Formulation Chemist

Syngenta is one of the world’s leading companies with 28,000 employees in over 90 countries dedicated to one purpose: bringing plant potential to life. We contribute to addressing some of the planet’s most critical issues such as the rising demand for food from a growing population.

Make crops more efficient, rescue more farmland and help biodiversity flourish; empower smallholders, help people stay safe and look after each worker. Our work matters.

* Design and development of new products, and supporting existing products for Crop Protection that meet the needs of both internal and external customers. * Plan, organize and conduct experiments to optimize the biological, marketing, regulatory, and production performance of Syngenta products. * Plan and control / carry out laboratory work to develop, understand and test new and improved manufacturing processes in order to meet agreed targets. Deliver critical information. * Plan and conduct laboratory support work to assist in the solution of manufacturing process problems and opportunities so that results can be implemented. * Take an active part in scale-up and plant introduction of newly developed products. * Develop and design new testing methods to ensure customer satisfaction with Syngenta products under all conditions in the marketplace. * Product stewardship responsibilities for selected existing products, address any quality issues, benchmark competitors to strive for innovative solutions for competitive advantage, and submit patents if needed. * Organize, schedule and execute projects in accordance with departmental priorities.

**Critical Success Factors & Key Challenges:** * Ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects. * Ability to communicate effectively and establish technical networks with a wide range of people. * Ability to coordinate project activities across internal functions * Ability to learn what is critical in scale-up robustness and to judge what pilot studies need to be carried out. * Actively apply scientific expertise to influence projects and innovation in a fast moving environment. * Deliver projects with high quality information to meet the demands of business specific and strategic projects * Adaptable to departmental and organizational ways of working **Qualifications** * Knowledge, experience & capabilities **Critical knowledge:** * Minimum M.S. degree in Chemistry. **Critical experience:** * Strong background in chemistry (some experience in biological science preferred). **Critical technical, professional and personal capabilities:** * Laboratory/analytical: Comprehensive experience and knowledge * Physico-chemical awareness: ability to apply physico-chemical concepts to process development including use of specialized data analysis and experimental design tools. * Problem solving: Ability to analyze complex and diverse problem situations creatively leading to the generation and implementation of original solutions. Ability to judge when and who to communicate key information. * Ability to convey the right level of detail to the right audience verbally, in writing, or by presentations * Able to maintain and extend networks internally and with other parts of the organization and contribute constructively to teams in order to meet targets.