NA Production Manager - SSV

Syngenta Group•Woodland, CA

25d

About The Position

The NA Production Manager oversees regional Small Seed Vegetable (SSV) seed production, multiplication, production planning, grower allocation, contracting, pricing, and delivery to conditioning sites. The role ensures that production meets market requirements for quality, quantity, timing, and price (QQTP), and develops and maintains relationships with third-party tolling partners for production and, when needed, further seed processing. The position leads and develops the SSV production organization across the designated region, builds organizational capability, and collaborates with internal and external stakeholders to support coordinated sourcing and production. It contributes to global production practices and standards, implements strategies to improve supply reliability, and ensures delivery of the approved Seed Production Plan within agreed tolerances and budgets.

Requirements

Master’s or bachelor’s degree in agriculture or business.
Functional knowledge of seed production operations and vendor management.
Experience in planning and agricultural business processes.
Fluency in English.
Global mindset and experience working in a multicultural, cross-functional environment.
Financial knowledge and data analytics.

Responsibilities

Develop, supervise, and lead regional production personnel, with clear accountabilities, succession plans, and personal development plans.
Build organizational capability to address competitive cost of goods, product quality, and an increasingly complex product offering.
Help create a platform for the global production community to connect, cooperate, share best practices, and prioritize actions to execute the Seed Production Plan.
Ensure compliance with external and internal standards for health, safety, and environment (HSE), product quality, Code of Conduct, and key risk management processes; contribute to developing new internal standards and compliance processes.
Build effective working relationships with Processing, Global Seed Sourcing, Supply OPS, Quality, Finance, Procurement, and Supply Chain.
Participate in the Global SSV Production Leadership Team and help shape functional processes, standards, and culture.
Work with R&D, the Global Production Crop Strategist, Supply Chain, and Commercial teams to implement agreed strategies and improvements for supply reliability.
Participate in crop and operational planning, agree achievable plans, communicate risks, and deliver against the agreed plan.
Work with Global Seed Sourcing personnel to collect and analyze production data to support continuous improvement.
Develop a crop production strategy and investment plan for assigned crops.
Develop and implement field management processes and procedures for seed production, measured using appropriate KPIs.
Deliver the approved Seed Production Plan to agreed QQTP tolerances.
Develop operational budgets, manage costs within approved budgets, and prepare business cases for unplanned spending.
Manage regional SSV seed production, multiplication, production planning, grower allocation, contracting, pricing, and delivery to seed conditioning sites.
Develop and maintain third-party tolling relationships for production and potentially further seed processing.
Lead and develop the SSV production organization across the designated region and coordinate stakeholders around a shared sourcing and production strategy.