RnD Trial Specialist

Limagrain; Davis (CA); Hybrid; USD 79.000 - 98.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Work/Life Balance

12 Paid Holidays

Tuition Reimbursement

401(k) matching

Promotions from within

Zusammenfassung

HM.CLAUSE, a Limagrain business unit, seeks a capable crop trial specialist to lead regional trial plans, coordinate with breeding and marketing teams, and manage field activities with growers. The role emphasizes crop knowledge, trial execution, and cross-functional collaboration.

Ideal candidates hold a BA/BS in Agriculture with 4–6 years of trialing experience in vegetable crops, and are comfortable with hybrid work schedules in a global agricultural environment.

Qualifikationen

• BA or BS degree in Agriculture or related field.
• 4–6 years of trialing experience with growers and regional vegetable production.

Aufgaben

• Demonstrate crop expert knowledge for assigned crops to inform breeding and marketing strategies.
• Create and manage strategic trial plans for crops/regions discussed in pretrial meetings.
• Lead off-station screening trial efforts and organize grower meetings for trial agreements.
• Coordinate with RTSGC to validate trial plans and reallocate resources as needed.
• Manage sowing, transplanting, data collection, and breeder communications throughout trials.

Kenntnisse

Crop expertise

Market knowledge

Grower relations

Trial planning

Ausbildung

BA/BS in Agriculture

Jobbeschreibung

“WE BUILD TRUST WITH FARMERS AROUND THE WORLD BY SUPPORTING THEM TO SUSTAINABLY IMPROVE THE QUALITY AND FLAVOR OF THEIR PRODUCTION.”

HM.CLAUSE is a Business Unit of Limagrain, an international agricultural co-operative founded and managed by farmers. HM.CLAUSE specializes in the breeding, production, and sale of vegetable seeds. From the world market to the farmer's market, we collaborate with our customers to deliver successful solutions for the agricultural challenges of today and produce the highest quality vegetable seeds for the future. Our global team of experts and state-of-the‑art research facilities enable us to work side‑by‑side with growers to provide the most regionally relevant and reliable vegetable seeds available.

If our mission resonates with your passion, we look forward to your application.

You will be a great fit if you have experience similar to:

• To demonstrate the level of a “crop expert” for crops assigned. This would include but not be limited to crop production knowledge, market knowledge, farming knowledge and industry trends as to understand the role of genetics or breeding as a marketable solution. Information obtained by this position will feed directly to the breeding and marketing teams to help refine their strategy.
• To create and manage a strategic trial plan of assigned crops and/or regions presented during the pretrial planning meeting.
• To manage the pretrial planning meeting with completed pretrial planning documents prior to the meeting with all relevant information that will drive the conversations during the meetings.
• To work directly with the Research Trial Specialist Global Coordinator (RTSGC) to validate the requested trial plan via the Resource Planner tool and will communicate directly with the breeding teams any needed resource reallocation plans.
• To review Resource Planner WOs with RTSGC after validation during every semestral campaign.
• To Lead off-station screening trial efforts by leading grower meetings to complete the R&D trial grower agreements prior to transplantation or sowing of the assigned trial sets.
• To manage the following as related to assigned trials by managing sowing in the greenhouse/direct sowings, monitoring seedling health, recording and recording germination to breeding team, preparing plot labels, managing the transplant and evaluation.
• To manage the communication with the Breeding team throughout the life cycle of the trial by providing updates on a schedule as determined in the pre-trial planning meetings.
• To manage the preloading of data into SCORE tool for their trials .
• To support the breeding teams and PM in updating and keep current the Product Profiles of assigned crops
• To collect, to review and to share market information of assigned crops to include (but not limited to): acreage, market characteristics and value
• To collect and to review assigned crops market information to include (but not limited to): Main commercial competitors, strengths and weakness of main competitor varieties.
• To represent the RTS team at invited HMC and LVS sponsored events.[<

What we expect of you

To be considered, you will need:

• BA or BS degree in Agriculture or Related Field
• 4-6 years previous trialing experience and experience working with growers, experience with regional vegetable crop production and cropping methods

The rewards of working here: You join an expert team of innovators and creators that collaborate with farmers around the world to sustainably enhance the taste and quality of healthy food. Our goal is to form teams that inspire and learn from each other as they work to elevate our products from seed to table. We recognize our employees as our most valued resource and work to create an atmosphere that is supportive, healthy, and progressive. We promote an environment of wellness and well-being and hybrid schedules when it is appropriate for the position. It is an important and expanding piece of our local and global mission for Diversity & Inclusion programs and support groups in the corporate world.

HM.CLAUSE offers a strong compensation and benefits package to its employees:

• This position’s range is $79,000 - $98,000

Our total compensation and pay ranges reflect our market pay structures. As such, individual salaries or hourly rates are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: local geographical market conditions, internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as job related skills, education, and experience.

• Work/Life Balance
• 12 Paid Holidays per year
• +1 Floating Holiday per year
• Paid shutdown holidays
• Progressive time off starting at 80‑vacation hours
• Company Covered Benefits
• Company paid Life Insurance, Long and Short‑Term Disability
• Family EAP, Telehealth and Mental Wellness Services
• Internal Career Progression
• Promotions from within
• Paid Annual Training
• Tuition Reimbursement
• 401(k) dollar for dollar Employer matching
• Supplemental Employer Contribution Plan
• Traditional and Roth (401k) plans options
• Company Profit sharing in December
• Family Benefits
• Maternity and Paternity paid time off
• Low family medical deductibles
• Family Planning Resources

We are a company with a supportive culture and leadership. We encourage you to be part of our journey to enhance the world’s food supply and support the farmers that grow them.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; moving mechanical parts; high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; outside weather conditions; extreme cold; risk of radiation and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

HM.CLAUSE, Business Unit of Group Limagrain, is an innovative global leader in the development, production, and commercialization of vegetable seeds. HM.CLAUSE belongs to the top 5 vegetable seed entities in the world. With over 2,000 varieties in more than 20 vegetable crops, HM.CLAUSE provides innovative solutions to growers worldwide. HM. CLAUSE is a company committed to diversity and inclusion.

Limagrain is a global company with deep local roots. Our parent company is an agricultural cooperative based in the Limagne-Val d’Allier plain, in the heart of Central France’s Auvergne region, while we are an international seed and agri-food group with some 9,600 employees working in 53 countries. As the 4th largest seed company in the world, we achieved sales of 2.522 billion euros in 2023-2024, with additional sales of 729 million euros from activities carried out in collaboration with our strategic partners.