At Syngenta, our goal is to build the most collaborative and trustworthy team in agriculture, providing top-quality seeds and innovative crop protection solutions that improve farmers' success. To support this mission, Syngenta鈥檚 Continuous Nurseries team is seeking a Research Associate in Mascota, Jalisco, M茅xico.
Accountabilities
- Lead an operational team conducting Mascota operations. Ensure timely completion of all tasks related. Communicate and work with stakeholders and operational teams.
- Oversee all activities and planning for planting, seed reception, nursery activities, pollinations, detasseling, tissue sampling, data collection and harvest.
- The role will be responsible for developing the IPM strategy, Precision Irrigation Program, Plant nutrition, Scouting & Pest Bioassays, Farm Management Agronomics, Land Preparation and Equipment/Rolling Stock Maintenance.
- Ensure the efficacy and delivery in seed quantity and quality is achieved. Responsible for all employees perform always following all HSE requirements.
- Research associated role, implies spending 80% of working hours in the field, supervising and taking actions of any day-to-day activity.
- You will oversee the supervision and training of the seasonal employees on Mascota.
- Lead a team in all aspects of field operations, personnel management, and training of seasonal labor.
- Different projects tracking.
- Ensure best practice documentation and timely process compliance with established protocols, process metrics and KPIs.
- Management of company databases and online files.
- Lead different stakeholders and involved teams in the related processes, ensuring seamless track and trace and minimizing errors.
- Record nursery and operational notes as necessary and upload them to databases.
- Regular and timely communication to MXPV Crop & agronomy Leads.
- Supervise all Technician and temporaries appropiately to ensure the KPIs.
- Implement/develop new proyects.
- Active comunication with Operations teams to ensuring key issues are escalated in a timely manner.
- Identify, train and develop Research Technician to maximize their supervision skills and team integration and attention to details when leading fields.