Product Development Executive

Job Id: 10163

City:Bangkok, Bangkok Metropolis, Thailand

Department: R&D

Function: Field Research & Technical Development

Employee Type: Permanent Full Time

Seniority Level: Mid-Senior level

Description: JOB SUMMARY:

• Play the technical role to support Country, Regional and Global technical trials.
• 3rd party trials arrangement and management.
• Wrap-up trial reports to get a clear technical positioning to support commercial activities.
• Technical support to commercial and registration team.
• New product launch support to commercial team.
• Product training for commercial team and key customers (Dealer, Sub-dealer and Farmer).
• ARM Inputs & Data Base Management.
• Collaborating with Regional Category leads and contributing to innovation of concepts, organizing virtual tours and preparing Technical notes and Product training modules.

REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s degree or Master’s degree in Agronomy or related fields.
• Minimum 1-5 years experience related in product development and commercial team within the agriculture or agro-chemical manufacturing industry.
• Good in working with commercial team and key stakeholders.
• Good command in English.
• Influencing and negotiation.
• Good in communication and presentation skills.
• Available to travel and work in upcountry.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

40% Product Development:

• Manage all product development and new product launch at country level.
• Regional and global trials coordination, planning and report in the system.
• Protocol design and discussion with PD Lead and Commercial.
• Trial arrangement and coordination with 3rd party cooperators, trial status monitoring and updating by field visit on a regular base, 3rd party trial quality monitoring and evaluation through trial visit.
• Trial data consolidating and summarizing at the end of season and report to PD Lead, ASEAN PD Lead and Country Head-Thailand.
• Providing new product application rate and method to registration team.
• New idea proposal on UPL’s portfolio to support country and PD team.
• Support to manager samples of new products.

60% Technical Sales Support activity

• Transfer technical knowledge to the marketing, technical service and sales team.
• As a member of country crop team, provide knowledge base support of assigned crop to marketing and sales team.
• Protocol design, management and date summary of technical trials.
• Product training for stakeholders (Sale team, Dealers, Sub dealers and key stakeholders.