Trailing Specialist

Job Description Role purpose The Trialing Specialist plays key role in internal or external trialing activities by: - Driving end-to-end execution of research trials to evaluate the performance of experimental seed varieties/hybrids - Collecting detailed phenotypic observations using digital tools and current technologies, and securing timely high-quality data - Partnering with R&D, marketing and sales team, as well as growers, to quarantee timely completion of trialing objectives and trial excellence via contrinous improvement of trialing operations Accountabilities - Drive the end-to-end trialing process including setup and maintenance of trials from planting to harvest and tracking of different experimental entries. Ensure trialing objectives are met. - Become integral member of trialing team supporting all activities from sowing to harvest including (but not limited to) trial planning, seed shipment/tracking, seed sowing, planting, labelling, transplanting, harvest and data collection of experimental entries. - Operate and maintain seed research equipment with complex mechanical and electronic components. Hands-on operation of specialized farm equiment depending on crop responsibilities. - Use advanced phenotyping technologies and IT tools to record detailed observations from trial plots - Secure high-quality trial data collection and data storage in corporate IT systems/databases. - Select and optimize trial locations in line with targeted market and customer segment, trialing best practices (uniformity, soil, consistency) and environmental factors - Prepare and negotiate trial contracts with growers based on standard Syngenta agreement. - Communicate regularly with Trialing & Product Placement Lead and Product Placement Scientists to discuss trial progress and issues encountered at trial locations. - Drive the end-to-end trialing process including setup and maintenance of trials from planting to harvest and tracking of different experimental entries. Ensure trialing objectives are met. - Become integral member of trialing team supporting all activities from sowing to harvest including (but not limited to) trial planning, seed shipment/tracking, seed sowing, planting, labelling, transplanting, harvest and data collection of experimental entries. - Operate and maintain seed research equipment with complex mechanical and electronic components. Hands-on operation of specialized farm equiment depending on crop responsibilities. - Use advanced phenotyping technologies and IT tools to record detailed observations from trial plots - Secure high-quality trial data collection and data storage in corporate IT systems/databases. - Select and optimize trial locations in line with targeted market and customer segment, trialing best practices (uniformity, soil, consistency) and environmental factors - Prepare and negotiate trial contracts with growers based on standard Syngenta agreement. - Communicate regularly with Trialing & Product Placement Lead and Product Placement Scientists to discuss trial progress and issues encountered at trial locations. - Work closely with commercial team and growers to ensure timely trial cycles are achieved. - Interact frequently with stakeholders including breeding, marketing and sales teams to provide updates on work activities. - Maintain strong relationship with seed dealers, growers, and processors to secure strategic trial locations and manage grower contracts - Collect trialing operations KPIs and various observations to determine areas for continous improvement and identity process risks - Participate in research projects and process-improvement initiatives related to trialing and phenotyping vegetable varieties. - Lead field crews by managing, coaching and training third-party contract labor to ensure optimal trial management and data integrity. Monitor performance indicators for third-party contract labor. - Ensure all trial activities comply with Syngenta's Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) standards, biosafety standards, stewardship practices, quality system guidelines and ethical compliance standards. - Follow all HSE policies, timely complete all required trainings, attend local safety meetings and champion safety mindset.