Seeds Processing Specialist
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
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