Veg Agronomist Field Production Research

Role Purpose:

• To coordinate a Veg parent characterization and agronomic improvement program for Vegetable production in Pakistan to enable data-driven decisions for product advancement, production instructions, and production planning. 
• Create a grower network to successfully build Vegetable Seed production capabilities in the assigned country/region.

Accountabilities:

• Take the lead in inbred characterization to provide key seed producibility data for breeders and the hybrid advancement process, analysis of supply reliability and relative cost of production.
• Development of production instruction and product profile for crops grown in region.
• Lead and assist with experimental design and trial creation. This involves relevant ad-hoc research projects, determining seed, crop protection products entry lists, and making all necessary preparations to ensure experiment completion.
• Develop and maintain communication with various functions within Syngenta, Research and Development, Biological Operations, Seeds Production, Parent Seeds, Quality Control and Marketing and Sales. This includes other relevant sectors in the seed industry and universities.
• Analyze data and prepare reports/presentations for delivery to internal and external department customers. Present information through a number of formal and informal avenues. Develop two-way communication with various audiences ranging from breeders to department managers.
• Maintain an awareness of competitive developments and key technologies in the seed production and adjacent industries, along with external technology institutions to ensure that innovations are identified, evaluated, and implemented.
• Supervise research activities of Syngenta FPR staff, this includes 3rd party personnel selection, prioritizing tasks, assigning workloads, and coordination of data collection activities.
• Regular production field visits and partnering with field production staff to ensure trial data are calibrated and relevant to business, as well as visits with sales staff and customer to understand customer needs.
• Ensure full Health Safety & Environment (HSE) compliance and promote environmentally sustainable solutions.
• Personal development: Attend Company sanctioned and/or external training seminars, as agreed upon with Supervisor, for development of personal and technical skills.
• Representation of Syngenta: Builds trust inside the company and in the local community showing ethical considerations and Syngenta values are reflected in company activities. Effectively promotes FPR and Syngenta Brand inside the company and with stakeholders and customers.

Critical success factors & key challenges

• Ability to influence and change current ways of working to develop a more scientific approach in the way we describe data, design experiments, integrate, interpret, and present results.
• A passion and enthusiasm for digital technology and creating value through data.
• Team working in multi-functional groups, both within SPR and externally.
• Expertise in team and project management and leadership.

Critical technical, professional and personal capabilities

• Ability to motivate and share knowledge and expertise with others.
• Ability to analyze complex and diverse problem situations creatively leading to the generation and implementation of effective solutions.
• Ability to design, conduct, analyze, and communicate the results of seed experiments. 
• Ability to drive project execution through others and in areas of technology outside core competence.
• Able to maintain and extend structured networks within region and between regions.
• Must possess critical thinking capability.
• Must have energy drive and persistence.
• Must possess advanced capability in influencing and negotiation

Syngenta is a global leader in agriculture; rooted in science and dedicated to bringing plant potential to life. Each of our 28,000 employees in more than 90 countries work together to solve one of humanity’s most pressing challenges: growing more food with fewer resources. A diverse workforce and an inclusive workplace environment are enablers of our ambition to be the most collaborative and trusted team in agriculture.

Our employees reflect the diversity of our customers, the markets where we operate and the communities which we serve. No matter what your position, you will have a vital role in safely feeding the world and taking care of our planet. Join us and help shape the future of agriculture

• Master's degree in Agronomy, Plant Breeding, or related agricultural or biological discipline; or Bachelors with significant relevant 5 years of experience.
• Seeds production knowledge across a range of crops desired.
• Thorough understanding of experimental design, field trial execution and statistical analysis.
• Good understanding of seed quality and factors that affect quality.

• Appreciation of statistical or modeling approaches.
• Organization; planning, pro-activity and reactivity leadership, flexibility and availability.
• Communication; impactful, open-minded, with an aptitude to develop easy contacts with all stakeholders.
• Cross-functional and multi-cultural project management aptitude.