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Product Technology and Engineering Operations and Continuous Improvement Manager
Greensboro, NC
Job Description
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.
Job Description
Role Purpose:
- To lead or have oversight of key operational activities and processes across the NA Product Technology and Engineering department
- To lead prioritization, drive delivery and ensure sustainment of local continuous improvement activities and projects
- Coach and support Product Technology and Engineering leaders and teams to grow their knowledge and capability and develop a Continuous Improvement culture in their own areas including developing practitioner problem-solving skills and delivering and sustaining improvement initiatives
- Collaborate across other global and local operational teams and continuous improvement pro-jects
- Work closely with the North American Product Technology and Engineering Leadership Team to provide oversight of performance of operational activities, develop improved business processes, and support delivery into the department
- Provide sponsorship to local teams to drive delivery of continuous improvement activities and support prioritization and resourcing in coordination with local managers
- To work with team members and other departments to create or revise processes, including training, reporting, knowledge retention and other systems enhancements
- Implement Continuous Improvement initiatives to increase internal productivity, leveraging voice of customer and driving improvement in KPI targets for increased effectiveness in our operations
- Effectively partner with key customers of PT&E team (Production and Supply, Regulatory Affairs, Research and Development) to understand current and emerging needs, and help shape the PT&E capabilities, processes, and direction
- Ensure personal development and coaching of staff across the department, role model valued behaviors and recognize and encourage those behaviors across the team
- Lead the deployment and implementation of key department priorities aligned with local and global strategy
- Support functional resource management initiatives ensuring resources are allocated efficiently and effectively
- Oversight of regional PT&E CAPEX program and ensure aligned with regional and global best practices in the most effective format
- Provide support for local budget management, risk management, and other departmental operational meetings and processes
- Establish and lead a local Continuous Improvement network to share best practice and attend global forums to share and capture lessons from other regions
Qualifications
Required:
- Minimum bachelor’s degree in chemistry or Chemical Engineering, or related scientific or engineering discipline with a minimum of 10 years work experience, or master’s degree with minimum 5 years experience
- Experience in Project Management and/or Green Belt in LEAN / Six-sigma and Agile methodologies
- Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary project team and manage a wide range of projects
- Strong ability to engage, motivate and influence a group of diverse people
- Ability to skillfully plan, organize and monitor performance to meet deadlines
- Coach’s people to excel by giving clear, direct, and skillful feedback
- Ability to adapt to changing strategic and external drivers and influence the direction of the department strategy
Additional Information
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
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.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
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Job Summary
Employment Term and Type
Regular, Full Time
Required Education
Bachelor's Degree
Required Experience
10+ years
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