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Digital & IT Solutions Lead, Crop Protection - Europe, Africa, Middle East - (18018903) 

Description

 

Syngenta is a leading science-based agtech company. Our 28,000 employees in more than 90 countries work together to solve one of humanity’s most pressing challenges: growing more food, in a sustainable way, with fewer resources to feed a growing population.   

To enable this, we are looking for a curious, determined and high performing individual to join our team as the Digital and IT Solutions Lead for our EAME business who will push hard for breakthroughs that help propel the company forward to sustainably feed the ca. 8bn people on the planet.   

In this role you will create Digital and IT solutions in partnership with our Crop Protection business enabling us to be more productive, solve problems for our customers and enable new business opportunities. 

This role can be based in various locations within western Europe with an expectation of business travel.  

Accountabilities 

Deliver tangible improvements to business outcomes in partnership with Commercial Leaders across the region by: 

• Developing technology roadmaps with Business Units that underpin their strategy, driving implementation with internal and external teams to support business growth 


• Looking across Business Units identifying and connecting opportunities across EAME and other Regions to collaborate, develop and share technology solutions 


• Collaborating with EAME business teams in their use of technology to make core business more productive, solve problems and enable new opportunities  


• Identifying business requirements, developing solutions including technology, data, processes, resources and delivering either directly or indirectly 


• Working with Global Digital and IT and Business Units,  developing products to bring solutions that solve the biggest challenges for our growers and create opportunities for our Commercial teams 


• Managing EAME technology solutions throughout their life-cycle in close collaboration with global Digital and IT pillars 


• Working collaboratively across the Global Digital and IT organization to ensure EAME business needs are prioritised appropriately and resources and plans are aligned to deliver 


• Leading a team of 5-10 direct reports to continuously grow, develop and be successful 

 

Qualifications

 Knowledge and Experience 

• IT related degree or equivalent job related experience 


• Broad technology know-how in multiple business domains 


• Experience in similar roles e.g. Digital / IT consulting / Business Partner, in multinational / matrix organisations partnering with senior stakeholders at regional and global levels 


• Experience of delivering complex, business critical Digital / IT projects in agile and waterfall 


• Leading teams across multiple locations 

Professional and Personal Capabilities  

• Business and IT Balance - Is bi-lingual in both business and IT, and able to translate business goals into ambitious Digital and IT objectives 


• Collaboration - Ability to understand and influence peers by being a powerful listener who shows up as an empathetic collaborator, not as an order taker 


• Strategic thinking - Can generate a compelling and inspirational vision, strategic plan and capability roadmap that makes it clear how technology can deliver the goals of the region 


• Intellectual agility - Is an agile thinker who thrives in ambiguity and has the ability to see "around corners" 


• Talent building - Is a role model in people development, by inspiring people to a committed vision, empowering them to achieve them 


• Prioritization – Can manage that there will always be more demand than supply, but ensures the right priorities make it to the top  


• Focused on the ends not the means - Measures the value of Digital & IT projects by the impact they have on employees and customers, not on time, money or meeting "requirements" 


• Flexible execution – Can deliver successfully through teams that don’t functionally report to them, using agile approaches to deliver at speed 


• Intellectual curiosity - Is curious about the outside world and committed to importing great ideas regardless of where they come from 

We offer a variety of financial and non-financial benefits, including: 

• Continuous professional development in IT and Digital team that aspires to be the best in the industry 


• The opportunity to contribute to valuable and impactful work that shapes agriculture of the future  


• Annual bonuses 


• Family-friendly initiatives 


• Other country specific benefits depending on the base location  

We look forward for to your application. 

Syngenta is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or any other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status   

Primary Location

: CHE-Basel-Basel 

Other Locations

: Germany, France, United Kingdom 

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