Smartag Manager Jobs

Company Description

As a world market leader in crop protection, we help farmers to counter these threats and ensure enough safe, nutritious, affordable food for all – while minimizing the use of land and other agricultural inputs. Syngenta Crop Protection keeps plants safe from planting to harvesting. From the moment a seed is planted through to harvest, crops need to be protected from weeds, insects and diseases as well as droughts and floods, heat and cold. Syngenta Crop Protection is headquartered in Switzerland.

• Lead the Technical and AgTech Services implementation for the New Farming Ecosystem, enabling the efficiency and yield for the farmer.
• Lead and develop recommendation on the soil health analysis and sustainable farming practices that help improve the soil quality and provide safer food
• Be key point of contact with food chain companies
• Drive the development and execution of Smart Ag end-to-end programs protocols that help improve yield, consistency, quality with residue compliant outputs
• Be the technical point of contact for farmers and country external partners
• Closely collaborate with Business Sustainability team and food company sustainability leads to develop and implement sustainable agricultural concepts and business models
• Evaluate and validate new solutions opportunities and new technologies from external stakeholders with a focus on value chain and consumer connect partners
• Be an inspiration to the organization to elevate CENTRIGO’s purpose (farmer-centricity, modernizing agriculture, soil health, healthier and safer food)
• Help train Knowledge transfer to teams that will enable the above
• Push the boundaries of mindsets towards the interest of farmers being at the center and enabling them to deliver the priorities of food companies and consumers

Accountabilities

• Lead the team that will help deliver quality output produce for food companies, by managing farmers and farms
• Understand the real needs of food companies and consumers, and work with value chain partners to customize end-to-end protocols
• Support marketing activities by providing insights, feedback and technical guidance
• Help design end to end protocols (soil, fertilizer, seed, CP) that enable better yield and quality output
• Lead a team that will monitor farms and farmers to adhere the protocols and quality output commitments for the pre aligned quantities
• Implementation of techno-commercial offerings and services, integrating and synchronizing with internal and external partners (Smart Ag programs).
• Implement and support Digital Ag Strategy (tracking of protocol adherence digitally, use of weather alerts, remote sensors and satellite imaging, farm data management, forecasting models)
• Set-up direction and lead country SmartAg teams regarding segment-specific solutions, co-creation and implementation of Smart protocols with value chain companies to deliver quality supply, traceability, aligned with ESG commitments including GHG emissions
• Map, assess and establish collaboration with key External Stakeholders to fulfil our portfolio/services gaps

Qualifications

Essentials Knowledge & Experience:

• Bachelor Degree in Agronomy, Agriculture Science or in a related field
• Understanding of Agribusiness strategies, trends and of the principles of value creation for growers.
• Proven ability to lead, influence and build impactful relationships
• Understanding of Digital in Agtech
• Has experience in agri operations, procurement and supply chain
• Minimum of 6 years of experience in Technical and/or Technical Commercial in the Agribusiness area (practical experience in crop protection, agronomy, digital agri-technologies)
• Experience with a value chain company leading a technical/agronomy team