Mycogen Seeds, a wholly owned affiliate of Dow AgroSciences, is looking for two highly talented individuals to coordinate all plant activities for its York, Nebraska and Marshalltown, Iowa seeds production facilities.

This role will provide leadership and technical expertise to an empowered team to establish and implement best practices to support world class corn seeds production operation. This role will also work with plant coordinators at other Mycogen locations to improve processes within North American Seed Operations.

Responsibilities

• Develop work processes and model behaviors that support the overall location safety program.

• Coordinate all plant-based operations within Intake, Conditioning, Rebag/Retag, Warehousing and Distribution activities. 

• Be the plant knowledgeable resource to work with the Business team, stakeholders, and Plant personnel to optimize long term plant production. 

• Assist in the development of the plant specific Business rules for "Produce to Plan / Record Production Data" and ensures plant procedures are developed and used to apply the defined Business rules.

• Ensure effective measurement tools are in place to track production yields, raw material conversion and asset utilization.

• As a member of a multi-location network of Plant Activities Coordinators, develop and implement best practices and uniform work processes that are consistent across all corn seed production locations.

• Assist in developing annual budgets and monitor location spending against budget.

• Identify need and justification for capital improvement projects. Work with Production Leader to develop location Capital Improvement Plan.

• Lead and participate in Six Sigma projects to drive productivity.

• Cooperate and collaborate with the Production Leader and other locations' coordinators to optimize overall location labor, equipment and facility needs.

• Lead the development and utilization of natural work group performance scorecards, with primary measures focused on safety, cost control, yield improvement, and seed quality which are aligned with the NA Seed Operations and other location teams.

• Support the empowerment efforts within the location.

Technical & Business Skills Required – Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Agronomy, Agricultural Sciences, Mechanized Agriculture, Mechanical Engineering, or Agriculture related degree.

• Minimum two years Seeds processing or production experience 

• Excellent leadership and team process skills, as well as an ability to lead a team & facilitate problem solving

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Please forward your resume to kmo'connor@dow.com.

Dow AgroSciences is a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company.
EOE

2226

Applicants must be legally eligible to work in the country where the position is located.

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