As a world market leader in crop protection, we help farmers to counter the 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 Overview 

• Steering growth drives for key assets with well-planned strategies and execution.
• Identifying portfolio opportunities and help deliver business objectives and profitable market share growth.
• Closely work with key stakeholders and Provide support to set to implement portfolio direction for CP business in line with Portfolio/Indication strategy.
• Identify avenues and opportunities for PLC management with grower centric approach.
• Develops CP planning and forecasting for mid and long term in line with crop, asset and Key Account aspirations under the direction of the CP Portfolio Head.
• Act as a single contact point for functions on CP strategy and portfolio-related matters for alignment
• Ensure pricing positioning is value maximizing and establish pricing corridors for the responsible brands

Accountabilities

Strategy and Business accountabilities

• Formulate and execute Brand specific strategy to deliver business objectives.
• Develop & execute Brand roadmap and campaigns with right marketing mix and broad portfolio objectives.
• CP Data analysis for the development  portfolio strategies in coordination with Portofolio head.
• Develop and monitor market intelligence, bringing in customer insight into Portfolio Leadership Team.
• Pre-launch and Launch planning and execution with coordinated efforts of various stakeholders.
• Develop and manage key account & cross functional coordination, providing marketing,technical support

Capability and Organization Accountabilities

• Establish connectivity with asset teams to ensure effective/efficient  communication.
• Ensure firewalls are maintained between key accounts.
• Work closely with CP team for portfolio and specific projects.

Knowledge, experience & capabilities

Critical knowledge

• Crop protection industry knowledge (Crops, Agronomy, Grower practice, Competition etc)
• Well versed with key trends of industry and track record of building strong brands.

Critical experience

• Internal experience of the agri-business sector in Marketing, Sales and Strategy
• Experience in portfolio and asset management in CP
• Working relationship with above organization and other companies
• 7 to 10 Years of Experience in CP and preferably in Product/ Portfolio management.

Critical technical, professional and personal capabilities

• Strong communication and influencing skills for diverse stakeholders across organization.
• Data interpretation and analytical skill set to foster decision making. 
• May require extensive interaction with Key Accounts who may be competitors of Syngenta.  Ability to maintain a firewall is critical.
• Designs effective product life cycle management strategy and brand strategy

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

Innovations

Employee may, as part of his/her role and maybe through multifunctional teams, participate in the creation and design of innovative solutions. In this context, Employee may contribute to inventions, designs, other work product, including know-how, copyrights, software, innovations, solutions, and other intellectual assets.

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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