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V.I.E - Junior Tomato Breeder
Location: Campinas, Brazil
Company:
Vilmorin (Business Unit of Limagrain Group, 8200 employees), is an international company with over 270 years’ experience in breeding, production and sales of innovative vegetable and tree seeds to professional growers. With a worldwide presence through our 9 subsidiaries and more than 100 distributors, our dedicated teams are working closely together sharing the goal of continued success of the company. Thanks to our core values of innovation, passion and quality, shared by our committed collaborators we strive to continuously exceed the expectations of our customers.
Content:
In order to support our continuous growth, we are currently recruiting a V.I.E - JUNIOR TOMATO BREEDER based at our research facility in Campinas, Brazil.
Reporting:
Senior Tomato Breeder based in France
Main Responsibilities:
Will assume the tomato breeding program in Brazil mainly through our Brazilian research station, located near to Campinas (Sao Paulo state), and external trials in various Brazilian regions.
Will assume and collaborate to upstream missions, such as long-term internal breeding projects and collaborative projects, literature survey, contacts with public research, development of tools for more efficient breeding.
Could participate to the international development of Vilmorin, through activities in other Latin-American countries.
Will work in close collaboration with the Tomato breeding assistant in Brazil, with Senior tomato breeder of France, with the Research Project manager for Brazil, and with the Marketing and Development teams.
Will interact with the other members of the tomato breeding team, especially the two other breeders located on America.
Profile:
Master’s degree in Genetics and Plant Breeding (either from engineer school or from university)
Knowledge on tomato breeding or related crops will be a big plus
Strong communication, organizational, coordination and analytical skills
Ability to perform without close supervision, but under a team-effort environment (a self-starter)
Flexibility, pro-active and able to perform in a multicultural environment
Ability to work in distance and assume efficient reporting to France
Fluent English is a must. Portuguese, French, Spanish, would be a plus.
Location:
The position will be based near to Campinas (Sao Paulo state), with travel in many regions of Brazil and from time to time outside Brazil (mainly in American continent)
Others requirements:
The candidate should meet criteria of being a VIE (18 – 28 years old, nationals of European Union).
This is an entry-level position and would be ideal for recent college graduates or those with a first professional work experience.
Duration: 18 months
Expected starting date: October 1st 2015 in Brazil, with eventually the possibility to start in France before for a training period.
The VIE mission might be transferred to a permanent position after.
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