Group Crop Breeding, Corn

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• Jointly accountable with the Crop Manager in engaging the commercial teams from the Group and various countries in regular crop strategic planning discussions to gain understanding of external market and business insights. Establishes alignment of the crop’s breeding strategic direction and allocate resources appropriately to support commercial targets.
• Supervises senior breeders to ensure successful execution of assigned breeding programs and guides them in resolving issues that might potentially delay the product advancement process.
• Reviews crop breeding programs based on established performance measures and provides recommendations to breeders on course-corrective actions for new product delivery to target markets.
• Builds strong collaboration and seamless coordination between and amongst the different functions within Group Research and Development (ie, Biotechnology, Pathology, R&D operations) to maximize the use of available technology and support to ensure success of breeding programs.
• Promotes and encourages innovation in crop breeding programs. Keeps abreast of new and emerging trends and developments in the market, genetics/breeding, agronomy, biotechnology, pathology and related research.
• Reviews and evaluates available studies, publications and journals and applies relevant concepts and techniques to enrich or innovate our breeding technology and practices.