Syngenta Seeds

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.

Role purpose:

• Work towards mechanization, precision agriculture technologies and field innovative technologies to drive efficiencies in hybrid seed production and production trial research.
• Implement technologies locally and make local adjustments. Role should understand India seed production farmer pain points and build a solution by de-bottlenecking for existing machinery; should be able to develop things in-house if needed.
• Develop strategic local / regional partnerships.
• Drive innovation pipeline and expand new ideas fit for country.
• Work in collaboration with SPR and Seed Production team within India and Outside India

Accountabilities:

• Drive regional decisions within field mechanization, precision agriculture and new technologies.
• Be an operative interface for internal (SPR, Seed Production, R&D, Procurement and HSE) and external stakeholders and service-providers (e.g., equipment or machine manufacturers / suppliers)  to successfully develop complete farm mechanization solutions for hybrid seed production growers.
• When working with 3rd parties / external collaborations / engineering professionals, should be involved in requirement engineering, concept development, prototype development etc.
• Collaborating with production team to ensure that machinery aligns with field level practices.
• Validate products (existing and new machinery or equipment); Lead to conduct research trials for machine evaluation through coordination of SPR Agronomists and Field Production team
• Implement testing programs across multiple sites and collects all information as per the guidelines.
• Keep current on emerging trends, tools, and technologies coming internally and externally.
• Develop partnerships with R&D, Seed Ops, and external companies to explore further ideas.
• Drive new idea portfolio in collaboration with regional / global Innovation team.
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• Manage internal and external stakeholders and communication plan.
• Should ensure to launch / implement technology that meets HSES compliance in equipment / designs and operations.
• Ensures all action plans implemented in trial sites towards germplasm security

Critical success factors & key challenges

• Knowledge and passion for Advancing agricultural practices through the design, development and validation of innovative machinery and equipment.
• Innovative mind-set combined with technical expertise.
• Scale-up understanding and experience.
• Ability for knowledge transfer to key stakeholders
• Focus on customer needs using agile approach.
• Ability to influence without authority to coordinate cross functional teams.
• Successfully prioritize work and deliver on time and on budget.

Knowledge, experience & capabilities:

Critical knowledge:

• Engineering University degree in Agricultural engineering / Mechanical engineering
• Familiarity with agricultural tools, equipment, and machinery, Knowledge of precision agriculture
• Proficient Knowledge of Seed Production Practices and knowledge of Seed business
• Self-motivated and striving for continuous improvement.
• Advanced English language in both written and oral way

Critical experience:

• 3 to 5 years’ experience in Farm-Engineering sector
• Project management skills; Demonstrated success in Team environment.

Critical technical, professional and personal capabilities:

• Project planning and execution
• Ability to apply inquisitive, analytical thinking to problem-solving scenarios.
• Ability to catalyze transformation and change in the organization.
• Sound analytical and problem solving/solid IT skills.
• Able to be “hands-on” but with the ability to direct and supervise, as needed.
• Development mind-set: challenge existing ways of working; improve established technology; identify weak points of technology and suggest / implement improvements.

Critical leadership capabilities:

• Manages his / her own performance to reach high result standards.
• Communicates assertively.
• Develops him/herself with in organization.
• Establishes ambitious goals aligned with the functional area strategy.
• Focus his / her energy to achieve tactical activities in the short term needed for the business advancement.

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.

To learn more visit: www.syngenta.com and www.good-growth-plan

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