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About Us

At Syngenta, we believe every employee has a role to play in safely feeding the world and taking care of our planet. To support that challenge, the US West Market Segment Team is currently seeking a Product Placement Scientist, to be located in Woodland, CA

Role Purpose

• Product Placement Scientists are key technical contributors to testing, selecting, and advancing new vegetable seeds products. 
• Be a high impact Market Segment team member with Market Segment Leads, Germplasm Development Scientists (formerly known as Breeding Project Leads), Product Development Specialists, and Regional Portfolio Managers.
• Develop deep knowledge of crops and regional markets, build an industry best network of customer-focused on farm collaborations, and translate customer needs into recommended technical solutions for crop production and consumer satisfaction.
• Manage crop trial activities and outcomes, and drive excellence in on/off site trialing
• Deliver recommendations for advancement of new varieties with high probability of success based on subject matter expertise and high-quality trials, data, analysis, and communication.
• Be an active adopter of, and catalyst for high-throughput phenotyping technologies, tools for rich data capture, robust analysis and decisions, and long-term learning and efficiency gains through data, technologies, and knowledge.

Accountabilities

• Manage on-site and off-site trialing and deliver quality data to support advancement decisions within budget.
• Establish the number of trials and varieties tested to support commercial objectives
• Develop and deliver yearly trial plans according to market segment strategies. Plan and track yearly resources allocations.
• Evaluate trial contracts (price, quality, risks) according to protocols; implement subsequent improvements.
• Organize data collection in the field with Syngenta employees or third-party collaborators
• Organize and lead successful Product Advancement Tours with GDS, PDS, Portfolio Managers and local Sales Representatives to present new product candidates for transfer.
• Support early-stage trialing activities under the responsibility of Germplasm Development Scientists or Trait Development Leads.
• Track and deliver successful pipeline progress toward target product profiles.
• Be a key contributor of transfer decisions at territory levels within assigned crops based on data for variety performance and other technical components.
• Provide data and knowledge input for the Product Marketing Database
• Partner with stakeholder groups for productivity projects
• In collaboration with the commercial organization, establish on-farm collaborations with key customers; create a customer centric culture; and deliver solutions to our customers faster by exchanging data and information
• Use Syngenta tools like (data storage, (data collection, material and inventory tracking) and software for data analysis and visualization.
• Be an owner and advocate for Biosafety, Health, Safety and Environment compliance and ethics, and the quality system requirements according to Syngenta internal standards.
• Contribute to achieving the company sustainability targets.

Critical success factors & key challenges:

• • Work within the Syngenta Vegetable Seeds organization; achieve a collaborative, customer-focused team with Germplasm Development, Product Development, and Sales/Marketing teams within a Market Segment and/or geography.
• • Establish a network and core team of growers, and together with them perform high quality trials of vegetable seed varieties.
• • Be an owner and efficient steward of available resources.
• • Good health state to stand hard work conditions (hot, cold, humid).
• • A flexible and agile attitude; thriving in a dynamic environment, quick adaptation to new situations and requests.
• • Open behavior in case of disagreement.
• • Owning and acting with responsibility for the success of Syngenta Seeds

Qualifications

Requirements

• M.S. in Horticulture, Agriculture, Plant Breeding and Plant Genetics or a related field with relevant crop related work experiences (threshold is 3-5 years dependent upon the scope of previous jobs).
• Relevant knowledge about plant genetics and breeding.
• Experience in plant variety trialing, preferably in vegetable crops
• Experience in working with growers and related companies or functions in the vegetable production or value chain.
• Experience and skill in effective communication, summarizing experimental results, synthesizing results and knowledge to recommendations, and in making public presentations.
• Willingness to travel locally frequently (domestic/abroad)
• Conversational in Spanish

Preferred Requirements

• Profound knowledge of agronomy and growing techniques
• Experience in agricultural technologies and applications for crop production
• Understanding the vegetable market and crop specifications.
• Basic understanding of modeling
• Experience working in international environment is a plus

What We Offer:

• Full Benefit Package (Medical, Dental & Vision) that starts the same day you do
• 401k plan with company match, Profit Sharing & Retirement Savings Contribution
• Paid Vacation, 12 Paid Holidays, Maternity and Paternity Leave, Education Assistance, Wellness Programs, Corporate Discounts among others
• A culture that promotes work/life balance, celebrates diversity and offers numerous family-oriented events throughout the year

Application

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