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Principal Biologist (PB), Customer Agronomist (CA) and Country registration specialist (CRS), in Eas

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Recruiter: My African Jobs Updated on: 2012-03-10 02:10:01
Contract Permanent
Location: Nairobi Available: 1 April 2012
Category: Science / Technology / R&D Offer: tbd

 

Introduction

Principal Biologist (PB), Customer Agronomist (CA) and Country registration specialist (CRS), in East Africa
 

Minimum Requirements

Principal Biologist 

Role Purpose: 
1. Accountable for the design, interpretation, presentation, and documentation of the research to address assigned biology key questions of different projects, including biology part of regulatory dossier 
2. Serves as the interface between sales/business teams and the Crop Protection R&D organization, ensuring that all biological questions asked by Sales team are answered. 
3. Owner of countries biology package. Leads the biological positioning decisions and provides technical and business support to sales team and tiger teams of assigned countries of existing and new products

Interacts with: CPRD Business Partner (administrative/functional supervisor), Technical experts, Country sales/ business managers, Sales people, Marketing Specialists, 

Reporting line: EUFRASIA CPRD Business Partner 

Key Responsibilities: 
1. Ensure that the biology needs of assigned countries are understood and included in the 
biology package. 
2. Contributes to case building for new projects
3. Harmonize the biology work among the local institutes and contractors. Responsible for biology trials through completion of data in archived reports.
4. Develops research proposals, including protocols, for assigned key questions, to ensure that local needs are incorporated. Contributes to the completion of the attributes and their weighting in project analysis chart. 
5. Networks with co-investigators assigned to the research. Responsible for defined projects to summarize all trial data and draw conclusions against predetermined decision criteria.
6. Participates actively at data review meetings. Reports and archives work on time, through global systems.
7. Produces required biology package for registration, and address any biology issues that may arise during submission. Writes and presents scientific publications. 
8. Responsible for generation of official Good Agricultural Practice (GAP) document for the country. 
9. Leads biology evaluation of countries based new projects. Regularly visit the contracted characterization and development trials to ensure that the quality fits to DAS standard
10. Budget responsibility for biology workplan
11. Key player in contributing to evaluate and define business opportunities within one of the areas with highest growth potential for DAS. 
12. Build project proposal plan in cooperation with country sales team and present it to the R&D leader in May/June.

Skills:
Research design and analysis skills, applied biology and ecology, broad technical knowledge of products/markets, practitioner-level agronomy and/or pest management skills, communication and business acumen, statistical analysis, computer proficiency (e.g., data management), Fluent in English and Turkish; Teamwork. Experienced in summarizing biological trials. 
Customer Agronomist 


Role Purpose: 
1. Collector and interpreter of the technical needs of users, influencers and channel partners, for products and product programs 
2. Translates the country needs into questions to be answered by the project, and leads the biological positioning decisions within local sales and marketing team and inputs at project level.. 
3. Supports sales of existing products, providing technical support to both sales team and key customers
4. Participates in farmer visit, product claims and lead the technical discussion

Interacts with: CPRD Business Partner (administrative/functional supervisor), PBs, Country sales/ business managers, Sales people, Local Project Manager, Customer Representative and Marketing Specialist 

Reporting line: EUFRASIA CPRD Business Partner 

Key Responsibilities: 

1. Liaises with officials and other influencers regarding the project in order to report on desired and realistic biological positioning in dealer and user programs. 
2. Gives biology know-how support for existing products, regarding technical transfer, labels, etc. 
3. Full time member of local sales team.
4. Contributes to case building for new projects 
5. Supports the completion of the attributes list and their weighting in project analysis Charts. 
6. Visits key customers.
7. Plays key role in handling the technical claims related to DAS products.
Skills:
Agronomy and business experience in relevant geography. Good listener and interpreter of views from a wide range of inputs. Good communication skills to transfer knowledge across the network and within the region. Creative skills, Teamwork. Fluent in English and Swahili

CRS (Country registration specialist)
Purpose 
Provides registration expertise for actives and products in EAF. Establishes registration needs and compiles registration packages/dossiers for local submissions. Provides intelligence and evaluation of developments in regulatory legislative and secondary approvals to the Regulatory Team(s) and other interested stakeholders. Prime contact point and negotiator with relevant regulatory agencies for obtaining approvals and for Regulatory lobbying activities in area of influence
Interacts with: 
• Members of the Regulatory Team(s), whether permanent or ad-hoc; 
• Regulatory



 

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How to apply: as indicated in the job description through www.dow.com
Company: The Dow Chemical Company
Contact: Mariam
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