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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.
Job Requirements
Key Skills/Experience Required:
- Bachelor’s degree in agriculture or similar.
- Strong leadership skills.
- Technical and business knowledge.
- Ability to make decisions.
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