Syngenta is a leading agriculture company helping to improve global food security by enabling millions of farmers to make better use of available resources. Through world class science and innovative crop solutions, our 28,000 people in over 90 countries are working to transform how crops are grown.   We are committed to rescuing land from degradation, enhancing biodiversity and revitalizing rural communities.

• Provide advanced analytics support and drive Asset Footprint and SCND (Supply Chain Network Design) assessments
• Be a key contributor in the Asset Footprint and SCND technical strategy
• Help Asset Footprint and SCND team become an integral part to cross-functional decision making in Syngenta by partnering across Seeds Ops functions and beyond, informing data-driven trade-off decisions
• Drive supply chain orientation and bring external insights and best practices related to industry and academic developments around supply chain management

• Support delivery of the large global/regional Asset Footprint and SCND assessments in a way that creates business value and meet the evolving market needs, including capital investment and capital avoidance
• Lead small/medium scope Asset Footprint and SCND assessments
• Co-develop and implement Asset Footprint and SCND technical strategy
• Develop and implement sustainable approaches and tools for both strategic as well as tactical trade-off decisions across supply chain
• Communicate appropriately with global stakeholders across geographies and cultures
• Collaborate globally with respective departments, incl. Planning, Logistics, Finance, Production Research and ensure appropriate links exist with long-term asset network management process
• Provide coaching in advanced analytics and network design methodology to partner departments (Planning, Finance, Production, etc.)
• Support new Asset Footprints implementation and benefit tracking globally
• Follow and drive supply chain design discussions outside the company, seek out innovative ideas and opportunities from other companies / industries and bring them back into P&S

Education & Experience:

• Minimum 5+ years of post-graduate experience(incl. regional/global) in supply chain strategy, network design, supply/demand planning, operations finance/performance control or alternatively a PhD in Operations with practical experience of working in/with industry
• Master degree or PhD in Supply Chain Management (desirable), Business Administration, Engineering or Applied Physics/Mathematics
• In-depth understanding of Operations Management (e.g. Logistics, Supply Planning) and Supply Chain Management
• Profound supply chain design expertise and understanding of end-to-end supply chain network design and optimization
• Understanding of the key Industry/Supply Chain 4.0 and advanced analytics concepts and trends
• Project management

• Diverse experience of working in several functions(production, planning, transport, customer service, finance control) at a country and above level in a multinational company or 2+ years as a supply chain management consultant/team lead in a top-tier operations focused consulting company (Accenture, Big4)
• Cross functional and multi-cultural project management aptitude
• Demonstrated ability to learn quickly and to apply complex technical knowledge and hands-on business experience to practical problems
• Experience in developing operational and financial models to inform trade-off decisions
• Solid understanding of corporate financial accounting, managerial accounting and common costing methodologies is an advantage
• Change management experience is an advantage
• Strategic / business planning experience is an advantage
• Commercial or Seeds knowledge is an advantage
• Workshop facilitation, catalyst skills is an advantage