Head of Marketing Turf and Landscape AMEA&JANZ at Syngenta Group

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.

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. Learn more about our D&I initiatives here: https://www.syngenta.com/careers/working-syngenta/diversity-and-inclusion

Job Description

• Lead and drive sustainable business growth in Turf and landscape segment across Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa through strategic marketing leadership, portfolio management, market development and commercial excellence across AMEA (Asia, Middle East & Africa) & JANZ (Australia, New Zealand and Japan). 
• Formulate & implement strategies and manage projects to achieve AMEA growth objectives with alignment to global aspirations & strategies
• Review development strategy to optimise product portfolio, prepare launch plans as required to support specific sector businesses on a country by country basis, ensure effective post launch activities to maximize growth, evaluate new opportunities, review channel/KAM strategy to maximize effectiveness.
• Manage and deliver SG turf sales budget & guide Singapore Turf technical sales Manager as his/her people manager.
• Provide a cohesive link between SPS & AG in the region across territory/country marketing, sales and development functions for efficient translation of strategy into country action plans
• Act as the bridge between customers, sales, R&D, Technical Services and Leadership.
• Co-ordinate & share best practices from around the world to inspire achievements in the region and key countries
• Lead digital agronomy and digital marketing acceleration

Accountabilities:

• Strategic Marketing
• Portfolio Management & Innovation
• Launch Excellence & Post-launch Growth
• Manage and Deliver SG Turf Sales
• Customer & Market Development
• Digital Agronomy and Innovation
• Thought Leadership & Industry Influence

Qualifications

• Degree in Biological Sciences or related field.
• Minimum experience 5 - 10 years in turf and/or related fields.
• Proven channel strategy track record: build and execute partner plans, enablement, and effective “push” programs for value-added propositions.
• Solid technical knowledge of turf systems, key pests/diseases, and product performance to support credible customer and channel discussions.
• Strong market understanding of Turf & Landscape segments and the value chain across Asia, Middle East and Africa (and relevant global benchmarks).
• Deep marketing capability: segmentation, end-user key buying factors, value proposition development, targeting/positioning, branding, and disciplined project management.

Additional Information

• Mobility for domestic and overseas travel
• This position is available in Singapore or Thailand