Role Purpose
The Quality Management Lead for FC R&D India is responsible for establishing, driving, and sustaining a strong quality culture across all R&D functions and field sites. The role ensures compliance with Syngenta quality standards, sustainability requirements, stewardship norms, and regulatory guidelines. The incumbent will lead internal audits, manage non-conformities (NC) and opportunities for improvement (OFI), maintain documentation systems, and drive continuous improvement initiatives that strengthen operational excellence and risk mitigation in R&D.
Accountabilities
- Lead the implementation and continuous improvement of the R&D Quality Management System (QMS) across FC R&D India.
- Drive a quality-first culture through structured training, awareness programs, capability-building, and routine engagement with site/function leads.
- Ensure regulatory, stewardship, biosafety, and compliance adherence across all R&D operations in alignment with global and regional standards.
- Develop, implement, and monitor quality processes, SOPs, work instructions, and documentation systems for labs, nurseries, farms, Trialing stations, trialing field and greenhouse/polyhouses operations.
- Lead and coordinate internal quality audits, vendor audits (where applicable), and site compliance assessments.
- Manage and track Non-Conformities (NC), Corrective & Preventive Actions (CAPA), and Opportunities for Improvement (OFI) with timely closure.
- Drive sustainability and continuous improvement projects aligned with Syngenta R&D objectives.
- Conduct risk assessments, define mitigation actions, and ensure preventive quality controls in field and lab operations.
- Facilitate monthly quality connect meetings, dashboard preparation, KPI tracking, and reporting to R&D leadership.
- Support digitalization and data integrity initiatives ensuring audit-ready documentation and process visibility.
- Collaborate with regional/global R&D quality teams to harmonize practices, adopt best standards, and ensure consistent implementation.
- Provide quality oversight and support during experiments, trials, germplasm movements, seed production research operations, and any critical R&D workflows.
- Lead incident investigation, root-cause analysis, and coaching teams on problem-solving methodologies (e.g., 5-Why, Fishbone, FMEA, LSS).
- Ensure strong vendor quality coordination where services impact R&D processes.
Syngenta Leadership Capabilities
- Customer Focus & Quality Orientation
- Collaborative Spirit & Influencing Skills
- Change Leadership & Continuous Improvement Mindset
- Operational Discipline & Risk Management
- Strategic Execution & Problem Solving
- Developing Self and Others