R&D Manager ( Background Agriculture Investment )

Agricultural Research & Development Manager

Reporting to: CEO

Role Purpose:

• Responsible to create new agricultural products and practices to support potato commercial programs. 
• You will need to establish strategic collaboration projects with public and private Agricultural Research institutes to look for top technologies available to support our Farming business.
• will be responsible for managing the variety development program, provide technical support to growers, and the establishment of innovative projects.

Responsibilities:

• Will be in charge of 3 main platforms: Technical Support, Variety Development, and Argo Innovation projects.
• Development of new processing potato varieties, transfer new techniques for seed and commercial production.
• Work with private and public breeding institutions to obtain new promising potato varieties for testing and distribution to growers.
• Manages and directs the research and development programs to meet organizational needs and to capitalize on potential new products.
• Develops and implements research and development procedures and techniques.
• Oversees complex research projects, analyses result, and provides recommendations based on findings.
• Manages subordinate staff in the day-to-day performance of their jobs.
• Implement protocols, screen, and qualify new potato varieties to get more adapted varieties with high field yield potential to support the business on raw material cost reduction.
• Training and coaching of human capital; spread culture of teamwork and collaboration, sharing good practices, technical, and business information to the Team.
• Manage Research Program, conducting research trials, reporting all technical advances, new technologies, and products to generate solutions to potato production systems.
• Accountabilities – Agricultural R&D manager is responsible to manage a ----M a year budget. Responsible for two direct reports (full-time) and seasonal labor staff.