Position Summary:At Syngenta, our goal is to build the most collaborative and trustworthy team in agriculture, providing top-quality seeds and innovative crop protection solutions that improve farmers' success. To support this mission, Syngenta’s Field Crop seeds Team is seeking a Technical Agronomist Field Crops inclusive of corn, sunflower and wheat for the Potchefstroom, South Africa location. This role will provide expert agronomic guidance and technical support to the Commercial team, drive the success of our wheat, sunflower, and corn seed portfolio. The successful candidate will champion product performance, develop technical solutions, and deliver value-adding agronomic services that creates sales demand to both internal teams and external customers.Accountabilities:Accounting for all pre-commercial new material testing for corn, sunflower and wheat (collaboratively with the wheat breeding team)Coordinating all commercial/sales trials for corn, sunflower and wheatBridging the gap between R&D, Product Placement, and Commercial teams ensuring seamless integration of new products and technologiesAssist the R&D team to develop product registration proposals for field crops for the varieties and hybrids intended to be commercially advancedProviding oversight, data information needed during HPC & VPC hybrid/variety advancement meetingsPartnering with marketing to develop technical marketing materials, creating technical bulletins and agronomic recommendations dataSupporting the achievement of sales targets for the defined sales area by influencing grower purchasing decisionsCollaborating with other functions to identify and leverage critical touchpoints between Agronomy and Commercial teamsFostering improved product and technology appreciation based on other Syngenta functions’ value to farmersPromoting sustainable farming practices that align with the company's environmental stewardship goal
