Leadership*title: sr res scientist-ag research*
*level of leadership: tbd*
*job code: n/a*
*grade: 16*
*job status: permanent*
*country/region: méxico*
*department: i & s*
*last updated: apr *
*solid upline: general manager*
*dotted upline: gao hr manager*
*dual reporting1 job: n/a*
*geographic area2 of responsibility: n/a*
*job summary*
*purpose*
accounts for the coordination and implementation of research and development for new and existing organic botanical crops/active ingredients, as well as the research of different aspects of agriculture such as pest and disease control, organic production methods, irrigation methods, in order to provide advice and support to gao farming operations.
research and development will support innovative improvements and additions to amway products, as well as farm productivity and crop quality.
*primary responsibilities*
1. Interact regularly with farm management, senior executives, and amway i&s department to develop strategy and to ensure key objectives are achieved.
3. Provide technical support to gao agricultural department to support current crop production goals and return-on-investment targets.
4. In conjunction with partners and/or farm sites, investigate new and/or improved methods of organic agricultural practices which will increase crop productivity and quality.
research may include but is not limited to increasing soil fertility, improving pest and disease resistance, and increasing the quality and/or active levels in crops.
5. Manage development research to include reporting, analyzing and interpreting results from various partners.
6. Provide the site agricultural research direction to ensure the execution of improvement processes in support of gao and amway/nutrilite.
7. Develop and present research lectures and publications with the approval and according to corporate's guidelines to support amway's image.
8. Operate lab equipment used for scientific testing.
9. Keep records of results from experiments within laboratory, statistical evidence gathered from work in the field and from research in an archive or library as defined by the company.
10. Coordinate agricultural research being done under company grants at selected universities and private partners.
11. Develop and execute annual operating plan (aop) and business plans for ag research aligning strategic initiatives.
12. Travel to domestic and global locations to work with counterparts and affiliate business leaders.
verbal and written english skills are required, multi-lingual skills are preferred.
*decision rights*
- n/a
*management level*
- (once the position has been graded, this section is to be populated by the compensation coe for supervisor/ manager positions only. This section will be deleted for executive positions.)_
n/a
*management scope*
*revenue & managed spend*
*direct reports*
*indirect reports*
direct managed spend4:
- revenue of markets supported5:
*n/a*
- _number and nature of staff (i.e., hourly, salaried, etc. - identify contract staff) separately_
*_5 persons_*
- number of employees reporting to subordinate supervisors and/or managers_
*additional scope information*
- (additional factors relevant for measuring the scope of this job)_
*"functions" or departments managed.
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makes research within the agriculture area including new and existing organic botanical crops, pest and disease control, organic production methods, irrigation methods.
*is the work "transactional" or "analytical" and to what degree is it one vs. the other*.
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80% analytic 20% transactional.
*functional horizon: primary focus is short (1yr.) vs. mid (3 years) vs. long (5 years).
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from 1 to 5 years.
*global responsibility: country, region, globe - describe scope and nature of responsibility (liaison/coordination vs. full responsibility for output)* n/a
*global presence: geography of directly managed staff*.
n/a
*additional size and scope of responsibility*
- desarrollar y actualizar los procedimientos del área de impuestos.
*autonomy.
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- reports to general manager with medium level of autonomy, strong work relation/alignment with corporate's i & s.
*required knowledge, skills, abilities and/or related experience*
- _or an equivalent combination of formal education, on-the-job training, and/or work and life experience_
*education*
*degree field*
*related experience (years)*
*certification(s) / license(s)*
engineering, scientific research
bs
of years with gen related experience.
- 8 years.
n/a
*required knowledge & skills and/or related experience*:
- knowledge of research methodologies in agricultural disciplines and capacity to interpret findings.
- knowledge in experiment's design.
- statistics for research.
- good agricultural practices.
- organic agriculture
*required abilities*
- hability for budget management.
- team leading/ managing.
to gain the assistance of others: c