In 2012 Syngenta announced a commitment to build a $1 billion business in Africa over the next 10 years. Mike Mack, Chief Executive Officer, said: “Africa has become one of our strategic growth regions and our aspiration is to contribute to the transformation of African agriculture". Syngenta will make cumulative investments of over $500 million in support of this undertaking. These include the recruitment and training of over 700 new employees with a high level of agronomic specialization.
Within this strategy, Syngenta Africa and Middle East business is looking for the role of Breeder Project Lead that will strongly contribute to enlarge and expand the portfolio and breeding program for Africa within the next years.
Areas of responsibility:
• Work in a team environment in Africa, managing and delivering breeding key strategic projects and R&D for Zambia business and Africa.
• Planning, supporting and implementing the implementation of Zambia corn development program into Syngenta’s R&D structure and processes.
• Manage and support the delivery of projects aimed at improving the performance of Syngenta’s germplasm and product in Africa.
• Develop accurate, precise trialling activities and product evaluation. Evaluate competitiveness of maize product portfolio, product positioning and developmetn based on product and market evaluation for Zambia and Eastern Africa.
• Effective management and delivery of projects results in the development of competitive varieties that give rise to superior performing hybrids/varieties at the seed production and customer levels.
Job Details
| Date Posted: | 2014-01-31 |
| Job Location: | Zambia |
| Job Role: | Other |
| Company Industry: | Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing |
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| Career Level: | Management |
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Date Posted: January 31, 2014 at 08:40AM
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Breeder Project Lead MRI Zambia - Syngenta Agro Service AG
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