Head of Breeding

Job Description : HEAD OF BREEDING MALAYSIA A leading plantation group is recruiting for a Head of Oil Palm Breeding job to lead and strategise all the research and development initiatives for oil palm planting. This position reports to the Head of Biotechnology. In this position, you will be responsible for leading the innovation efforts for oil palm planting within all the plantations across the country. • Provide direction on new research and development ventures that are aligned to the division’s future plans and objectives • Initiate and lead projects that solve scientific problems related to oil palm planting materials development and stakeholder/customer request, from innovation to commercialisation • Develop and implementation of strategic innovation programmes • Provide training in the area of oil palm breeding and oil palm planting materials for internal and external customers • Lead the formulation and implementation of all cutting-edge research and development plans, programmes, and procedures for development of future products and services • Develop Innovation Strategies in line with the company direction and needs and integrate cross-functional teams to lead projects to successful outcomes • Evaluate, initiate, design and implement new programmes • Lead process optimisation initiatives • Facilitate investigations into scientific theories and apply existing and new scientific theories and techniques to the design and development of new products and services To succeed in this Head of Oil Palm Breeding role, you must have prior experience in developing science-based net zero carbon target, strategy, and roadmap for an organisation. • Master’s in Genomics, Plant Breeding or related field • Minimum of 15 years' experience in the plantation sector • Prior experience in crop breeding involving large-scale programmes and seed-production using latest technologies would be ideal • Experience leading fundamental research through to commercialisation along with financial modelling of project value • Technical knowledge and experience in R&D product and process technology • Efficient, strong work ethics – able to work in a fast-paced environment • Ability to contribute to the effective delivery of project deliverables outputs and support the project team members where necessary • Ability to analyse sustainability data and information, create interesting and engaging findings and present the information in a concise manner • Passionate about bringing about a positive change to an organisation

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