Breeder Melon (m/f/d)

Job title:

Breeder Melon (m/f/d)

Company:

KWS Saat

Job description

As part of our growth strategy and our plans, we are looking for a Breeder – Melon (m/f/d), for KWS Vegetables. This is a full-time, permanent position based at our station in Murcia Region.It is a strategic goal of KWS to establish a significant position in the field of vegetable seeds in the long run. For this purpose, the company is making step-by-step investments in the years to come. Moreover, we offer a hands-on working environment and the chance to work with highly motivated and qualified colleagues.Your tasks:

• Develop and manage this new breeding programme
• You use, innovate and optimise breeding schemes by using state-of-the-art breeding technologies for the development and selection of high-quality commercial successful varieties.
• You cooperate with internal groups of breeding, research, product development and production.
• You bring your ideas and support scientific research projects.
• Manage, direct, and coordinate activities for competent employees and ensure an efficient and effective functioning breeding team
• To manage and execute the increase and maintenance of basic Stock Seed and/or Production departments in order to ensure the availability of the quantity and quality of basic stock seeds.

Your profile:

• You hold a PhD or master’s degree with a focus on plant breeding.
• Min. 5 years experience in a vegetable breeding programme
• You have gained good knowledge in quantitative genetics, plant pathology, breeding methodology and the vegetable market
• Fluency in English (written and spoken) is required for the position and preferably good working knowledge of Spanish
• The ability to work (assessment, selection) under field conditions is common ground for you.
• You have the willingness and flexibility for business trips
• You are known to be a strong communicator and a team player person with excellent organisational and analytical skills.
• You have the ability to work in an international team of breeders and scientists

We look forward to receiving your application through our SuccessFactors application system! Use the “Apply now” function in the advertisement.Please enable JavaScriptScreen readers cannot read the following searchable map.About KWSKWS is one of the world’s leading plant breeding companies. Over 5,000 employees in more than 70 countries generated net sales of around €1.8 billion in the fiscal year 2022/2023. A company with a tradition of family ownership, KWS has operated independently for 165 years. It focuses on plant breeding and the production and sale of seed for corn, sugar beet, 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: . Follow us on LinkedIn® at .Our data privacy policy for candidates is available on . Please select the country where the job you applied for is posted in and, if applicable, the specific business unit.

Expected salary

Location

Murcia

Job date

Wed, 14 Aug 2024 22:44:57 GMT

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