You will lead the integral strategic direction for specific Tomato typologies as well as the strategy for specific Product Markets Combination (PMC) in the regions under your responsibility, ensuring alignment with the company’s overall business objectives.You will monitor market dynamics, identify trends, and translate customer and market needs into product and portfolio decisions. Steering breeding targets, coordinating Product Development (PD) activities, managing the portfolio efficiently and profitably in the specific PMC's in order to achieve product leadership. Being the direct contact within Product Management for the region and working together within team of Product Managers to develop and achieve a global strategy for the crop.
Job Description
Participate in updating & maintaining the Crop Strategy:
Market analysis together with country managers and CBC managers.
Create a PMC strategic plan for all PMC's under responsibility and cooperate with other Product Managers for other PMC’s
Forecast of future products,
currently in Development and challenge Commercial forecast of current products
Portfolio Management
Recommend global variety positioning in close collaboration with your peers, including target markets, minimum pricing thresholds per area, and development priorities by country and customer.
Lead and coordinate cross-functional collaboration with Sales, Breeding, Seed Technology, Production, Supply, Quality Control, and Finance to optimize portfolio performance and operational excellence.
Responsible for Product Life Cycle (PLC)
Product Definition - Create and update product definitions per PMC
Follow up on breeding projects:
Coordinate and monitor breeding projects according to product definition
Translate trends into breeding project proposals
Recommend promotion from Breeding, into DV1, DV2 and commercial
Managing the PMC Teams - Initiate, organize and lead.
Creation of PD plan based on PMC team decisions.
Involvement and support in:
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