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.

Role purpose:

• DBA is a custodian of data who should drive analytics and data driven decisions and also manage the vendors for the division.

Business accountabilities:

Analytics:

• Sales liquidation and commercials: Tracking and sharing with the Division Team 
• Commercials (Sales, liquidation, collections)
• Data insights and productivity analysis from tools such as Saksham, SFDC, DMS  Channel Performance, Campaign performance
• A&P Analysis
• Any other division specific data

Vendor management:

• Identify and maintain relation with local Vendors 
• Ensure Vendor meets Syngenta Standards  
• Ensure timely contracts & payments.

Admin:

• Admin support for Key Division Meetings
• Capturing minutes of the meetings
• Tracking Performance against the agreed actions
• Distributor agreements – Ensure order, error checks linkage with legal and finance team. 
• Point of contact for support in Pune will be Commercial Operations (support on analytical frameworks, support on system data etc.)

KPIs:

• Timely delivery of data
• Accuracy of Analytics
• Timely payments to vendors

Knowledge, experience & capabilities:
Critical knowledge:

• Sales and Marketing principles, particularly around campaign mgmt. and marketing communications
• Understanding of agri and rural marketing concepts and methods.
• Proficiency in Agri technical content and the native language proficiency is a must.

Critical experience:

• Proven track record in in sales and sales management (minimum 5-7 years)
• Proven leadership skills and line management experience 
• Proven track record in being a good team player and team management skills 
• Strong ability to understand customer needs, structure and business drivers

Critical technical, professional and personal capabilities:

• Coordination across functions, in particular with sales teams
• Influencing capability at country and Division leadership level
• Handling pressure of multiple campaigns in various regions of the division

Critical leadership capabilities:

• Sets ambitious strategic goals
• Communicates with impact 
• Leads change and holds ambiguity
• Builds a culture of innovation 
• Focuses on customers 
• Manages for performance 
• Develops people, organization and self 
• Collaborates across boundaries 

Critical success factors & key challenges:

• Achievement of business objectives of campaigns, and of the Division
• Quality of campaign management and execution. Understanding and delivery by the sales team
• Coordnating campaigns across multiple crops in varied regions of the Division
• Establishment of authority and influence within Sales LT

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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