Bayer
Main Purpose:
- Responsible for all seed physiology quality tests in the laboratory and ensure availability of results within required TAT.
- Ensure compliance for certification of the laboratory.
- Responsible of sample shipment coordination and follow up on external tests ensuring all results to be captured in SAP for seed availability.
Key Tasks & Responsibilities:
- Responsible for Sample intake, Germination, and physical purity Laboratories.
- Responsible for all physiological quality testing in the lab including new seeds or as specified by business needs.
- Transfer recorded results into SAP system and track all samples and results progress.
- Testing according to ISTA rules and follow QMS system for the laboratory.
- Participate in quality testing activities related to sampling-fresh, returns and carryovers seeds, seed testing, results analysis, inspection plans, & product placement for seed businesses LTO
- Participate in seed sample shipment and testing processes for external lab testing including to South Africa and government testing and communicate results to the stakeholders within required TAT
- Conform to GLP principals and other prescribed quality systems and relevant regulations
- To ensure all relevant information is supplied timeously and accurately.
- To assist the Technical coordinator to ensure total quality according to customer needs.
- Participates in maintaining all external government certifications (seed sampling and testing) and secure lab authorization by the government.
- Adherence to the Lab Safety always inside the lab
- Collaborating with planning, production, manufacturing, customer care and quality systems (CAPA culture improvement in the lab)
- Works with Product Quality in complaint handling and investigation for timely and accurate resolution and reporting ensuring best customer experience
Mission & Squad Connections:
- Operate in End-to End Mission Squad
- Squad Connections:
- Directly reports to: SSA Testing unit lead
- Quality Testing Squads
- Africa PQ&S
- EMEA Quality Testing
- HSE Squad
- One Management System Squad (ISO)
- Seed Regulatory and Legal stakeholders
- External Regulatory Agencies
Qualifications & Competencies:
- Degree in Agriculture, Seed Technology, Science Laboratory Technology or relevant field.
- Reasonable knowledge and practical experience with ISO and GLP (Good Laboratory Practice)
- Knowledge of SAP
- Qualified Seed Analyst with preferably 3 to 5 years experience in a seed laboratory
- Knowledge of both Seed Physiology and Seed Genetics.
- Related Job experience /qualification
- Results orientated
- Relationships and networking
- Organizational (Planning skills) and Technical and Analytical skills
- Reliability / Disciplined
- Manage challenges and handle work pressure well