Market and Business Intelligence Manager

Company Description

As a world market leader in crop protection, we help farmers to counter these threats and ensure enough safe, nutritious, affordable food for all – while minimizing the use of land and other agricultural inputs.  

Syngenta Crop Protection keeps plants safe from planting to harvesting. From the moment a seed is planted through to harvest, crops need to be protected from weeds, insects and diseases as well as droughts and floods, heat and cold.  

Syngenta Crop Protection is headquartered in Switzerland. 

Job Description

Please note: The preferred location for this position is Greensboro, NC or within commutable distance from Greensboro.

About Syngenta

At Syngenta, we are working to create the most collaborative and trusted team in agriculture that provides leading seeds and crop protection innovations to enhance the prosperity of farmers. To support this challenge, Syngenta’s Commercial team is currently seeking a Market and Business Intelligence Manager in Greensboro, NC.

In this pivotal role, you will be responsible for shaping how Syngenta understands our markets, our customers and our competitors – creating and advocating for a strategic vision across the organization and at the highest levels of Crop Protection leadership.

In this role, you will gain significant strategic experience in the Crop Protection Marketing organization, leading and managing a team of direct reports while enjoying a broad remit to drive new ideas and solutions. You will operate broadly across the sales and marketing teams and with senior leaders to ensure that the Market and Business Intelligence strategy is embraced and drives meaningful and lasting benefits for Syngenta.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Serve as the primary internal expert leading a team to holistically assess the market, competitive and customer environment to help drive more informed decision making at all levels of the US Crop Protection organization from senior managers to field sales.
• Comprehensively evaluate and redesign the approach to business and market intelligence and 3rd party research that improves how Syngenta assesses the market, our competitive position and customer perceptions of the company and our products.
• Manage a team of direct reports, thoughtfully designing their responsibilities to help deliver the new plan.
• Employ diverse sources of data and customer research/insight to ensure that the organization has the best information available to inform strategic and tactical action.
• Responsible to Commercial Operations and Crop Protection Stakeholders to set critical assumptions around acres, commodity prices and possible competitive moves.
• Serve as a critical partner for the product marketing team, developing a deep understanding of portfolio and product objectives in order to uncover competitive, customer and market insights that increase understanding and help achieve sales objectives.
• Direct the work of third-party partners, managing external consultants and budgets to ensure the delivery of timely and cost-effective research.

Qualifications

Required:

• A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Agribusiness, Marketing, and/or related discipline.
• A minimum of 7 years of sales and/or marketing experience, preferably supporting Syngenta internally or from an adjacent business/function.
• Must be eligible to work in the United States without sponsorship from Syngenta.

Preferred:

• Demonstrated passion for customers gained from experience in Ag sales and/or marketing.
• Understanding of how sales data, market research and other sources of information enable Syngenta to comprehend our markets, our customers and our competitors and how that helps maintain a competitive edge.
• Fluency in the internal processes of Syngenta and how market intelligence informs everything from budget setting to product planning to advertising and promotion.
• The ability to lead with impact in a highly visible role with direct accountability to US Crop Protection stakeholders and global counterparts.
• Understanding of regulated industries and the importance of ensuring communications are compliant with all applicable laws and regulations.
• Excellent ability to interpret market research and other sources of customer and market data and synthesize those into key conclusions and actions.

Additional Information

What We Offer: 

• A culture that celebrates diversity & inclusion, promotes professional development, and strives for a work-life balance that supports the team members. Offers flexible work options to support your work and personal needs. 
• Full Benefit Package (Medical, Dental & Vision) that starts your first day.  
• 401k plan with company match, Profit Sharing & Retirement Savings Contribution. 
• Paid Vacation, Paid Holidays, Maternity and Paternity Leave, Education Assistance, Wellness Programs, Corporate Discounts, among other benefits. 

Syngenta has been ranked as a top employer by Science Journal. 
Learn more about our team and our mission here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVCN_51GbNI 

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. 

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