Quality officer

Company Description

About Syngenta
At Syngenta Seeds Field Crops, we're shaping the future of agriculture and empowering farmers to meet the ever-growing demand for food and fuel. We’re a global Ag Tech powerhouse, headquartered in the United States, with passionate, local experts collaborating with farmers to deliver solutions that create market opportunities.  We unite precision breeding, advanced biotechnology trait choice, and digital platforms for unmatched in-field performance.  Our seeds help mitigate risks such as disease, insect, weed, and extreme weather pressures, all while promoting sustainable farming practices that protect and enhance our planet. Join our mission of revolutionizing food security and transforming agriculture.

Job Description

Accountabilities:

• Quality Champion: Act as the local point person for Seeds Development, ensuring continuous product and process quality improvement aligned with the Seed R&D Quality Management System.
• SOP Development: Review, standardize, and maintain SOPs for NSPP and Trialing to strengthen trial and seed quality, with documentation available in Reliance.
• Quality Culture Implementation: Lead efforts to embed a strong quality culture, support teams in handling non‑conformities, and guide root cause analysis (RCA) development.
• Data & Knowledge Management: Maintain R&D data assets, repositories, technical knowledge, and intellectual property to enhance data quality for business decision‑making.
• Compliance & Stewardship: Monitor and enforce adherence to Syngenta’s internal rules, GM stewardship practices, and local regulatory requirements.
• Audit, Reporting & Training: Support local audits, facilitate KPI reporting, sustain improvements through documentation, and deliver quality‑related training activities.
• Cross‑functional Collaboration: Work with stakeholders across PPP, Trialing, NSPP, and GD teams, and contribute to the Quality Champion network to share learnings and drive operational excellence.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Educational Background: BA/BS degree or technical diploma, preferably in agronomy or seed science.
• Industry Experience: Prior exposure to quality management and seed production processes is strongly valued.
• Cross‑Functional Collaboration: Ability to work effectively with diverse disciplines including research, finance, regulatory, marketing, and sales.
• Technical Proficiency: Skilled in Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and SAP functions.
• Analytical & Problem‑Solving Skills: Strong data analysis capability to support sound recommendations and timely decision making.
• Good command in speaking and writting in English.
• Professional Attributes: Demonstrates accountability, confidentiality, responsiveness, teamwork, and the ability to establish clear measures of success.

Additional Information

Syngenta is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or any other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status. 

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