Role purpose

- The prime purpose of the Market Segment Lead (MSL) is ensuring the development of superior across-crops portfolio that will address grower/ customer needs based on Target Product Profile (TPP) developed in conjunction with the business functions.
- The MSL function will represent the Seeds Development (SD) organization in the market and be responsible for translating market needs and business plan into resource and strategy.

Accountabilities

Trialing:

- End to End responsibility of all stage 5 trials. This includes (when needed): seed shipments, trial preparation, trial management, data collection, data summary, data quality, advancement decisions and all other activities involving data generation.
- Support Early stage trialling activities in collaboration with Breeding Project Leads.
- Engage with Stage 6 product placement.

Data:

- Drive data driven decision processes through adoption of new tools and capabilities. This includes, environmental modelling, high throughput phenotyping methods aiming to improve efficiency and data quality.
- Collect and report product testing KPIs.
- Engage with product advancement process and pipeline assessment.

Management:

- Lead a market segment team to deliver the strategy and product portfolio.
- Manage performance, priorities and career development of all members of the MST.
- Collaborate with SD functions and portfolio managers and develop the strategic MS plan that will support the business objectives for the region.
- Perform annual quantitative pipeline assessment to support the investment in certain crop/ region.
- Develop resource plan and budget forecast (excl. budget management) to support market needs. This includes seed shipments, compliance, grower/ field contracts, labour and other activities aiming to secure product development in the market across all crops.
- Engage with the budget planning process,



pipeline review and 5Y plan exercise

Qualifications

Knowledge, experience & capabilities

Critical knowledge

- Ph.D.or Masters degree in plant breeding or similar field.
- Deep knowledge/ experience in plant breeding processes, genetics, statistics and experimental design.
- Commercial background (product management, pre-commercial development) advantage.

Critical experience

- 5+ years of experience in the seeds industry.
- Project management in a team-oriented atmosphere.
- Proven record of people management in cross functional environment.
- Ability to translate market needs into resource and strategy.

Critical capabilities

- Think and plan rigorously and strategically to ensure the organization will thrive in the near and long term.
- Ability to lead and motivate others to high performance.
- Ability to lead transformation through project management, collaboration, engagement and communication
- High adaptability and flexibility
- Ability to manage resources to achieve objectives but remain within budget.
- Ability to generate reports/charts/summary tables to communicate results and progress.
- Excellent computer skills and proficiency with MS Office and corporate software.
- Ability to effectively organize, manage and assign workload of multiple tasks in order to meet project goals and deadlines.
- Ability to work independently with minimal day-today supervision. Adjust workload plans and resource allocations based on current direction in a changing environment.
- Fluent English both writing and speaking

Additional Information

- Regional & international travel required.
- Operates in a team setting, working independently on a section of the breeding project for which they have authority but coordinating activities with other team members.
- Ability to work under adverse environmental conditions.

Skills: Team Leading, Plant Breeding, Product Management, Project Management

Experience: 5.00-10.00 Years

📌 Market Segment Lead SA and SEA (Pune)
🏢 SYNGENTA
📍 Pune