Technical Development Manager
- Hiring organization: Albaugh
- Location: EMEA
Albaugh Overview
Why Joining Albaugh?
Working in Albaugh Europe will provide you with the freedom to operate. You will be able to be creative, you will feel empowered and take your own decisions in an environment with like-minded people. Albaugh has a company culture unique for the AgChem industry - competitive but supportive, where you will be valued and respected for your contributions to our success.
Albaugh is a top 10 global player in the market but still operates with same entrepreneurial spirit and market focus that it did from its beginnings.
"Albaugh – Your Alternative" is the short way to describe what we are all about. We create and supply crop protection products used by farmers across the globe thereby making their farming operations more economical. We are ultimately helping produce and secure an affordable supply of food to help feed and support the population of the world.
Albaugh today is a global business, operating with a direct presence in key agricultural regions including North America, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, CAP region, India and Europe. In each of our key regions, we operate manufacturing facilities which assure the quality and competitiveness of the products that we supply.
Albaugh Europe, Middle East & Africa is one of the fasting growing companies in the European Agro market. Albaugh Slovenia is the business shared center for the Europe, Middle East, and Africa business and the core production site for the European business.
Principal Duties & Responsibilites
Product Development
• Work closely and be aligned with the company strategy and tactics for the development of new products and the management and development of the existing portfolio.
• Identify and evaluate opportunities for new product development / label extensions to ensure the continual improvement of the product portfolio.
• Manage and follow up Efficacy trials and studies, principally for product development and launch purposes.
• Build and maintain detailed technical dossiers for all commercial products and pipeline products and contribute the technical aspects of the product launch platforms.
Regulatory Support
• Assist in the definition of the GAP for new projects providing agronomical input and ensure it meets the needs from Commercial, including new ideas or potential areas of future interest to the company.
• Execute and follow GEP Regulatory field trials for a number of agreed projects.
• Analyze Efficacy data, prepare and present summaries at technical review meetings.
• Write/Review and comment on the technical aspects of the Biological Assessment Dossiers (BAD), provide agronomic justifications to strengthen arguments.
Minimum Skills, Knowledge, and Ability Requirements
• BSc. or equivalent in Biological or Agronomy.
• At least 5 years of experience in an international group in a similar position.
• A solid and professional agronomic training in either a generic or R&D based company or contract research organization in the European plant protection industry is required.
• Fluent (written and spoken) English is essential plus another European language.
