Job Description

At Bayer we’re visionaries, driven to solve the world’s toughest challenges and striving for a world where ,Health for all, Hunger for none’ is no longer a dream, but a real possibility. We’re doing it with energy, curiosity and sheer dedication, always learning from unique perspectives of those around us, expanding our thinking, growing our capabilities and redefining ‘impossible’. There are so many reasons to join us. If you’re hungry to build a varied and meaningful career in a community of brilliant and diverse minds to make a real difference, there’s only one choice.
Executive Field Quality
POSITION PURPOSE:

• Plan & execute the activities of field quality like crop inspection with special focus on disease and trainings to field team during hybrid and parent seed production & conduct audits during production and post harvest operation.
• Sustain and Improve Clean Seed programs in field production by networking with experts and through continual improvement programs.
• Facilitate PGO and Field emergence test (FET), Execute customer complaint management & its corrective actions.
  

YOUR TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Conduct crop inspection of hybrid and parent seed production fields at defined intervals/set calendar as per Field Scoring System (FSS) guide lines.
• Prepare corrective & preventive action for the observed/deviation and update the data in FIDO.
• Review & coordinate for Field Quality Information updates in FIDO. Escalate identified non-conforming products/ processes to all concerned and trigger corrective/ preventive actions at Field and Plant Operations.
• Support field sampling and dispatch of problem inventory of suspected disease/genetic issue sample to QA lab.
• Conduct audits of Production fields and 3rd party operations of Veg crop during critical crop stages, seed extraction, sanitization etc.
• Coordinate with Production and QA global/ regional / country teams to develop CSP plans / strategies.
• Conduct Gap analysis on Clean Seed Program (CSP) during production, seed extraction, sanitization, drying etc and make corrective and preventive action plans with Production team.
• Plan and arrange technical trainings on CSP /FSS/ Sanitation/ Diagnostic tests, Moisture tests etc to Field Quality & Production teams.
• Guide field team on Integrated pest and disease management.
• Coordinate implementation and trainings of QMS, HSE and ETS in field quality processes.
• Conduct purity grow outs (PGO), field emergence trials (FET)
• Execute complaint management root case analysis tests from Genetic purity perspective.
• Field inspection (Audits) & training to support Genetic, Seed health & Physiological Quality.
• Accuracy & timely result availability of Grow out test to the stake holders.
  

WHO YOU ARE:

• Masters Degree in Agriculture/ General science.
• Minimum 5 years experience in a seed production/Quality Assurance.
• Lerner, Result Oriented & Self motivated
• Knowledge of continuous improvement principles
  

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YOUR APPLICATION




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Location:
India : Karnataka : Bangalore


Division:
Crop Science


Reference Code:
692201





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