Rice Lead

**O**bjecti**v**es of t**h**e **P**osi**t**ion**
- Lead Southeast Asia (SEA) Rice crop system strategy and portfolio roadmap and steer crop system business operations in SEA countries to achieve ambitious financial and strategic goals in APAC region.
- Lead SEA on rice crop and rice crop solution portfolio development and project management function to develop agricultural solutions and launch innovation to broaden offering to farmers
- Key role in subregional marketing team, acting as an effective interface between regional rice crop team and country field marketing teams

**M**ain** Areas of Responsibilities**:

- Develop Crop System Plan for SEA including market trend, opportunity and gap. Identify key focus area to maximize business opportunities and steer crop system business operations
- Drive Long term plan alignment for Southeast Asia (SEA) and review country crop system plans in SEA align with APAC regional strategies
- Drive recommendation of Life Cycle Management (LCM) projects and business cases to ensure a competitive and sustainable mid-to-long term product portfolio in SEA
- Lead portfolio optimization and allocation aligning with APAC Regional strategy to ensure profitable growth of SEA
- To establish wholistic key asset/brand management strategies and processes in SEA
- Represent regional needs in APAC Regional/Global Crop strategy development
- Focal contact point for regional functions
- Initiate preparation of key New Product Launches in Southeast Asia (SEA) Countries
- Develop Brand Plans for key focus brands
- Overseeing countries' implementation of crop strategies to meet the organizational goals
- Lead synergy opportunities across countries via best practice sharing and systematic transfer of information concerning market, customer, and competition.
- Support SEA Marketing Head in contributing to the definition of the budget and plan objectives at country and sub-regional level.

**Job Requirements (M**inimum requirement to carry out the work**)**
- Degree in an agricultural or biological discipline or Bachelor of Science with significant relevant experience
- At least 5 years of relevant Sales or Marketing experience including new product and business development. Additionally, experience in Crop Protection industry or Agriculture value chain
- An expertise on the rice crop and rice crop solution portfolio including hands-on experience on crop agronomics and crop protection.
- Proven capacity in business development, launching new products, marketing management and financial analysis.
- Managed teams across countries
- Ability to motivate and share knowledge and expertise with others.
- Ability to communicate and influence a diverse set of stakeholders.
- Ability to analyze complex and diverse problem situations creatively leading to the generation and implementation of effective solutions