Sesame Breeder
Location: Austin, Texas, USA Sesaco Corporation, a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Corporation, is seeking a highly motivated sesame seed breeder. In 2011, Sesaco became a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) and set its goal to make innovations in the world sesame trading structure organizing the value chains with the best varieties and MC’s world network.
Sesaco is the only company in the world that has developed non-dehiscent (ND) and improved non-dehiscent (IND) sesame varieties This is a superb opportunity to manage a breeding program in collaboration with number of university R&D teams.
As a breeder you will have primary responsibility to develop better varieties that are input efficient, biotic and abiotic tolerant, and have desirable market characteristics. You will be working with growers to develop varieties that are profitable, and with end users to ensure that the seed satisfies the edible, ingredient, oil, and/or tahini markets.
Key Business Accountabilities:
Direction and management of all components of a successful commercial sesame breeding program. Including, but not limited to:
- Creation and evaluation of breeding populations.
- Coordinate, place, monitor, and evaluate trials throughout the US (travel as much as 25% of the time).
- Make line advancement decisions.
- Fulfill requirements for variety advancement through documentation of performance.
- Ability to work outside in varying environmental conditions with additional hours/weekends during peak periods.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability and strong desire to articulately convey complex ideas to peers within the technology group and to people with less of an understanding of breeding and genetics such as managers, sales people, and customers.
- Recruitment, training, development, and retention of research support personnel.
- Remain current on new technological developments by participating in professional meetings and skills development opportunities.
- File for intellectual property rights (Patents) for lines.
Core Business/Functional Skills and Education:
- M.S. or Ph.D. in Plant Breeding and Genetics or relevant fields and working experience in plant breeding/genetics in a breeding program are required.
- Strong background in plant breeding, genetics, computers, field plot technique and statistical analysis, molecular biology, and molecular marker application to plant breeding.
- Demonstrated success in technical proficiency, scientific creativity, and collaboration with others.
- Excellent managerial and organizational skills; ability to balance multiple tasks and achieve milestones.
- Ability to work in a team-based environment with multidisciplinary teams; effective verbal communication skills.
- Leadership capabilities within the technology community that can extend into other functional areas.
- Experience with field crops is a plus, particularly oilseed crops.
- Experience in farming is a plus, particularly with planters and combines.
- Spanish is a plus, but not required.
- The candidate must be eligible to work in the United States.
Salaries DOE, with benefits.
Place of work: Austin, TX.
PLEASE DO NOT APPLY IF YOU ARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO WORK IN USA.
Applications: please send application and CV to jobs@sesaco.com
More positions from: Sesaco Corporation Posted from January 23, 2015 until July 23, 2015 SeedQuest reference number: 58309 |