Career opportunity in AgroService: SBR & RTD Project Manager (m/f/d) wanted for Southern Germany!

SBR "Syndrome Basses Richesses" and RTD "Rubbery Taproot Disease" are serious sugar beet diseases and pose major challenges for the entire sugar industry. KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA is looking for a SBR & RTD Project Manager (m/f/d) AgroService Sugarbeet in the Southern Germany region at the Seligenstadt site (Franconia, Germany). As a Project Manager (m/f/d), you will be responsible for the technical, strategic and creative direction in the sugarbeet sector, taking into account current and future developments in the market, with a focus on the SBR and RTD sectors. This exciting position is permanent, full-time and to be filled as soon as possible. Due to the high level of mobility, a company car is provided for this position.

This is your responsibility with the role:

• Field trials: setting up and supervising field trials including data collection
• Communication: Contact person for breeding, phytopathology and sales
• Coordination: Supervision and coordination of trial activities 
• Monitoring: Observation of disease development and regional spread
• Plant cultivation innovations: Support in the development of novel, agronomic control measures
• Exchange & contact management with: Experimenters, growers' associations, sugar industry and other stakeholders in the subject area

Contribute your strengths:

• Completed degree in agricultural sciences (preferably plant cultivation) or a comparable course of study
• Initial work experience and agricultural internships are an advantage
• Local knowledge of sugarbeet and interest in field trials is desirable
• Good presentation and communication skills with a confident manner and organizational skills
• Working style: Independent working style, high level of motivation and ability to work under pressure.
• Secure PC user knowledge in Microsoft applications
• Driving license class B and willingness to travel frequently nationally and internationally (up to 50%)
• Fluent German and good written and spoken English skills 

Sow your future with KWS:

• As a family-run company, we live a culture characterized by the values of "proximity, reliability, foresight and independence"
• At AgroService, no two days will be the same. Your passion for agronomy drives our projects, we offer you intensive training in our operational processes 
• You will work on challenging and varied tasks and have the opportunity to act independently
• We promote a trusting, respectful and friendly working environment in which your ideas and commitment are valued. Your further development is important to us!
• We create the right conditions for you: company car with private use, 30 days annual leave in accordance with the collective agreement, an attractive salary package (incl. vacation and Christmas bonus, annual employee participation), financial benefits (childcare allowance, company pension scheme, capital-forming benefits) an open-ended contract and flexible working time models with the option of working from home!

Would you like to grow at KWS? Then we look forward to receiving your application documents (short cover letter, resume, references)!