Field Quality Officer

Syngenta Seeds is one of the world’s largest developers and producers of seed for farmers, commercial growers, retailers and small seed companies. Syngenta seeds improve the quality and yields of crops. High-quality seeds ensure better and more productive crops, which is why farmers invest in them. Advanced seeds help mitigate risks such as disease and drought and allow farmers to grow food using less land, less water and fewer inputs. Syngenta Seeds brings farmers more vigorous, stronger, resistant plants, including innovative hybrid varieties and biotech crops that can thrive even in challenging growing conditions. Syngenta Seeds is headquartered in the United States.

1. Quality Management system (10-20%) 

• Follow APAC Quality Policy, Standards and Code of Practices 
• Manage Nonconformity of field production activities. 
• Knowledge transfer field production team and growers field quality standard (Field score card) 
• Follow corrective action and preventive action of NC happen on the field 
• Update the local quality standards for field quality regulation 

2. Conduct field inspection as assigned location (70-80%) 

• Make field inspection planning base on planting schedule, conduct field inspection, ensure strictly follow schedule and on time inspection. Collect field quality data and record NC immediately, take proper action to mitigate field NC 
• Ensure the compliance Field Quality Score card and process. 
• Make daily record, monthly report to support field rating decision 
• Some case requires field wet cob sampling to analysis NC, support to take sample. 
•  Implement seeds quality improvement program in field quality by developing, tracking, and improving leading indicators of quality 
• Follow up harvesting MC, ensure proper harvesting schedule   
• Support true type wet cob samples to support the sorting in Toller. 
• Conduct GOT and FET for inventory and channel quality control 

3. Support Toller processing after done harvesting season (10-30%) 

• Web cob receiving supervision 
• Packing supervision  

4. HSE culture building. 

• To insure the effective implementation of HSE requirement within field quality team. 

5. Other 

• Provide support to Seed Quality Manager in her daily management tasks when required 
• Provide support to and close cooperation with colleagues in good teamwork and shared projects on quality and packaging. 

• Have experience quality control in seed industry is a plus 
• Quality risk assessment of product 
• Experience on Quality Management System and Total quality management  
• Teamwork development and reliability in relationships across functions.  
• Positive attitude to change, innovation, creativity. 
• Abilities to challenge ideas and to accept alternative views.