Regional Product Specialist - Remote (Florida)-1805172 We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, age, citizenship, color, religion, sex, marital status, national origin, disability status, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Description
At BASF , we create chemistry through the power of connected minds. By balancing economic success with environmental protection and social responsibility, we are building a more sustainable future through chemistry. As the world's leading chemical company, we help our customers in nearly every industry meet the current and future needs of society through science and innovation. We achieve this through our commitment to continuous improvement and operational excellence, which gives us the opportunity to set and deliver on ambitious, long-term goals.
We provide a challenging and rewarding work environment with a strong emphasis on process safety, as well as the safety of our employees and the communities we operate in and are always working to form the best team—especially from within, through an emphasis on lifelong learning and development. This allows for our employees to innovate and generate new ideas, put them into action, and gain insights from them to further advance our collective expertise.
And we are constantly striving to become an even better place to work. BASF has been recognized by Forbes Magazine as one of America's Best Employers in 2017. We strongly support the spirit of collaboration through effectively involving team members and colleagues from other relevant units when developing and executing strategies and projects. Come join us on our journey to create solutions for a sustainable future!
Where the Chemistry Happens...
Lead the development of new products and inclusion in the regional portfolio, involving seed varieties, seed forms and new technologies, advising and supporting the Crop sales manager in the technical knowledge and marketing position.
Regional Product Specialist- Watermelon – Remote – Florida (1805172)
Formula for Success: You Will...
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Design, coordinate and or execute regional trial programs in line with the M&S policy and the Assortment Strategy defined by the Global PS, in order to enable the assessment of field performance of experimental varieties in collaboration with Crop Team members.
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Analyze and process the trial program data in line with the M&S policy and within Nunhems in order to draw conclusions regarding - variety performance.
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Present and discuss variety conclusions and new seed tech products to Crop Team(s).
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Advise the Crop Sales Manager and Global PS regarding the assortment with respect to one or more crops in the region assigned, in line with the M&S policy and within Nunhems in order to contribute to the success of the crop(s).
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Advise the Crop Sales Manager and Global PS regarding the seed production plan for trial varieties in order to contribute to the qualitative and quantitative sufficient trial seeds.
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In coordination with Global PS initiate and propose variety registration and application for plant breeder rights and naming of promising trial varieties in order to protect the Nunhems crops interest.
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Prepare, coordinate and execute all the procedures in the Elevation varieties (Elevation Process) from screening2 to trial.
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Inform breeding team on the needs of the market, in order to give priorities to the assortment per market segment and type.
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Make and support of the Growing Concept in special varieties.
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Attend and Support to different complaints that can happen.
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Prepare and Request Seed production (Trial varieties: TR1 and TR2 status) and coordinate the distribution of them.
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Provide technical support to sales specialists, account managers and customers by means of advise and training regarding one or more crops in line with the M&S policy in order to ensure a successful variety introduction and development of the BCS-VS market share.
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Bachelor or Master degree in agriculture
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At least three years' experience within agriculture and in the development of varieties (trials).
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Competencies: analytical skills, very organized, good decision making.
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Team player with good communication skills
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Ability to guide and motivate the trial teams
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Commercial aptitude
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Innovative mind
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Proactiveness
Leadership Expectations : As a leader at BASF, you will play a key role in creating value for the company through people. Our top candidate will be expected to enable greater personal success among our employees through quality people development, coaching, and performance management. Leaders at BASF are role models to help employees develop the competencies needed to implement BASF's strategy. Our expectation is that leaders will coach and develop team members to reach their full potential, and support relevant development assignments, opportunities and moves while motivating and challenging employees to drive high performance. Our leaders must be committed to "hiring the best" internally and externally at the same time they are creating an inclusive environment which embraces and derives value from diversity. Finally, a leader at BASF must establish and support our safety culture in which all accidents are preventable.
Create Your Own Chemistry: What We Offer You...
Adding value to our customers begins with adding value to you. You@BASF is the suite of benefits, perks, programs and unique opportunities we offer to support you—the whole you—in all stages of your life and career. With you@BASF, you create your own chemistry.
The total rewards that you receive as a BASF employee go way beyond a paycheck. From competitive health and insurance plans, to robust retirement benefits that include company-matching contributions, to making sure you never stop learning, we believe investing in you is investing in our success. Working for a large, global organization, you'll have a chance to grow professionally and personally, expand your network and build a rewarding and dynamic career.
BASF provides interesting and challenging learning and development opportunities to help you make the most of your talents and your job.
