Quality Lead

Syngenta Seeds is one of the world’s largest developers and producers of seed for farmers, commercial growers, retailers and small seed companies. Syngenta seeds improve the quality and yields of crops. High-quality seeds ensure better and more productive crops, which is why farmers invest in them. Advanced seeds help mitigate risks such as disease and drought and allow farmers to grow food using less land, less water and fewer inputs. 

Syngenta Seeds brings farmers more vigorous, stronger, resistant plants, including innovative hybrid varieties and biotech crops that can thrive even in challenging growing conditions.   

Syngenta Seeds is headquartered in the United States. 

Foster an operational culture founded on HSE, Quality, and continuous process improvement. To serve as the site point person, for plant and field quality activities, to create clearer processes, improve focus on customer satisfaction and simplify ways of working. Provide leadership for product quality and quality related activities related to seed production, conditioning, treating, packaging and complaint handling. Serve as site steward for quality assurance and quality control documents contained in Syngenta’s Quality Business System.

• Raise customer focus by facilitating timely customer complaint review, root cause investigation in collaboration with others as needed (logistics, QM, R&D, etc.) and customer feedback.
• Promote end to end quality processes improvement across production and support implementation of improvement initiatives
• Facilitate regular cross-functional quality reviews with site management and leaders to review quality performance and progress of corrective actions
• Implement and monitor site/field reporting and use of agreed Quality KPIs
• Coordinate and lead root cause analysis for customer complaints and deviations from company standards.
• Lead and coordinate quality improvements and track in Productivity dashboard
• Assist Site Manager as required, including supervision of personnel, assisting with budgets, and supporting safety initiatives
• Foster an operational culture founded on adherence to all applicable HSE and other corporate policies, procedures, and guidelines.

Critical knowledge

• BA/BS diploma strongly preferred or 2-4 years of related experiences
• Experience in quality related fields, or seed production

• Position requires being able to lift 50 lbs.
• Position requires being able to walk seed production fields in any weather
• Position requires working 7 days a week during limited critical time of year
• Position requires travel by car/pickup during certain periods of year

What We Offer: 

• A culture that celebrates diversity & inclusion, promotes professional development, and strives for a work-life balance that supports the team members. Offers flexible work options to support your work and personal needs. 
• Full Benefit Package (Medical, Dental & Vision) that starts your first day.  
• 401k plan with company match, Profit Sharing & Retirement Savings Contribution. 
• Paid Vacation, Paid Holidays, Maternity and Paternity Leave, Education Assistance, Wellness Programs, Corporate Discounts, among other benefits. 

Syngenta has been ranked as a top employer by Science Journal. 
Learn more about our team and our mission here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVCN_51GbNI 

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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