Trial Development Specialist Baby Spinach and Chard Italy (Foggia)
Trial Development Specialist Baby Spinach and Chard Italy (Foggia)
Field of Work:
Marketing & Sales
Location:
Several (IT), Several (IT), IT
Legal Entity:
KWS Vegetables BV (0043)
Contract Type:
Is Full Time?:
Yes
Onsite/ Remote:
Remote
Job ID:
15566
KWS Vegetables is looking for a Trial Development Specialist Baby Spinach and Chard Italy (m/f/d). This is a full time and permanent position, based in Foggia, Italy.
Key Duties:
- Establish product performance trials to determine the added value of new varieties.
- Collect, analyze, and report quantitative and qualitative data from trials.
- Support the Product Manager and Breeding Department by establishing research trials and proposing PLC advancements.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage and conduct field trials for baby spinach and chard in Italy.
- Design, execute, collect data, analyze, and report trial plans using tools like Mercado.
- Collaborate with the Customer Team for Baby Spinach and Chard in the EU/Oceania region.
- Provide high-level product information and growing advice.
- Design and improve trial protocols to ensure quality trial plans, data quality, and completeness.
- Prepare for elevation meetings and successful product introductions.
- Collaborate with Account Managers, Technical Sales Representatives, and Agents.
Your profile:
- Requires a minimum of a B.S. in Agronomy or Horticulture
- Experience in the vegetable seed industry is preferred
- Willing to travel (national/international) 50% of your time
- General experience in product development, trial evaluation
- Fluent English and Italian
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About KWS
KWS is one of the world’s leading plant breeding companies. Nearly 5,000 employees in more than 70 countries generated net sales of around €1.68 billion in the fiscal year 2023/2024. A company with a tradition of family ownership, KWS has operated independently for almost 170 years. It focuses on plant breeding and the production and sale of seed for sugarbeet, corn, 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 €300 million last fiscal year in research and development. For more information: www.kws.com/career. Follow us on LinkedIn® at https://linkedin.com/company/kwsgroup/.
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