Job Opportunities at Syngenta

Purpose

The Diagnostic Technician/Field is responsible for all activities related to:

• Phytosanitary in the farm
• Work hand in hand and communicate with all the relevant departments within the site

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure cross boundary working through team work and cohesiveness among the different phytosanitary teams i.e. Disinfection and Scouting.
• Ensure full compliance and adherence to all phytosanitary protocols, audits, rules and regulations in the farm; and ensure all phytosanitary protocols are updated and uploaded into reliance.
• Create awareness and sensitize employees on phytosanitary matters through trainings, workshops, etc.
• Coordinate inspection of all greenhouses prior to disinfection and give a phytosanitary approval for planting.
• Ensure proper protocol handling during an outbreak of a Q-pest or disease.
• Coordinate all disinfection and scouting activities in the farm.
• Follow up on all phytosanitary non-conformities in the farm and ensure they are addressed.
• Lead the KECU phytosanitary Emergency Team (PET) during outbreak of a Q- pest/disease or other major outbreak.
• Ensure all phytosanitary reports, checklists and KPI’s are sent to the EA phyto lead on time.

Qualification

• Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture, Crop protection, Horticulture, Agronomy, Microbiology, Biology.

Experience

• At least one year experience in plant pests and diseases.

Key Skills:

• Clear and timely communication.
• Requires strong organizational skills and ability to prioritize.
• Must build relationships across the organization.
• Proactively identify and resolve phytosanitary issues.
• Ability to work independently on routine assignments or under supervision on new assignments.
• Strong follow-up on the assigned tasks.
• Report writing skills and communication skills.
• Computer literacy – Microsoft Office.

Key Challenges:

• Maintaining stable team with capabilities in reporting, analysis of lab and scouting results and maintaining confidentiality.
• Foster and ensure communication, sharing and team work.
• Proper support from the regional team and production management.

Personal Attributes:

• Analytical
• Team player
• Integrity
• Responsibility
• Good communication/interpersonal skills

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To this end the main purposes of this role are:

• Transactional responsibility for all sales activities, from lead generation through close, in the assigned territory.
• Management of assigned accounts in the region; accounts receivables
• Delivering company commercial policy
• To achieve agreed sales targets in accordance with the Country strategy and objectives
• Develops and implements agreed upon Sales Plans which will meet both personal and business goals of expanding customer base in the marketing area.
• Provides sales technical support and works within the sales and support teams for the achievement of customer goals, satisfaction, revenue generation, and long-term account goals in line with company vision and values.
• Engaging/collaborating with stake holders to support Syngenta offers locally
• Market intelligence gathering
• Works well with the Campaign, Regulatory and Field Expert teams to realize goals for both the customers and the company Accountabilities
• Responsible for the sales of SEAL products in assigned territory and ensure attainment of agreed sales targets.
• Demonstrates technical selling skills and product knowledge that allows effective and efficient selling and customer relationship building and maintenance.
• Develops annual business plan (BAP’s) in conjunction with KAM Sales Manager, which details activities to follow during the fiscal year, which will focus the meeting or exceeding of the sales quota.
• To work closely with marketing and other functions to ensure appropriate customer segmentation exists and appropriate services are defined and delivered.
• Develops a database of qualified leads through referrals, telephone canvassing, face to face cold calling on business owners, direct mail, email, and networking.
• Assists in the implementation of company marketing plans as needed and to keep abreast of market trends, pricing and competition activities, giving regular information as changes come.
• Demonstrates the ability to gather, submit detailed business information for underwriting, pricing, and presentation of solutions to identified prospects’ business problems.
• Maintains accurate records of all sales and prospecting activities including sales calls, presentations, closed sales, and follow-up activities within the assigned territory, including the use of Microsoft Office to maintain accurate records to maximize territory potential.
• Adheres to all company policies, procedures and business ethics codes and ensures that they are communicated and implemented within the team.
• To be the company’s ambassador at the farm gate and ensure growers understand the USP’s of the company’s products & the appropriate attributes & benefits, that meet the needs of the customer and to ensure distributors & influencers understand the USP’s of the Company’s products and the desired positioning.

Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications and Experience

• A Bsc in Agriculture degree or higher is critical for this role
• Minimum 2years Previous experience in Agrochemical/Farm Input sales and or farm management environment or similar industry.
• Extensive knowledge of the Agricultural sales environment, including customer set up, distribution networks in North Rift Region.
• Selling Skills Training.
• Sound technical base of agrochemical products and agronomics.
• Language skills – must be proficient and fluent in oral and written English and Kiswahili
• Good understanding of local sales environment
• Displays a thorough understanding of agronomy with a bias to broad acre farming as identified above;[Key Crops Maize, Wheat ,Barley and Sugarcane]
• Displays an understanding and attributes of marketing in the Agricultural sector
• Expertly influences key stakeholders and obtains sign up to a common vision/shared goals
• Influences and enthuses people throughout the organization and externally
• Able to communicate effectively in writing, orally and through presentations
• Presentation and coaching skills appropriate for dealing with professionals
• Credibility and confidence in dealing with all levels of stakeholders
• Methodical and consistent approach to recording, structuring, analyzing and summarizing information and market intelligence – ability to distil market information into strategic insights for Syngenta
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Team orientation and excellent interpersonal and team-working skills
• Motivated, focused on results and demonstrates a high sense of urgency

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About this job

• The purpose of the Hybrid cereals NSPP technician is to support the NSPP cereals specialist in Kenya Pollen to deliver the targets for the CMS conversion factory set by the breeders
• To develop experience and knowledge of the basic skills associated with cereal plant nursery and seed production operations management, with specific focus on Hybrid wheat program.
• To support the NSPP specialist in the preparation, sowing, selection of ears, pollination, harvesting and processing of lines conversion and in the execution and monitoring of the whole cereals nursery. This will require precision, accuracy and efficiency in operations, with the aim of achieving the teams set targets and goals.To purify and maintain cms hybrid female lines and coordinate and execute the day to day running of the female backcrossing programme
• Support the coordination of the nursery seed production of conventional wheat and barley
• oversite of growth of plant material and reacting to issues with plant growth e.g. pests and diseases, cold room conditions together with the NSPP technicians in the team

  Accountabilities

• Supporting the NSPP specialist by learning the selection criteria of the breeding programs.
• ensure timely execution of all operations for the development of CMS lines, conventional lines and hybrids, including sowing, plant morphology recording, field observations, plant and ear selection and pollination, harvest and threshing, label production and data collection, shipment preparation together with logistic department
• To be proficient in the use of all NSPP related software used in the planning and management of the nursery program.
• To coordinate and execute the tissue sampling of various material in readiness for marker testing in our molecular marker lab in FR
• Oversee permanent and casual labour working within NSPP team area (with no reporting line)
• To be an effectively communicator and liaise on a regular basis with NSPP specialists and breeders, on the status of activities.
• Ensure all cereals projects and especially the female backcrossing programme is run accurately and meets production and quality targets agreed with breeders

  Essential knowledge and Experience

• A Degree or Diploma in Agricultural or Biological science or relevant research experience is advantageous.
• A basic understanding of plant genetics or breeding systems is desirable.
• Understanding of plant growth and nutrition is essential and experience in growing cereals is desirable
• Experience in horticulture/agriculture and especially in GH environment
• Capability to use MS Office, especially Outlook, Excel, and other internal standard software.
• Demonstrate ability to accurate hand work.
• Ability to prioritise, especially under pressure
• Confidence in communicating with people at different levels in the company