Role Purpose
The Production Research Agronomist role is responsible for executing Production Research Support and Technology Deployment in Bayer Seed Manufacturing across Kenya and other West and Central African countries, ensuring operational excellence, and driving continuous improvement. Building strong partnerships with internal stakeholders across countries and globally to drive reliable, high quality and cost-effective seed production processes, while speeding up technology adoption to create an operational excellence culture within the region.
Key responsibilities and tasks

Implement Production Research field and plant technologies that provide technical support to the Seed Manufacturing team for improvement of production cost, seed quality and production reliability
Drive Production Research field testing operational excellence efforts within the region
Test and deploy new technologies to drive efficiency and improve data quality within the region
Partner with Production Research counterparts in other word regions to drive alignment and consistency in testing activities
Promote agronomic and technical improvements within regional Production Research team, as well as broader production organization
Support safety/ESH initiatives across production research teams in Africa
Drives operational improvements, metrics tracking and implementation of best practices through team members and along with peers
Being able to influence key stakeholders to ensure successful technology deployment

Experience, Skills and Qualifications

MSc with 3-years or BSc with 5-years’ experience in a relevant Agricultural discipline (agricultural research, plant physiology, plant breeding or related field)
//Must have hands-on experience in design and execution of general, field and laboratory trial setups 
Strong record of innovation and applying new technology.
Knowledge of seed production operations will be beneficial
Experience in working in a team-based environment and capacity to influence within matrixed organizations (relationships and network)
Results driven and capacity to influence within a matrixed organization and across functions
Excellent communication – oral, written, under diverse circumstances and audiences
Willingness to work in field conditions
Basic knowledge of Seed Production, Pest and Disease identification and its control
Results orientation
Driver’s license
Analytical Skills & interpretation skills
Willingness and ability to travel up to 60% of time
Six Sigma or Lean manufacturing expertise