Job Description

Company Description

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 \xe2\x80\x93 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

• Serve as the overall R&D resource for the development and support of herbicide portfolio in India
• Manage all aspects of herbicide development program in collaboration with different stakeholders.
• Work as subject matter specialist to support product development activities for herbicides
• Design and interpretation of experiments that contribute to overall screening and development strategies; providing guidance on the best technical and marketing position of products; and the generation & evaluation of appropriate methods and technologies for market advancement of herbicidal products.
• Lead a team of Field scientists for the successful implementation of field trial program (Herbicides)
• Represent Country at regional and global level for herbicide development projects.
• Support to Marketing, Sales and Technical support team in India

Accountabilities

• Responsible for end to end delivery of Herbicide portfolio development in Country.
• Accountable for all herbicide related activities for supporting business.
• Provide all technical information on herbicides and work as subject matter specialist for Country.
• Lead and manage a team of Field Scientists and their associates; providing technical support, training, guidance to the team for generating quality data.
• Work closely with Marketing/Asset team for the development of herbicide portfolio with business need and alignment.
• Support for India specific agile formulation development work and provide all technical pros/cons in developing such formulations to ensure right formulations are developed to suit local strategy and needs of business.
• Planning early stage testing to support global, region and Country.
• Plan product development activities for further development of herbicide portfolio in Country by planning in-house and registration trials.
• Trial planning, trial distribution, protocol development, coordination for required sample forecasting and making required samples available in time along with sample coordinator.
• Tracking all product development activities, in-house and registration trial activities.
• Ensure to generate quality data, provide data in time to global, region, Country and quality registration trial reports to regulatory team in time.
• Responsible for developing and making Country trial plan successful.
• Participate in PLT; represent PB team and help the country to identify right herbicide portfolio.
• Coordinate for and ensure successful data review meeting involving all stake holders.
• Plan, implement all herbicide related resistance management activities.
• Ensure to develop new products in a sustainable way and also maintain sustainability of developed products in market place for longer years to deliver expected benefits to the end users.
• Keep track of competitors activities, weeds change scenario. Keep all stake holders informed.
• Make required technical information, related to herbicides available to business as and when required. Support business on new product launch & sales activities by providing sales activities by provide all required technical support
• Effectively manage relationships with cross functions, Government and Industry bodies to resolve issues, favourably influence legislation changes and maximise the likely success of project submissions.
• Liaise with agricultural research bodies (eg. SAU\'s & ICAR) to monitor changes in technology and to ensure incorporation of Syngenta technology in research programs where appropriate.
• To represent the company on technical matters at relevant industry meetings (eg. Herbicide resistance action committees)
• Develop and deliver technical information and training on Syngenta technologies to internal (Sales, Technical Support) and external customers and key influencer bodies, ensuring integrity and product stewardship.
• Be the primary point of contact with regional and global R&D colleagues to ensure timely access to new product information and associated development opportunities for India and provide feedback on local field development activities.
• Assist with the annual PDC process ensuring field development activities are accurately represented
• Serve on multi-discipline project teams technical task forces (internal and external) as assigned.

Strategic

• Participation in product development activities starting from early stage product development to commercial product development.
• Planning of all in-house and registration trials plan in Country. Budgeting for these activities and tracking the activities.
• Ensure to complete all task in time so to avoid delay in product development activities.
• Manage a team of field scientists , coaching them to become highly reliable and performing team
• Competitive intelligence - Keep track, monitor competitors activities in Country. Keep head office communicated.
• Participation in resistance management activities in Country/region, as per country plan.
• Develop and maintain relations with Scientific community related to herbicides.

Operational

Portfolio Development:

• Support portfolio selection through in-house trial planning within Country. Participate in product testing activities to support global / region / Country.
• Implement relevant product development strategies in Country.
• Active participation in In-house registration plan for Country.
• Trial distribution, tracking, working on fall back arrangements. Ensure to make all in-house and registration data available in time. Responsible for its quality.
• Planning and making data review meetings successful. Represent Country at regional and global platform.

Project Management:

• Participate in idea management by generating new ideas considering business opportunities in country by providing technical support.

Technical Support:

• Technical support to TS teams and commercial teams as and when required.
• Technical problem shooting support.

Leadership:

• Lead, coaching and guidance to team of field scientist. Ensure and encourage team for high performance level.
• Focus team energy in achieving must wins.
• Participation in department budget development. Ensuring that team works in available budget.
• Track budget.

Qualifications

Critical Success Factors & Key Challenges

• Technical knowledge.
• Effective communication, presentation and data analysis skills.
• People management and coordination.
• Crop, disease, customers need in Country/region.
• Influencing and negotiation.
• Good interpersonal relationship.

Knowledge, Experience & Capabilities

• Technical knowledge.
• Communication skills.
• Business/ Marketing knowledge and exposure
• People management Skills
• Managerial skills.
• Coordination skills.

Critical knowledge

• Doctorate/Post Graduate in Agricultural Science with specialization in Agronomy/Soil Science & Agricultural Chemistry/Weed Science or any other related subject in Agriculture.
• Sound Knowledge of Agriculture/agronomy of crops in Country.
• Some experience in developing product development strategies.
• Crop, weeds, geographies, customer (farmer) knowledge.
• Basic knowledge on Product development and product registration.
• Basic knowledge of Insecticide Act (preferred but not essential).
• Team building and team leading experience

Critical experience

• At least 5-7 years\xe2\x80\x99 experience of working in field as trialist & 3-5 years\xe2\x80\x99 experience of product development strategies in agrochemical industry
• Understand customer needs, business potential in Country.
• People management experience desirable.
• Experience of working in field related to product development.

Critical technical, professional and personal capabilities

• Good interpersonal skills.
• Capability to drive and enthusiasm in product development.
• Ability to motivate and lead others.
• Ability to accept challenges and achieve results under pressure.
• High level written, oral communication and presentation skills.
• Good computer skills (including word processing, presentation preparation).
• High level of integrity.
• High level of self-motivation.

Critical leadership capabilities

• Good interpersonal skills.
• Capability to drive and enthusiasm in product development.
• Ability to motivate and lead others.
• Ability to accept challenges and achieve results under pressure.
• High level written, oral communication and presentation skills.
• Good computer skills (including word processing, presentation preparation).
• High level of integrity.
• High level of self-motivation.

Additional Information

People are at the heart of what we do:

• Once a year Full body check
• Competitive insurance scheme
• Employee assistance program \xe2\x80\x93 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 \xe2\x80\x93 for your career growth
• People first culture translated into \xe2\x80\x98Most Preferred place to work 2022-23 by Times group\xe2\x80\x99

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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