Crop Breeding Lead

hace 6 horas


España Semillas Fitó A tiempo completo

Description

**Semillas Fitó **is a Spanish multinational company, founded in 1880 in Sant Martí de Provençals, Barcelona. In these more than 140 years, it has grown from a small seed company to become one of the leading multinationals in the sector of genetic improvement, production, and distribution of seeds of horticultural and extensive species with an investment in R&D of almost 30% of the turnover. More than 800 employees, presence in more than 20 countries and sales in more than 90 countries.

From the **R&D **business unit, we need to incorporate an **Crop Breeding Lead **for **Solanaceas. **This role can be held either in _Almería_ or _Barcelona_.

**What will be your responsibilities?**
- Setting global breeding strategy of crop(s) species
- Supervision and evaluation of Breeding Programs

a) Supervision of breeders

b) Create synergies within the station and among breeders globally.

c) Follow-up of Breeding programs: genetic gains & efficiencies.
- People leadership: special focus on diversity and culture
- Global Budget management at a crop level
- Active participation on setting research priorities with Global Crop Coordinator and Biotech leadership at a crop level
- Foster active collaboration among breeding team and with development and sales teams
- Active participation within R&D committee
- Formulate and propose a comprehensive improvement strategy for the assigned crop, considering genetic, agronomic, and technological aspects.
- Define and coordinate all actions in the different improvement centres, establishing clear objectives and ensuring their follow-up.

**We know you'll do a great job, so we've thought of these benefits for you...**
- Flexible start and end times
- Welcome plan and monitoring of your professional development, with evaluations and individual development plans.
- Access to an online training platform, with an extensive self-training catalog, so that your learning is continuous.
- Hybrid work model. Because we believe that spending time in the office is a key factor to develop creativity and enjoy teamwork.
- Flexible Remuneration Options
- Commitment to Internal Promotion
- Others

**Requirements**:
**You are the talent we are looking for if you...**
- You do have a Degree in Agriculture & a master’s degree in Plant Breeding (preferably in horticultural species)
- It would be desirable if you do have also a Ph.D in Genetics, Plant Breeding or areas related to genetic improvement
- 10 years of managerial experience in Plant Breeding, preferably in horticultural species, are required to fit in this role
- You do have Availability to Travel



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