Nursery seed production specialist

Company Description

Syngenta Seeds

Role purpose

• Responsible for execution of nursery, parental line purification and trials seed production activity delivery per crop on sites.
• Ensures that seeds of new lines and varieties are delivered in requested quantity and quality meeting timelines and budget targets.
  

Accountabilities

• Execute nursery and seed production operations within an NSP unit under the supervision of the Technical Support Manager.
• Manage leaf & seed sampling of nursery and trial materials.
• Implement nursery seed production plans and protocols.
• Demonstrate agility by working across various NSPP unit activities.
• Execute nursery activities including:
• Planting
• Maintenance
• Selfing/pollination
• Harvest
• Seed processing according to protocols
• Provide operational support to trials as needed.
• Foster collaboration between breeding teams and R&D supporting functions, including: Molecular breeding technologies, Data science, Phenomics, Pathology, Trait introgression, Double haploids
• Develop and optimize local operational resources and infrastructure.
• Review, improve, audit, and ensure compliance with research procedures.
• Collect and enter data into the system.
• Ensure implementation of SOPs in nursery and trial activities.
• Meet quality and quantity standards aligned with stakeholder needs, including Planning, Cost management & Quality control
  

Qualifications

Knowledge, experience & capabilities

Critical knowledge

• Master’s degree in agriculture and related subjects
• Agronomic knowledge of corn crops and breeding processes is preferable
• Training in principles of leadership and effective management practices
• Good communication skills
  

Critical Experience

• Minimum of 6 to8 years of experience in small scale seed production, farm operation and agronomy in corn field crops.
• Experience in technical service delivery
• Critical technical, professional and personal capabilities:
• Ability to work within a team and individually
• Ability to think and plan strategically
• Ability to communicate clearly at all organizational levels
• Ability to set priorities
  

Critical Leadership Capabilities

• Leadership and multicultural people management
• Teamwork and excellent across function interaction
• Customer focus - Plays important role
• Decisive - Essential
• Communicative - Very much essential
• Trusted - Essential
• Team oriented – Essential
• Result oriented: Very much essential
  

Additional Information

• Once a year Full body check
• Competitive insurance scheme
• Employee assistance program – to take care of your and your loved ones mental health
• Paid Vacation of 30days, 12 Paid Holidays, Maternity and Paternity Leave, compassionate leaves
• Education assistance – for your career growth
• People first culture translated into ‘Most Preferred place to work 2022-23 by Times group’
  

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