Driscoll’s Hiring for Genetic Deployment Manager Job at Guadalajara Full Time

Responsibilities

• Commercialization of business cases – Provide initiative necessary to profile all regional supply plans, with associated strengths and weaknesses, and competitive variety positioning.
• Roll up by business unit and overlay with the related strategic and operational plans for competitive assessment, and forward-looking needs analysis. Further roll up for global visioning and needs analysis, over multiple time horizons, developed in conjunction with the Breeding and Product Leadership teams and is imbedded into new variety & research launch plans.
• Champion Win with Flavor efforts through managing projects such as delight curves, metrics, communication and marketing of new varieties to the organization.
• Form a highly aligned partnership with: the global breeding teams, and thoroughly understand the profile of existing varieties and upcoming pipeline selections; other departments directly related to berry crops scientific development efforts; Driscoll’s of the Americas (DOTA) geographic business unit’s product leadership and production teams.
• Lead R&D connection with Business Unit through quarterly reviews, prioritizing annual activities expressed through Plan on a Page, and maintaining participation in relative initiatives and workstreams spanning the Nursery, Applied Research, Agronomy, Accounting and Sales.
• Develop compelling representations of the berry genetic pipeline, including competitive positioning, related program velocities, commercial impact forecasts, and fast track prioritizations.
• Collect and aggregate commercially related learnings from key stakeholders, including customers and growers, to better inform the breeding program.
• Support the Global Breeders and their teams with activities related to intellectual property (IP) filing processes. Lead efforts to understand tradeoffs associated with country filings, and whether to pursue IP protection, in relation to the forecasted commercial potential.
• Assist in the development and structuring of variety lifecycle management, aimed at improving specific competitive positioning objectives. Identify, profile, and quantify related risks and risk mitigation steps.
• Track and verify deployment ecoysystem processes to reach optimal progress in accelerated research and genetic deployment.
• Effectively communicate global learnings, and status of high value selections so that BU decisions can be made in a timely manner to maximize deployment speed or minimize risk.
• Develop and track key scorecard metrics associated with genetic deployment. Communicate metrics results with key stakeholders.
• Promote optimal handoffs to the business units and their respective production regions, including on farm trial success, for highly effective genetic deployment.
• Follow Company policies and practices while representing Driscoll’s in an ethical and business-like manner in all interactions with employees, Growers, Customers, Suppliers, governmental agencies, etc.

Candidate Profile

• Five plus years of project management or other related experience, direct experience in agriculture industry a plus.
• B.S. or B.A. degree in a technical, business or operations management discipline. An advanced degree (M.S. or MBA) and/or relevant professional certification is highly preferred.
• Successful track record in project management, who is highly collaborative (i.e. curious, problem solver, planner, self-driven).
• Solid experience in effective change management, including deployment of new products, processes, and/or systems.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including strong leadership and diplomacy, and the ability to maintain clear and insightful communication across a broad spectrum of leadership levels.
• Consistent demonstration of a customer focused (internal and external) and results orientated work style. A passionate, high energy leader who has the skills to work across business units and within all elements of Global R&D.
• Strategic thinker who can understand and link long term business objectives with long term genetic development priorities. Must be able to translate strategic objectives into quantitative based program development objectives.
• Success in developing communication collateral materials that clearly articulates program objectives, priorities, and milestone-based objectives.
• Experience in financial modeling, multi-variate analysis, optimization, or forecasting.
• Experience in competitor research and analysis.
• Excellent communicator. Outstanding oral and written skills, including delivering compelling presentations.
• Travel is required (up to 60% domestic and international).
• Bilingual (English / Spanish) fluency is preferred.
• Valid driver license, valid passport, and eligibility for a company sponsored vehicle insurance.

About Driscolls

Driscoll’s is the global market leader for fresh strawberries, blueberries, raspberries and blackberries. With more than 100 years of farming heritage and hundreds of independent growers around the world, Driscoll’s is passionate about growing fresh, beautiful and delicious berries. Our values of humility, passion and trustworthiness have guided our mission to delight consumers around the world.

Driscoll’s exclusive patented berry varieties are developed through years of research using only natural breeding methods – meaning, no GMOs. From farm-to-table, we focus on delivering a high quality, premium berry experience with our many supply chain partners.

Driscoll’s is the trusted brand for Only the Finest Berries™.

Driscoll’s es el proveedor líder en la comercialización de Fresas, Frambuesas, Zarzamoras y Arándanos Azules en el mundo. Con más de 100 años de herencia en agricultura y cientos de productores independiente alrededor del mundo, Driscoll’s es una compañía apasionada por cultivar Berries frescas, hermosas y deliciosas. Nuestros valores de humildad, pasión y confianza han guiado nuestra misión de deleitar a los consumidores en el mundo.

Las variedades exclusivas de Driscoll’s han sido desarrolladas a través de años de investigación usando sólo métodos de mejoramiento natural. De la granja a la mesa, nos enfocamos en ofrecer una experiencia de alta calidad con apoyo de nuestros socios de la cadena de suministro.

Driscoll’s es la marca de confianza de sólo las mejores Berries.