The Maize Breeding Technology Team is offering on the earliest availability a Trainee (m/f) position for Breeding database management on full time basis and for a two years term contract. The position is located at KWS SAAT SE in Einbeck – Germany, lower saxony. 

Your tasks: 

• Administration of our breeding database system 
• Close interaction with our plant breeding teams 
• Support and train users on our breeding database system 
• Contribute to the development of the breeding database system and surrounding tools 
• Close interaction with the programming team 
• Applying own programming and implementation of new modules 
• Support the use of special breeding hardware like printers, seed counters and mobile devices 
• Traveling to the various breeding sites worldwide 

Your profile: 

• MS/PHD in agronomy, horticulture, plant or animal breeding, biology, forestry or scientific information management 
• Experiences in managing data and software based support of breeding workflows is a plus 
• Interest in structuring data and automate workflows to support breeding processes 
• Experiences and knowledge of using database software (Access, Oracle, MYSQL) 
• Excellent team player 
• Basic programming skills and or statistical know how are a plus 
• Professional written and verbal communication in English 
• Good knowledge of German is a plus 
• Attendance to travel 

Please send your detailed job application quoting the job posting number, to jobs@kws.com job posting number: 384 E 

Address: 

KWS Services Deutschland GmbH Human Resources, Rober Graf P.O. 1463, 37555 Einbeck; Germany 
Phone: ++49 5561 311-1239 

KWS has been breeding crops for the moderate climatic zone for more than 160 years. The company is now one of the world’s leading seed producers. It has some 4,700 employees and a footprint touching more than 70 countries. 

Further information please visit: www.kws.com/career