and Chinese-owned,

the Group draws strength from its four business units – Syngenta Crop Protection headquartered in Switzerland, Syngenta Seeds headquartered in the United States, ADAMA headquartered in Israel, and Syngenta Group China – that provide industry-leading ways to serve customers everywhere.

Requirements

At Syngenta Group we are highly people focused – we look for professionals who are engaged, collaborative and excellent in execution. Leaders are expected to communicate effectively, develop teams and lead by example. Our industry and our function are changing rapidly so we are looking for new team members with a strong desire to develop themselves.

Knowledge, experience & capabilities

• Product Strategy Development: Experience in developing product strategies and collaborating with cross-functional teams
• Product Lifecycle Management: Knowledge of defining market positioning and life cycle management
• Data Consolidation and Analysis: Experience in consolidating Trial reports to support advancement decisions and developing promotional activities.
• New Product Introduction Strategy: Ability to define and drive NPI strategy including customer experience campaigns.
• Market Analysis and Pricing: Experience in assessing value traits, market positioning, and proposing pricing strategies based on market trends and competitor analysis.
• Customer Needs Analysis: Ability to update customer needs and preferences, support portfolio health analysis, and update Target Product Profiles.
• Ability to conduct market research and analyze customer needs and preferences to identify opportunities for product development and portfolio expansion.
• Strategic thinking: The ability to think strategically and develop long-term plans for product portfolio development that align with business goals and customer needs.
• Communication skills: Strong communication skills to collaborate with cross-functional teams, including sales, marketing, and engineering, to ensure that product development aligns with customer needs and business objectives.
• Adaptability: The ability to adapt to changing market conditions and customer needs to ensure that the product portfolio remains relevant and competitive.
• Influencing: Strong influencing skills to inspire and motivate teams to achieve product development goals and drive innovation

Be part of the Syngenta Group Experience

• Competitive salary and attractive benefits

• Dynamic and international environment

• Modern office environment and collaboration tools

• Forward thinking policies (e.g. remote working, career breaks)

• Support personal development in a diverse and inclusive environment

Important:

Beyond just believing in the power of diversity, Syngenta Group promotes an inclusive culture that includes differences in all its forms. We believe that the feeling of belonging allows people to become their best version, building an increasingly welcoming and productive environment.

All qualified candidates will be considered for our positions, without distinction of race, gender, age, nationality or disability.

Syngenta and its affiliated companies will never request any remuneration for participating in the processes that we publish on our career site, or on social networks or job boards with which Syngenta has an agreement.

Be part of a leading company that brings the potential of plants to life