Seeds Processing Specialist

Job Description

ROLE PURPOSE

• Seed Processing Specialist in Veg. R&D sites, Antalya .
• Accountable for seeds and biological material processing flow plus associated activities in Veg. R&D Sites, Antalya (receptions, shipments, packaging, disinfection, accurate store chamber using MINT,…) establishing good collaboration with all departments and functions involved.
• Accountable for seed  biological material movements, according to ways of working established by Syngenta (policies and standars), securing company liabilities.
• Planning, coordinating and supervising seeds and biological material movements, ensuring full traceability and transparency during the whole process (promoting and implementing track and trace file).
• Activities follow-up in TRAN according to annual planning, detecting discrepancies in seed or biological material activities. Provide accurate data and inputs to forecast activities during planification and activity development during year, month, etc.
• Health Plant Authorities contact in relation to application of additional declarations of Third Countries. Collecting from different crops breeding possible countries shipments and coordination of authorities visit,
• Lead a team working for seed processing activities
• Communicate with NPPOs to coordinate and facilitate field inspection reports
• Manage leaf sampling operation in coordination with Agricultural Quarantine Directorate
• Closely follow up and coordinate trial files processing align with official procedures with Directorate of Provincial Agriculture and Forestry
• Promote a fluid and constant relationship between different departments and functions in or out the station, fomenting positiveness and constructive approaches.
• Meet and contribute to enforce HSE standards and ways of working established by Syngenta Antalya.
• Organizing and executing of the work according to protocols ISO 9001:2008 and GSPP

ACCOUNTABILITIES

Resources

• Weekly, monthly and annual planning in line with S2S team availability and 3º parties.
• Process follow up plus adequate facilities control for logistic activities (MINT expert withing giving activities)
• Inform about improvements in seed logistic activities, requirements, applications or other material movements to prevent delays and to avoid impact in R&D crop activities.

Operations

• Evaluate potential flexibility in close interactions with S2S lead, according to demand and site head directions.
• Optimize deliveries on sites (Quality, Quantity and Time).
• Provide seeds quality through management of resources avaiable within area of influence
• Organize logistic demands according weekly planning to cover tasks and expectations.
• Provide support to SO Leads, Breeders, , Farm´s staff, HSE manager, and others  for a better activity stream.
• Support projects in Veg. R&D stations for a better implementation.
• Ensure implementation and execution of  seeds projects in site, and influence outside within area of activity.
• GSPP: follow and implement all GSPP rules and process during the daily operation at the site

People

• Accountable for protocols GSPP and HSE standards, ensuring and promoting compliance
• Support the HSE manager and ensure safe operations.
• Ensure motivation and engagement of the site community in collaboration with other functions in site. Positive and constructive.

Reporting / Communication   

• Generate monthly Report to inform about activities that takes place in Veg. R&D sites, Antalya in and out when neccesary reporting through S2S Visual performance board.
• Generate annual report to asses in a GDD form season activities in area of accountability, proposing and promoting improvements where neccesary.
• EE&TP track an trace & planning file
• Traceability & status of Plant Health file

Qualifications

KNOWLEDGE SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

Critical Skills

• Experience in seed processing and biological material processes, that proves his or her capacity to manage tasks and staff.
• Excellent level of English, to communicate with functions in or out the station
• Foundation of management
• OpEx training and continuous improvement skills
• Driving license

Critical knowledge

• Build working relationships between different functions (Breeders, Marketing, Sales and Farm staff).
• Continues improvement culture and standards implementations  GSPP, ISO 9001 v2015
• Coordinate permanent and temporary staff asignate.

Critical Experience

• Coordinate and transmission of knowledge to team .

• Leadership and getting things done with and without direct reporting lines

Critical technical, professional and personal capabilities

• Ability and flexibility to deal with continuous changes .
• Clear decision-making in the face of conflicting priorities and ambiguity
• Continuous improvement skills and positive approach

Critical leadership capabilities

• Judgement
• Self awareness
• Engage & inspire
• Execution and results orientation