As a Research Operations Manager for Europe and MERCAT you will be in change of managing our breeding stations in Italy, Turkey, Spain, and Denmark.

Mission:

As a Research Operations Manager you will oversee breeding stations performance, coordination, and management of the local activities in line with the VMK global goals and strategic breeding targets.

Reporting to the Head of Research Operations based in the US, you:

Manage all the internal activities within each assigned breeding stations

-        Operational and regulatory aspects/social/labor/environment

-        Performance aspect/Lean management

-        Key improvement aspect/station objectives/safety/security

-        Team management to fit company goals and cost allocation

-        Operational expenses

-        Long term investments

Manage 4 breeding station managers

-        Managing local research operations teams

-        Assignment and allocation of local resources to meet company breeding objectives

-        Manage team performance and goals

-        In collaboration with Human Resources, contribute to the local team/talent development

-        Addressing local needs/workers welfare/trainings/site meetings - safety

Global contributions

-        Becoming part of the global team

-        Leading Global Agro-Technology and Improvement team

-        Part of Vilmorin Mikado Research Operations and Resource Team

Vision:

As a manager on international scale, you are expected to work independently and function efficiently in multicultural setting with minimum supervision.

You are expected to effectively deal with national legal and operational regulations with support of company legal and HR teams.

You are expected to work and efficiently perform in different time zones and different work settings

You are expected to provide efficient project and solution solving proposals to different operational issues

You are expected to understand and have good overview of agricultural technology from field to greenhouse management

You are expected to fully support VMK global strategic vision

Deliverables:

Improvement

-        Of local operations lean management

-        Of KPI in local operations to maximize our potential and activities

-        Of collaboration with our strategic partners

-        Of our activities with external governmental institutions/Universities

Development

-        Of local talents in collaboration with HR managers

-        Of local operations strategy for best outcome in line with breeding objectives

-        Of positive and productive highly performing teams

-        Of positive reinforcement of your teams

Continuity

-        Insure station good standing

-        Insure local team continual performance

-        Insure stability in team management

-        Insure continual increase in performance and improvement of operational goals

Ideal locations:

-        Italy around Fondi area

-        Spain around Aguilas or Almeria

MSc. In Agronomy, Agro-Technology, Biology, Crop mechanization, Crop production or related (Basic understanding or breeding practices or genetics desirable)

5+ years of proven management in international setting or large farming, production operations

Proven record of site and employee management

Proven record of budget management

Proven record of investment management or investment project proposals

Ability to work independently

Ability to work in multicultural settings

Ability to lead teams with goals in mind

English language on profession level (other languages French or Italia or Spanish a plus)

Ideal locations:

-        Italy around Fondi area

-        Spain around Aguilas or Almeria