Soil Health Services - Country Lead France

Guyancourt (78280), Yvelines CDI 35 heures Mise à jour le 10 novembre 2024

Entreprise: Syngenta

Description de l'offre :

This role can be based remotely, but ideally near our Guyancourt office and will include frequent business travels across France.

You will establish a new service business within Syngenta in France by taking charge of the commercial implementation and scale up of the Soil Health services. Your role will involve leading internal collaboration and engaging with channels/partners and customers to guarantee the success of the soil health service offer. You will be responsible for defining the country-specific operating model and achieving the soil health service KPIs and delivering the soil health service P&L.

Your role & responsibilities :

Develop the country-specific business plan, infrastructure and team to deliver the service to customersAccountable for establishing and delivering the end-to-end service from process order inflow to service deliveryStakeholder management to ensure that the soil health service offer is aligned with commercial organisation objectives and prioritiesContinual assessment of market potential and competitive landscape in the area of soil healthWork with the France Commercial Organisation to define the Go-To-Market (GTM) strategy and implement the agreed approach.Develop and execute the marketing strategy aligned with the Country Commercial Marketing team to capture the market potentialManagement of the commercial budget for soil health services.Responsible for developing the resource plan and recruitment to deliver the health service offerLine management of the soil health team in France incl. service delivery scheduling, making sure operators execute in time, on quality, manage the soil service car fleet and soil analysis laboratories delivery against given protocols.Provide customer first level support on the service and answer queries.Create strong customer relationships and ensure continual grower, channel and partner feedback to improve and evolve the soil health service offer and maximise customer satisfaction.Manage channel, partner or grower complaints.Report back country activities to regional Soil Health Service Head including need for potential product developments, service delivery issues, procurement needs, etc.

Develop the country-specific business plan, infrastructure and team to deliver the service to customers

Accountable for establishing and delivering the end-to-end service from process order inflow to service delivery

Stakeholder management to ensure that the soil health service offer is aligned with commercial organisation objectives and priorities

Continual assessment of market potential and competitive landscape in the area of soil health

Work with the France Commercial Organisation to define the Go-To-Market (GTM) strategy and implement the agreed approach.

Develop and execute the marketing strategy aligned with the Country Commercial Marketing team to capture the market potential

Management of the commercial budget for soil health services.

Responsible for developing the resource plan and recruitment to deliver the health service offer

Line management of the soil health team in France incl. service delivery scheduling, making sure operators execute in time, on quality, manage the soil service car fleet and soil analysis laboratories delivery against given protocols.

Provide customer first level support on the service and answer queries.

Create strong customer relationships and ensure continual grower, channel and partner feedback to improve and evolve the soil health service offer and maximise customer satisfaction.

Manage channel, partner or grower complaints.

Report back country activities to regional Soil Health Service Head including need for potential product developments, service delivery issues, procurement needs, etc.

Qualifications

Your profile:

Graduated in agricultural engineering (or equivalent)At least 5 years experience in crop agronomy and/or soil healthGood knowledge of plant nutrition/fertilizers & soil healthExpertise in precision agronomy and experiences in grower advisory would be a plusMarketing/Commercial understandingEntrepreneurial business acumen, solution oriented focusing on resultsGood knowledge of change methodology to lead continuous improvement initiativesAbility to influence, lead teams to success and motivate field based operatorsA true leader, you are able to unite and convince different functions around a common objectiveExcellent communication and organisational skillsEnglish & French: Advanced level.

Graduated in agricultural engineering (or equivalent)

At least 5 years experience in crop agronomy and/or soil health

Good knowledge of plant nutrition/fertilizers & soil health

Expertise in precision agronomy and experiences in grower advisory would be a plus

Marketing/Commercial understanding

Entrepreneurial business acumen, solution oriented focusing on results

Good knowledge of change methodology to lead continuous improvement initiatives

Ability to influence, lead teams to success and motivate field based operators

A true leader, you are able to unite and convince different functions around a common objective

Excellent communication and organisational skills

English & French: Advanced level.

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. #LI-SL1

Additional Information

In return for your skills and knowledge Syngenta will offer:

A competitive salary with an annual bonusA profit-sharing bonus (can be invested in a company savings plan with matching contributions from the company)A supplementary pension plan (possibility of investing unused RTT and CP days)Works council benefitsMutual insurance with 60% coverCompany CarCareer opportunities as well as possibilities for individual development and ongoing trainingSpecial attention paid to your work/life balance, with facilities such as teleworking (company agreement with hybrid teleworking)A working environment that encourages agility, diversity and teamworkResponsible and varied work in a forward-looking company

A competitive salary with an annual bonus

A profit-sharing bonus (can be invested in a company savings plan with matching contributions from the company)

A supplementary pension plan (possibility of investing unused RTT and CP days)

Works council benefits

Mutual insurance with 60% cover

Company Car

Career opportunities as well as possibilities for individual development and ongoing training

Special attention paid to your work/life balance, with facilities such as teleworking (company agreement with hybrid teleworking)

A working environment that encourages agility, diversity and teamwork

Responsible and varied work in a forward-looking company

Company Description

As a world market leader in crop protection, we help farmers to counter these threats and ensure enough safe, nutritious, affordable food for all
while minimizing the use of land and other agricultural inputs.

Syngenta Crop Protection keeps plants safe from planting to harvesting. From the moment a seed is planted through to harvest, crops need to be protected from weeds, insects and diseases, as well as droughts and floods, heat and cold.

Syngenta Crop Protection is headquartered in Switzerland.