Cucumber Breeder

ABOUT SYNGENTA.

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What You Will Be Doing.

The primary purpose of the Short Cucumber Breeding Project Lead (BPL) is to contribute to the development of inbred lines and hybrid varieties of Short Cucumber that meet the performance targets set by the EAME and APAC/NA market segment teams with input from the Breeding Trial Specialists (BTS) and the Cucurbits business unit. This will require participation of the BPL in nursery and hybrid testing related activities and the taking of ownership of areas in the breeding program where the BPL has been asked to take a lead position. The BPL will be focused on implementing strategies that aid in the development of commercially successful lines and hybrids and to ensure that all activities act to enhance genetic gain and the long-term success of the breeding program. Depending on experience and educational background, the BPL will be asked to bring and implement knowledge of marker breeding techniques and hybrid performance prediction theory to help the market segment team adopt these as new strategies for product development.

As a Short Cucumber Breeder you will be responsible for:
Maintain and develop a product development portfolio in line with market segment requests and business planning, addressing short-, medium-, and long-term market segment needs.Perform all tasks in a manner compliant with and in support of all safety and stewardship related company policies and practices, including completing all required training courses.Communicate effectively and regularly with peers and supervisors regarding status of projects and work activities, raise awareness of issues that could affect meeting project objectives and business goals.Develop awareness of market needs for commercial products throughout EAME and APAC/NA market segments areas. Interactions with BTS and product Development Specialist (PDS) colleagues to anticipate product performance gaps and contribute to a research plan to address these gaps. Continuous learning to understand changing market needs. Interaction with Sales/Commercial team to understand the nature of any product performance anomalies. Provide information to these groups to assist them with their decision-making processes.Develop expertise in crop biology, germplasm and critical trait priorities.Contribute to crop strategy and product profiles development in relation with market segment teams.Develop and deploy new breeding technologies and methods. Implement data driven decision in every part of the breeding program.Using analytic and data science tools, predictive models for product selection and genomic selection.Prepare varieties market introduction by using imputation and environment modelling to support best growing practices.Prepare nurseries and yield trial experiments: Design current and future resource plans with key stake holders. Responsible of nurseries and yield trial execution.Provide meaningful input on hybrid advancement decisions. Work with market segment teams to ensure appropriate selection criteria and target product profiles (TPP) are being applied.Responsible for a quantitative assesment of pipeline performance in alignment with market needs: Generate reports/tables/charts to highlight to other functions and management how product performance is measured over time or in comparison to check hybrids in a current growing season. Determine rates of genetic gain for different product pipelines in Market segments through mining of phenotypic data.Collaborate with Trait Development Leads and Genetic scientists to identify and develop marker-trait associations, innovative traits, germplasm management: Participate actively to discovery projects.Collect field notes on agronomic traits on inbred and hybrid materials including pathology traits.Communicate project needs and issues with relevant Operations and trialing managers. Assist with nursery harvest and processing activities to improve quality of results.
Qualifications

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR.
PhD with at least 3-5 years of experience in plant breeding preferred in a commercial setting.In-depth knowledge of plant breeding, genetics, statistics and field design, plant biology and marker breeding techniques including genome wide selection (GWS), population genetics, quantitative genetics. Basic coding skills (R, Phyton, Matlab...). Modelling basic knowledge.Project management in a team-oriented atmosphere.Background in two or more of the following areas: plant breeding, genetics, statistics, plant biology/pathology/botany, marker assisted breeding/GWS.Fluent in English.
Primary Location

ESP-Almeria-El Ejido

Job

R&D - Development

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