Jobbeschreibung
KWS is one of the world's leading plant breeding companies. Over 5,000 employees in more than 70 countries generated net sales of around €1.5 billion in the fiscal year 2021/2022. A company with a tradition of family ownership, KWS has operated independently for 165 years. It focuses on plant breeding and the production and sale of seed for corn, sugarbeet, cereals, vegetables, oilseed rape and sunflower. KWS uses leading-edge plant breeding methods to continuously improve yield for farmers and plants' resistance to diseases, pests and abiotic stress. To that end, the company invested more than €285 million last fiscal year in research and development.To strengthen our Portfolio Management department, we are looking for a structured Manager Commercial Seed Purity for KWS Saat SE & Co. KGaA at our location in Einbeck, Lower Saxony. As a manager (m/f/d), you will be responsible for the biological/genetic quality control (purity) of our commercial seeds. This exciting position is full-time, permanent, and to be filled as soon as possible.
You will be responsible for:
- Ensuring the quality of genetic/biological purity of commercial seeds (e.g., resistances, bolters, cross-pollinations)
- Coordinating laboratory analyses, greenhouse and field tests, as well as processing and evaluating results (data management)
- Handling quality issues throughout the entire process chain from basic to commercial seeds
- Contributing to the development of an overarching quality management system
- Further developing testing criteria and thresholds for seed purity
- Developing efficient quality management tools in collaboration with the quality management for basic seeds and IT
- Providing information for production, portfolio management, and sales
- Taking over project responsibility
- Completed studies in agricultural sciences, biology, or a comparable natural science qualification, preferably with a focus on breeding
- High initiative and self-organization skills
- Very structured, precise, and goal-oriented working style
- Ability to analyze complex quality data and prepare it for the target audience
- Curiosity and willingness to change
- High level of communication skills with various stakeholder and interfaces
- Strong IT affinity, especially with spreadsheets and databases
- Proficiency in MS Office products, SAP is desirable
- Very good English and German skills, both written and spoken
- Experience in plant breeding, laboratory work, and/or quality assurance is an advantage
To make yourself grow with us… What can we offer to help you grow?
- As a family-run company we are guided by the values of closeness, reliability, foresight and independence - this culture is lived in practice creating thus an open and friendly working atmosphere.
- True to our motto Make yourself grow, we support employees' professional and personal development.
- We offer excellent work equipment (e.g. the newest laboratory equipment), a fully-fledged, subsidized canteen and sufficient free parking spaces at the KWS location.
- We offer capital formation benefits, Christmas and holiday bonuses, childcare allowance and a job bike.