North America Logistics Lead

Who Are We, And What Do We Do?

At Corteva Agriscience™, you will help us grow what’s next. No matter your role, you will be part of a team that is building the future of agriculture – leading breakthroughs in the innovation and application of science and technology that will better the lives of people all over the world and fuel the progress of humankind.

Corteva Agriscience™ serves to enrich the lives of those who produce and those who consume, ensuring progress for generations to come. Corteva Agriscience™ is looking for a dedicated, highly motivated Logistics Lead to support North American Seed Product Development operations. The Logistics Lead will ensure strong collaboration and execution across R&D centers and functions. Additionally, the Logistics Lead will support the North America Corn Product Development team. As a Logistics Lead, the chosen candidate will support design, implementation, and improvement of process decisions, allocation and reporting of resources, and operations across North American R&D centers. Excellent leadership and communication skills, strong understanding of breeding strategies, strength in process implementation and optimization, and attention to detail will be essential to the role.

Responsibilities - What you will do:

• Represent, support, and coach R&D centers in their operations with a focus on Western United States centers. Serve as a conduit of information with the North America Research Operations Network (RON) team. Ensure strong connection with the Global Logistics Lead team.
• Coordinate workload capacity planning and support execution strategy across North American R&D centers. Provide resource management and resource tracking information to support North American crops. Support the capital investment process.
• Support North America Corn Product Development through coordination of logistics around seed production, seed movement, precision phenotyping, and population development.
• Develop performance summaries of product pipeline and breeding trends for North America Corn Product Development.
• Lead and assist in the coordination of North America operational and scientific meetings throughout the year.
• Promote a safe and respectful workplace culture. Work with Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S), R&D centers, leaders, vendors, and other stakeholders to assess design safety of equipment, tools, and processes.
• Demonstrate excellent interpersonal and communication skills for fostering teamwork, enhancing a good working environment, and effectively developing strong working relationships with a diverse group of people.
• Work with functional leaders to establish project goals aligned with business goals. Responsible for planning, executing, and completing assigned projects.
• Demonstrate scientific knowledge and behavioral leadership in daily work. 
• Design, implement, and evaluate continuous process improvement.

Qualifications- What Skills You Need:

• Master’s degree or above.
• 10+ years of relevant experience.
• People leadership experience is preferred.
• Understanding of processes and procedures utilized by Seed Product Development function.
• Workload and resource planning experience is preferred.
• Strong analytical abilities, including ability to use data to make decisions and present recommendations for process improvements.
• Strong interpersonal and business communication skills – both written and verbal.
• Strong organizational and planning skills.
• Advanced MS Office products skills.
• Ability and willingness for occasional overnight travel.

Benefits – How We’ll Support You:

• Numerous development opportunities offered to build your skills

• Be part of a company with a higher purpose and contribute to making the world a better place

• Health benefits for you and your family on your first day of employment

• Four weeks of paid time off and two weeks of well-being pay per year, plus paid holidays

• Excellent parental leave which includes a minimum of 16 weeks for mother and father

• Future planning with our competitive retirement savings plan and tuition reimbursement program

• Learn more about our total rewards package here - Corteva Benefits

• Check out life at Corteva! www.linkedin.com/company/corteva/life

Are you a good match? Apply today! We seek applicants from all backgrounds to ensure we get the best, most creative talent on our team.

Corteva Agriscience is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to embracing our differences to enrich lives, advance innovation, and boost company performance. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, military or veteran status, pregnancy related conditions (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), disability or any other protected status in accordance with federal, state, or local laws.