Reference: R-37271

Kraft Heinz, The Company

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Position Summary

The primary function of the Tomato Breeder is to develop proprietary commercial tomato varieties for Heinz Ketchup and global markets.

Primary Responsibilities

• Develop breeding objectives with a cross-functional product team that supports KraftHeinz’s mission;
• Coordinate and manage cooperative breeding efforts with internal and external partners;
• Strive to improve genetic gain and breeding efficiency by implementing effective breeding strategies and tools;
• Manage winter nurseries and greenhouse to accelerate generation advancement;
• Maintain clear and accurate breeding records following company data management guidelines;
• Conduct experimental hybrid evaluations- field and lab data collection and analysis- and propose variety advancements;
• Deliver genetically fixed parent lines to the production department following company guidelines;
• Support PD and dealer variety trials;

Qualifications

• Graduate degree in Plant Breeding- Plant Science- Genetics with strong analytical skills; Proving record of breeding experience and achievements- passion in variety development can be used to substitute graduate degree;
• Data- and product-driven mindset combined with curiosity;
• Strong communication- organizational and project management skills;
• Independent and pro-active in initiating continuous improvements of germplasm and varieties;
• A fun colleague- team player and thinker;
• Able to operate effectively in a multi-disciplinary multi-culture environment- applying research into breeding;
• Computer skilled- particularly excel- breeding database software- and statistical software.

Application

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