Seeds Supply Chain Lead

Purpose

• Develop & execute the Country Seeds Field Crop distribution strategy from planting through distribution and returns.
• Develop and execute measures to meet Seeds business plans, customer service, levels, and lead supply chain team.
• Supports Syngenta’s Seeds business strategies through collaborative work with operations teams and commercial sales teams.

Accountabilities

• E2E Seeds Supply Chain responsibility including Supply Planning and S&OP
• Develop & execute distribution strategy from planting through distribution and returns for domestic and export
• Develop and execute measures to meet business plans, customer service and lead supply planning
• Ensure inventory status (field and physical) is categorized and visible for usage in productions scheduling, allocations & providing information on N+1 usable Vs reserve
• Product release criterion/market specs are aligned with Commercial
• COGP optimization and reduction variances
• Develop allocation strategies that align with segmented supply strategies for inventory flexibility and c/o management (executed by correct process orders)
• Develop organizationally aligned goals and metrics for measuring effectiveness.
• Establish Country specific segmented supply strategies, managed via BPR & dashboard performance metrics & methods.
• Ensures that order fulfilment levels and distribution costs meet business goals.
• Lead cultural changes as needed to implement a new organization that fulfils overall company goals.
• Ensures effective collaboration with Regional Planning group for N+1 processes.
• Ensures effective collaborations with sales & marketing for current year sales/utilization data, appropriate metrics & measurements, data flows and accountability. Ensure inventory status (both field and physical) is categorized and visible for usage.
• Champion continuous improvement: evaluate current state, identify opportunities, and facilitate the actions needed to achieve Syngenta strategic intent.
• Assist Regional Planning with alignment of practices for cross country/regional business processes.
• Be the key focal point with Global/regional supply chain, logistics, customer service, and S&OP
• Enable and support governance for IT/ digitization initiatives
• Support building supply capabilities within country supply chain and knowledge sharing/leveraging between countries in AMEA region

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.

• Bachelor’s degree or higher required. Master’s/MBA preferred.
• 10+ years’ experience in production planning, sales processes, supply chain principles, order fulfilment and production scheduling, including SAP/R3’s is required.
• 5+ years of people management experience required.
• Supply Chain APIC’s best practices, Control Tower concepts and application
• Leadership of cross-functional teams where success is interdependent upon good cooperation and performing as ‘one’ overall team.
• Ability to develop consensus on tough issues and reach rapid decisions with stakeholders.
• Innovative thinking and application of appropriate measurements for guiding continuous improvement.

• Based in Lopburi Plant