Syngenta MSc Agriculture Job Opening – Trialist Rice Vacancy

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Syngenta MSc Agriculture Job Opening – Trialist Rice Vacancy. MSc Agriculture job opening. Interested and eligible applicants can check out all of the details on the same below

Trialist Rice, India

Syngenta Muzaffarpur, Bihar, India On-site

About the job

Company Description

Syngenta Seeds

Syngenta Seeds is one of the world’s largest developers and producers of seeds for farmers, commercial growers, retailers and small seed companies. Syngenta seeds improve the quality and yields of crops. High-quality seeds ensure better and more productive crops, which is why farmers invest in them. Advanced seeds help mitigate risks such as disease and drought and allow farmers to grow food using less land, less water and fewer inputs.

Syngenta Seeds bring farmers more vigorous, stronger, resistant plants, including innovative hybrid varieties and biotech crops that can thrive even in challenging growing conditions.

Syngenta Seeds is headquartered in the United States.

Job Description

Role purpose:

• Carry out a set of development trials for seeds and technology through a series of reliable and quality on and off-site trials.
• Precise data collection and identification of promising and stable products for profiling from the trials.
• To manage satellite trialling station/hubs following compliance and SOPs as per guidelines
• Liaise with local agricultural groups, agronomists, crop consultants, other industry bodies and Govt. organizations to manage changes in agronomy practices, and technology and support in evaluation and development of Syngenta technologies.
• Following compliance and safety and QM and stewardship culture in trialling as per Syngenta policy.
• Provide technical support to the local sales team in line with agreed commitment levels.

Accountabilities

• To conduct an agreed number of field trials through all stages from initial planning to completion of final reports with minimal or no supervision.
• Deliver quality field trials through proper site selection, grower’s liaison and compensation negotiations, plot arrangement, layout, and application of treatments as per protocol and other inputs to insure proper trial execution.
• To identify and recommend new products in stage trials and provide feedback to advance stages with assured performance in territory.
• Capture trial data digitally under real field conditions with EZCapture and upload in SPIRIT within the timeline for assigned Rice trials.
• Keep effective linkages with Breeding, Enabling, Operations, Marketing, Sales teams and growers/off-site owner/Trialing Lead.
• Ensure mapping of experimental fields in SPIRIT before sowing
• Ensure proper training program for NFTE’s and growers (if required) for increasing operational efficiency.
• Participate in HPC meetings and provide feedback on product performance.
• Maintain regular contact with local agricultural research groups, agronomists, crop consultants and other industry bodies. Coordination with Government and Non-
• Government organisations monitor changes in agronomic practices, technology, competitor activity and support in the evaluation and development of Syngenta technologies.
• Organize the crop tours with timely intimation and involvement of stakeholders
• Implement QM initiative to enhance trial quality through proactive non-conformity and issue management.
• Strict follow-up of HSE policies and compliance as per Syngenta guidelines.

Critical Success Factors & Key Challenges

• Alignment of resources and capability with trials plan.
• Develop strong networking of innovative, dynamic, resourceful and opinion-maker growers for managing the trials.
• Willingness to travel and overnight stay.
• Ability to work independently whilst sharing learning and information with the team.
• Ensure compliance in proper data collection and compilation with timely dispatch to stakeholders.
• Use skills to identify proper products in stage Rice trials and provide the right feedback.
• To strictly follow the Syngenta HSE guidelines in the field.

Qualifications

Knowledge, experience & capabilities:

Critical Knowledge

• Minimum M.Sc. Agriculture with two – Five years’ product development experience in Rice
• Basic understanding of various Rice traits, agronomy, insect pests & diseases, nutritional deficiency and control measures.
• Basic knowledge of Agricultural Statistics and Design of experiments.
• Good written and communication skills.

Critical Experience

• 2-5 years of working experience in all aspects of field experimentation
• Knowledge of technical/agronomic aspects of crops/indications is desirable.

Critical Technical, Leadership And Personal Capabilities

• Deep understanding of local language and culture.
• Basic knowledge of Rice agronomy and technical aspects.
• Strong oral and written communication ability.
• The basic idea is the use of office software and Standard Information Technology tools.
• Strong planning ability to interact with local growers and diverse groups of scientists, agriculture universities etc.
• Patience, proactive and good foresight fluency in English and local language.

Critical Leadership Capabilities

• Customer focus – Plays an important role
• Innovative – Essential
• Decisive – Essential
• Communicative – Very much essential
• Trusted – Essential
• Team-oriented – Essential
• Result-oriented: Very much essential

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