Middle East Variety Trialing and Development Lead PepsiCo

Developing, coordinating, and delivering the Middle East variety testing plans to develop and select varieties that meet the business defined product profiles.

Creating a phenotyping and yield trial program that supports commercial decisions, delivers data to the global breeder center, and facilitates go to market value propositions, delivering on sustainability and consumer targets.

Developing collaborative relationships with internal partners including the breeding team, trait discovery team, and variety specific agronomy crop technology team.

Supporting the development of product profiles with input from the processing, quality, sensory, business, supply chain, and procurement teams.

Be center point for variety qualification approval committee in Middle East driving final alignment on varieties that advance to becoming part of the portfolio of options for growers to produce for PepsiCo.

Develop and maintain external breeding partnerships to identify, test and validate the progression of new varieties through commercial approval in Middle East.

Collaborate with R&D Ag Science sector trialing teams understand region specific variety performance to maintain current data on local varieties into the global Pepsico Variety Catalog.

Achieving successful outcomes and timelines, while consistently following guidelines, rules, standards, and compliance. Monitoring, tracking, and maintaining desired outcomes and objectives preparing for future challenges.

Engage staff in their personal development and fulfillment of goals, ensuring each has the skills needed for success in their roles and continued growth, while continuously evaluating their fit in their position, their desire and training to accomplish tasks safely, and the resources required to help them achieve their goals