Description

At Corteva Agriscience, you will help us grow what’s next. No matter your role, you will be part of a team that is building the future of agriculture – leading breakthroughs in the innovation and application of science and technology that will better the lives of people all over the world and fuel the progress of humankind. We are currently seeking a Regional Seed Production Leader. This role will be responsible for leading a defined network of Seed Production locations ensuring goals are achieved relative to safety and values, seed field production, quality, cost, production location throughput, and employee development. Size of this role typically includes 6-8 Production locations and 300-500 employees in direct reporting line. Responsibility for chairing one or more of the additional strategic focus areas for the North America Seed Production & Supply Chain Network.

What You’ll Do:

• Provide leadership in driving our safety commitment to zero. Collaborate with EHS and engage site teams to ensure our employees work safely.
• Engage site teams to integrate Corteva values in all aspects of operations.
• Provide leadership, direction, and focus to operational activities, ensuring the strategic mobilization of resources across all locations needed to support the commercial business, meet strategic goals and manage cost-of-goods-sold.
• Interface with commercial business leads and R&D leads to ensure strategic alignment across functions.
• In coordination with other Production Leaders, develop short and long term strategies for both field & production locations activities as well as the corresponding operational and capital business rationale and budgets to support those strategies. Monitor expenditures and provide direction on handling of unplanned items and issues. Review, approve, and represent location strategies and budgets. Make recommendations for capital investments and guide decisions related to capacity of network operations.
• Create a strong culture of employee development, inclusion and diversity and high employee engagement. Ensure employee development processes are utilized to coach and provide feedback to employees. Ensure employee effort and results are recognized and rewarded.
• Develop and execute strategic workforce plans to determine future headcount and skill set needs, succession plans and sourcing qualified candidates.
• Provide sponsorship of projects, team members, timelines and deliverables to ensure productivity objectives are met. Implement best quality and productivity practices at plants and ensure these practices are sustained.

Qualifications

What Skills You Need:

• BA or BS (or equivalent), preferably in operations, agriculture, or business
• 10+ years of business or operations experience
• Motivational leadership
• Excellent communication and relationship building skills
• Project management experience
• Understanding of Seed Production and supply chain principles (quality, productivity, field and plant activities)
• Strong understanding of the seed business
• Strong financial acumen
• High level of issue identification, problem solving and decision making skills
• Ability to influence and coordinate effectively cross-functionally and cross-culturally
• Requires > 50% travel

Benefits – How We’ll Support You:

• Numerous development opportunities offered to build your skills
• Be part of a company with a higher purpose and contribute to making the world a better place
• Health benefits for you and your family on your first day of employment
• Four weeks of paid time off and two weeks of well-being pay per year, plus paid holidays
• Excellent parental leave which includes a minimum of 16 weeks for mother and father
• Future planning with our competitive retirement savings plan and tuition reimbursement program
• Learn more about our total rewards package here – Corteva Benefits
• Check out life at Corteva! www.linkedin.com/company/corteva/life

Are you a good match? Apply today! We seek applicants from all backgrounds to ensure we get the best, most creative talent on our team.