Strategic jobs in Germany

You want to contribute to a dynamic and family company culture that will feed the world population of tomorrow?

As our products require many years of development, a far-sighted research and development (R&D) strategy is a prerequisite to find a long-term successful position in the market. For this, we need to discover important and promising technological and market-related trends early, derive clear strategies to align our R&D, and care for a professional structure.

KWS’s mission and therefore the common mission of us all is:Seeding the future. We, the community of R&D, support this mission with our long-term guiding principle: We provide the world with distinct, sustainable and innovative seed solutions for generations. The implementation of our mission and our guiding principles are based on two pillars:

• Development of competitive hybrid varieties, thus enabling the farmers to produce efficiently and sustainably on their fields.
• Development of trait products with a substantial added value to improve our future varieties in a very focused way.

Research & Development supports the strategic goals of the different Business Units by providing a competitive product pipeline. The R&D strategy is developed within the framework of the Business Unit and company strategies.

As a well-established seeding company KWS is always on the look for the innate problem-solver, analytical and out of the box thinker, and team player that are enthusiastic about research and development related work and that will reinforce our KWS R&D Family. We want the people who are brave enough to take on new challenges, who perform not only operational tasks but are also willing to optimize our processes, to challenge the status quo, and to work with people across the globe!

We are always on the look out for various type of roles to reinforce our Team for R&D. Here are some examples:

• R&D Scientists and Research Associates in different disciplines
• Technical Researcher
• Research Scientist
• Laboratory Assistant
• Research Assistant

• Modern equipment and labs
• You have the opportunity to develop innovative strategies together with your team for seeds in different countries
• Collaboration with universities on research projects, on work projects across different departments, bring up new ideas
• A positive and appreciative working environment with flat hierarchies and open communication
• An attractive remuneration package including company pension plan and other benefits

• Strong motivation & passion for the farming or agricultural industry
• Eager to discover important and promising technological and market-related trends, derive clear strategies to align our R&D department
• English language skills would be a common ground
• Depending on the position relevant educational background (BA, MSc, PHD)
• Experience in a similar environment is a plus
• You identify yourself with one or more of our KWS core values: Team Spirit, Proximity and Trust, Independence and Vision