Plant Breeder Eggplant

Overview

Semillas Fitó is a Spanish multinational company founded in 1880 in Barcelona. With over 140 years of history, we have grown to become a leader in genetic improvement, production, and distribution of horticultural and field seeds, investing nearly 30% of turnover in R&D. We have over 800 employees, presence in more than 20 countries, and sales in over 90 countries. We are looking for a Plant Breeder with at least 5 years of demonstrated working experience in vegetable crops breeding to lead our global Eggplant Breeding Program .

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, execute and optimize our eggplant breeding programs by using the appropriate breeding methodologies and breeding technology tools to achieve the company goals (provide customers with high performance eggplant varieties).
• Propose, implement, and assess breeding strategies according to available resources and budget.
• Participate and contribute to research project teams when relevant for the breeding goals or target markets.
• Set up Eggplant trials in our breeding stations and with customers, working jointly with Fito’s development teams.
• Work worldwide in close collaboration with the commercial teams to promote varieties and organize successful market introductions.
• Identify promising results from different fields of research and integrate them into the breeding program.
• Translate market requirements and future needs along with Marketing and Sales into breeding goals to generate successful new products.

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