Syngenta Group is one of the world’s leading sustainable agriculture innovation companies, with roots going back more than 250 years. Our 53,000 people across more than 100 countries strive every day to transform agriculture through tailor-made solutions for the benefit of farmers, society and our planet – making us the world’s most local agricultural technology and innovation partner. Syngenta Group is committed to operating at the highest standards of ethics and integrity. This is a commitment that we are making to investors, customers, society and employees. Syngenta Group is also committed to maintaining a workplace environment free from discrimination and harassment

This role concerns the support to SD Operations in MAAG on :

  Functional Planning, Trials preparations and Data Analysis

• Ethics, HSE, GSPP and QM Commitment and accountability.  Perform all tasks in a compliant manner with company safety policies, including completing all required training sessions and attending local safety meetings.
• Work with local activities to ensure efficient delivery of SD Vegetables portfolio of activities: use of space, period, resources in alignment with veg strategy.
• Create clear overviews of supply & demand with Vega, enabling budgeting process with the use of the applicable tools.
• Report deviations in a way that management will be able to make a decision, based on the information.
• Ensure accuracy in the registration of working hours per activity (hour registration) and propose (re) charging to others Cost Centre if necessary.
• Cost calculation (according to budget) per activity, as well as indication of costs of extra work
• Participate in research and process-improvement projects related to the planning tools and data man Analysis of vegetables crops portfolio. 
• Incorporate leading capabilities and technologies into daily Data Management operations in order to bring the highest quality of deliverables.
• Own and optimize the plan and data  nursery delivery (Quality, quantity and timelines).
• Coordinate and supervise the activities of Syngenta employees and 3rd party labor under his responsibility of trials preparations, data and Plan execution.
• Effectively communicate with peers, and supervisors regarding the status of  planning , Data, trials preparations and work activities.
• Contribute to the constant improvement of Continuous Nursery  processes to increase accuracy of delivery date,  increase capacity of facility, increase quality of nursery trials , make efficient use of resources and improve/simplify the overall ways o working.

Critical Experience: 

       *  Experience and knowledge of operational processes.

•  Work with VEGA Tool and resources.
•  Experience in agriculture and Data Management
• People management experience to effectively lead team of permanent and temporary employees.
• Experience in managing operational processes including management of infrastructure and relevant resources.
• Commitment to continuous improvement and operational excellence (LSS)
• Demonstrated ability to identify critical issues and engage with cross functional stakeholders to solve problems in timely manner
• Critical Capabilities: 
•  MS Office tools and digital fluency to effectively capture data and manage the Trials using appropriate IT systems.
• Results orientation and drive to deliver high result on planning execution and Data.   
• Outstanding organizational skills and ability to manage complex processes requiring alignment between multi-functional teams.
• Agility and willingness to change plans and meet critical delivery timelines. (KPI dashboard)
• Ability to work effectively in multi-cultural teams and drive results in global team settings.
• Ability to work on problems where situation or data requires an in-depth analysis of various factors.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English and local language
• Ability and motivation to learn new technologies. (New Tools of planning and Data Analysis)

Behaviour Critical Capabilities: 

• Ability to federate around a common goal.
• Autonomy, can-do attitude, and drive to get things done.
• Multi-cultural environment appreciation
• Leadership capabilities
• Flexibility

• Critical Leadership Capabilities:

• Lead internal, Lead others.
• Passion for Customers, Determined Execution, Growth for all, How matters, Long View

• HSEQ Critical capabilities for the role:

• Completes the work processes according to the Syngenta HSE Policy, Safety Standards, Environmental policy and GSPP & QM commitment and accountability.