MXN 400,000 - 600,000
Are you ready to drive the future of vegetable innovation? KWS Vegetables BV is looking for a Product Development Manager in Culiacán, Mexico. This role offers the chance to lead crop strategies, spearhead product innovation, and make a global impact. If you're passionate about agriculture and eager to make a difference, join us and explore this exciting opportunity!
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop new assortment for PMCs on local and country level
- Implement Crop/PMC Trial plan in line with global crop trial plan
- Member of local crop team(s); provide input on crop strategy and market-customer intelligence
- Support development and maintenance of product profiles
- Advise on and support introduction strategies
- Ensure implementation and alignment of trial calendar
- Align with breeder and sales on product profiles per Product Market Combination, propose priorities and focus areas
- Provide guidance and input to breeding direction and breeding selections
- Conduct market and competitor intelligence together with sales; understand trends and drivers
- Identify unique selling points of the new commercial varieties versus competitors and existing portfolio
- Define growing protocols and growing concepts before commercial launching
- Implement and support the use of tools like Mercado, etc.
- Based on the portfolio, PDM can have multi-crop and cross-country responsibilities
- Hierarchical and functionally lead Trial Development Specialist(s)
Performance Indicators:
- Quality Trial plan, design, and execution
- Successful introductions
- Define growing protocols and growing concepts before commercial launching
- Steering breeding programs and breeding selections
Core Competencies:
- Leadership skills with the ability to provide clarity and direction to stakeholders
- Result-oriented, "we make it happen" mentality
- Ability to think and act at different levels, prepared to put "boots on the ground"
- Technical
- Team player
- Analytical
- Pro-active
Your Qualifications:
- Requires a minimum of a B.S. in Agronomy or Horticulture
- 3+ years of experience in the vegetable seed industry is preferred
- Fluent in English, both spoken and written; additional language(s) are an advantage
About the Company:
Our company is one of the world's leading plant breeding companies, focusing on plant breeding and the production and sale of seeds with a global presence in several countries.
You have what's needed for this position? Apply now by sending your application (CV) to the following email address: ******
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