Role purpose:
- To design, communicate and implement Country biological development plans to deliver competitive products, technical solutions and knowledge according to business needs within agreed timetables for biological solutions.
- Work as subject matter specialist to support and product development activities for the indication.
- Responsible for participation and implementing product development strategy, product testing plan including all type of in-house and registration trials.
- Understand and keep track of market and competitors activities in Country. Support and help for identifying product gaps, suggest and lead product development activities to fill the gap.
- Keep watch on resistance development and plan resistance management activities in Country.
- Represent Country at regional and global level for indication by networking.
- Capability Development of new trialist in the field of Biological trialling.
- Align with other R&D functions to ensure innovation and delivery of development projects.
Accountabilities:
- Responsible for all activities related to indication in Country.
- Support indication related portfolio development activities in Country by providing technical support.
- Planning early stage testing to support global, region, Country.
- Plan product development activities for further product development in Country by planning in-house and registration trials.
- Provide all technical information on indications and work as subject matter specialist for Country.
- Participation in country / Country protocol development and product registration related activities.
- Trial planning, trial distribution, protocol development, coordination for required sample forecasting and making required samples available in time along with sample coordinator.
- Providing technical support, training, guidance to trialing team for generating quality data.
- Tracking all product development activities, in-house and registration trial activities.
- Ensure to generate quality data, provide data in time to global, region, Country and quality registration trial reports to regulatory team in time.
- Responsible for developing and making Country trial plan successful.
- Participate in PLT; represent PB team and help the country to identify right portfolio.
- Coordinate for and ensure successful data review meeting involving all stake holders.
- Make required technical information, related to indication available to business as and when required. Support business on new product launch & sales activities by providing sales activities by provide all required technical support.
- Networking within Country, region and global team members / colleagues.
- Keep track of competitor’s activities, insect/pest change scenario. Keep all stake holders informed
Strategic:
- Participation in product development activities starting from early stage product development to commercial product development.
- Planning of all in-house and registration trials plan in Country. Budgeting for these activities and tracking the activities.
- Ensure to complete all task in time so to avoid delay in product development activities.
- Technical support, guidance, coaching to trialling team.
- Competitive intelligence - Keep track, monitor competitors activities in region / Country. Keep head office communicated.
- Participation in resistance management activities in region / Country, as per country plan.
- Develop and maintain relations with scientific community related to indication.
- Develop Centre of Excellence for Biologicals. Explore third party collaborations to develop biological expertise within the company.
Operational:
- Portfolio Development:
- Support portfolio selection through in-house trial planning within region / Country. Participate in product testing activities to support global / region / Country and country.
- Implement relevant product development strategies in Country and country.
- Active participation in In-house registration plan for Country and country. Trial distribution, tracking, working on fall back arrangements. Ensure to make all in-house and registration data available in time. Responsible for its quality.
- Planning and making data review meetings successful. Represent Country at regional and global platform.
Project Management:
- Participate in idea management by generating new ideas considering business opportunities in region / Country by providing technical support.
- Technical Support:
- Technical support to Country, country and CU as and when required.
- Technical problem shooting support.
Leadership:
- Lead, coaching and guidance trialing team. Ensure and encourage team for high performance level.
- Focus team energy in achieving must wins.
- Participation in department budget development. Ensuring that team works in available budget.
- Track budget
- Accountable for all indication related activities for supporting business.
- Effectively manage relationships with cross functions, Government and Industry bodies to resolve issues, favorably influence legislation changes and maximize the likely success of project submissions.
- Liaise with agricultural research bodies (eg. SAU's & ICAR) to monitor changes in technology and to ensure incorporation of Syngenta technology in research programs where appropriate.
- To represent the company on technical matters at relevant industry meetings (eg resistance action committees)
- Develop and deliver technical information and training on Syngenta technologies to internal (Sales, Technical Services) and external customers and key influencer bodies, ensuring integrity and product stewardship.
- Be the primary point of contact with regional and global R&D staff to ensure timely access to new product information and associated development opportunities for Australia and provide feedback on local field development activities.
- Assist with the annual Sypos planning process ensuring field development activities are accurately represented.
Company Description
Syngenta Crop Protection
As a world market leader in crop protection, we help farmers to counter these threats and ensure enough safe, nutritious, affordable food for all – while minimizing the use of land and other agricultural inputs.
Syngenta Crop Protection keeps plants safe from planting to harvesting. From the moment a seed is planted through to harvest, crops need to be protected from weeds, insects and diseases as well as droughts and floods, heat and cold.
Syngenta Crop Protection is headquartered in Switzerland.
Qualifications
Critical Success Factors & Key Challenges:
- Develop and drive the portfolio development strategy.
- Provide scientific expertise as well as business-oriented project management to ensure new AIs move through development
- Ability to lead technical aspects of a collaboration with third party companies for development of new Biologicals and provide technical inputs to help steer new opportunities.
- Close collaboration with Regional/Country Product Managers, Development functions, regions to turn technical / biological data into knowledge resulting in better farmer offers from Syngenta.
- To develop internal capability and expertise of Biological.
- Ensure Biological elements of projects are kept on their critical paths and are delivered on time and efficiently to ensure stage gate promotions as appropriate.
Knowledge, Experience & Capabilities
- Technical Knowledge.
- Effective communication, presentation and data analysis skills.
- People management and coordination.
- Crop, pest, customers need in region / Country.
- Influencing and negotiation.
- Good interpersonal relationship
Critical knowledge:
- Doctorate/Post Graduate in Agriculture Sciences in relevant subject
- Knowledge of Biological solutions, entomology, phytopathology and related fields.
- Broad knowledge of agronomy, agricultural science and use of crop protection chemicals.
- Understanding of the R&D organization, and key processes involved with development of new products.
- Sound Knowledge of Agriculture in region / Country.
- Some experience in developing product development strategies.
- Crop, pest, geographies, customer (farmer) knowledge.
- Basic knowledge on Product development and product registration.
- Basic knowledge of Insecticide Act (preferred but not essential) and Fertilizer Control Order
- Team building and team leading experience.
Critical experience:
- At least 5-7 years’ experience of working in field & 4-5 years’ experience of product development strategies
- Good understanding of Biological crop protection market
- Understand customer needs, business potential region /Country.
- Biological marketing experience and People management experience are preferable.
- Experience of working in field, related to product development.
Critical technical, professional and personal capabilities
- Good interpersonal skills.
- Capability to drive and enthusiasm in product development.
- Ability to motivate and lead others.
- Ability to accept challenges and achieve results under pressure.
- High level written, oral communication and presentation skills.
- Good computer skills (including word processing, presentation preparation).
- High level of integrity.
- High level of self-motivation.
- Critical leadership capabilities:
- Accept ambitious strategic goals. Participate with full energy in achieving departmental goals.
- Understand departmental inspirationally.
- Steps beyond comfort zones.
- Fosters a culture of creativity and innovation in team.
- Manages performance to high standards.
- Develops self and other team members.
- Appreciate success of team members.
Potential next Roles including Rotation
Technical Development Manager in other regions / territories / Global.
Marketing manager, Development manager in Country.
Regional development Role
Head -Product Biology
Head-Technical Support
Additional Information
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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