Role purpose
- Managing E2E Parent seed operations for both field Production and plant operations in order to produce and supply parent seed on time in full with quality.
- Health, Environment & Safety: ensuring safety (HSE) with goal zero in site and regulatory requirements, policies, IP security and compliance as per Syngenta standards.
Accountabilities
- To Ensure E2E India Parent seed Operation activities and production of different vegetables crops which are taking inside the home farm & grower field with Quality, quantity and on time.
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Health Environment & Safety:
to ensure safety and compliance at site (HF & Plant) and regulatory requirements, including HSE policies, IP security, compliance, and CSR, as per Syngenta standards. -
Planning:
organise work and resources according to the production plans and priorities, including handover of instructions between teams and Supply operation on time in full Quantity (OTIF) to stake holders. -
Operation activities:
To ensure Operational and development activities related to Home farm, Post-Harvest Operation (PHO) and Clean, Treat & pack (CTP) End to End (E2E) facilities effective utilisation of machineries, resources planning and scheduling. -
Performance:
managing daily production requirements, optimize and improve production processes using continuous improvement methodologies and SOP preparation & implementation. - To motivate and train FTEs and NFTEs on right processes in line with SOPs to achieve production and supply to support the business.
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Collaborate with cross functional teams (
global Production Planner / GPCS, R&D, MOMs and quality (QC) & commercial production as required. -
SAP Foundation system:
to be responsible for 100% SAP Foundation system process implementation for E2E operations with support from MOMs. -
Budgeting and BOM working:
To ensure budgeting, function cost and overhead cost analysis for meeting financial requirements. -
People :
Support training & development plan to strengthen team capability interms of technical and skill set improvement. -
Contract management;
To ensure intime agreement /contracts are inplace with Vendors , tollers , growers and service providers.
Knowledge, experience & capabilities
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- A minimum of 9 to 10 years working experience of vegetable seed production (grower field and farm management) and plant operation (CTP and Inventory management)
- Willing to travel across the field production locations of India.
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Fluent in local language, English and Hindi
- Should have valid 4-wheeler driving licence.
- Continuous improvement and collaborative mind set.
Critical knowledge
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- Must have hands-on knowledge about Vegetable seed production, Post operation activities , home farm , CTP Operation , Inventory management and Supply operations..
- Leading a team of FTE, NFTE s, Vendors and stake holders.
- Very good interpersonal, communication skills and customer centric orientation
- HSEMS knowledge
Critical experience
- Preferred to have basic knowledge of SAP foundation and minimum financial knowledge including budgets, BOM, standard costing, variance analysis, fixed and variable costing and project planning.
- Good experience on Vegetable crops Seed production, Home farm operations, seed conditioning and inventory management
- Good at communication with different levels of people within organisation
- A good team Leader
- Leading a team of FTE, NFTE s, Vendors and stake holders.
Critical technical, professional and personal capabilities
- E2E Parent seed operations for both field production and plant operations in order to produce and supply parent seed on time in full with quality
- Good at communication with different levels of people within organisation
- Quality Vegetables seed production, plant operation activities and Inventory management system.
- Leadership and management skills.
- Strategic & tactical thinking and interpret critical data to identify appropriate site action plans.
- Self-motivated and striving for continuous improvement.
- Working relation with FTE, NFTE s and Organizers
- HSEMS knowledge
Critical leadership capabilities
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Collaboration:
in conjunction with the global Production Planner /Global production crop strategist (GPCS) - Must have knowledge about agricultural supply chain management and plant operational activities.
- Ability to function as team player, Managing cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
- Lead the projects and new infrastructure/resource planning.
- Ability to coach, teach and mentor.
- People/team building and decisive.
- Need to travel across the production locations of India.
Experience to be gained
- Exposure to other home farm/ Plant operation sites within and across geographies
- Green /black belt six sigma trainings
- Home Farm/ plant operation activities mechanisation/Automation system
Critical success factors & key challenges
- Develop people, organization and self.
- Effective leadership to motivate team for continued performance.
- Efficient planning of infrastructure, seed inventory and non-seed inventory.
- Good Knowledge on Safety (HSEMS).
- Timely development and implmentation of SOP based on requirement .
- Solid experience to build strategic partnership with other units of organisation
- Implement and Ensure SOP, CSR, Product security and Compliance
- Routine technical trainings for implementing best practices.
- Leadership and Technical competency.
- Resource planning, cost optimisation and Continuous improvement and collaborative mind set
Additional information
- Traveling and mobility based on business requirement
- People first, maintain working culture at workplace.
- A good leadership
Innovations
- Be familiar with modern Farm mechanisation/advance Technologies
- Operation Process automation
- New Project planning with innovative ideas.
- Lean six sigma
