Customer Technical Service (CTS) Application Scientist - Agronomy

Roquette is a family-owned global leader in plant-based ingredients and a leading provider of pharmaceutical excipients.

Want to help us make a difference?
Using plant-based resources, we collaborate with our customers and partners to imagine and offer ingredients to better feed people and treat patients.
Each of our ingredients responds to unique and essential needs, and they enable healthier lifestyles.

Responsibilities:

• Lead agronomy customers studies in collaboration with researchers (internal and external) and conduct in depth analysis of trial data to demonstrate the functional value of our solutions (includes current product range, market extension, and new product development)
• Develop application solutions to support customer needs based on scientific evidence and relations between function and structure/composition
• Support customers trials with a high degree of technical challenge to improve our customer support, our solutions, and develop new solutions
• Contribute to innovation projects and new product delevelopments
• Provide support to Marketing and Regulatory teams as Agriscience solutions are brought to market
• Create and animate training and product promotion materials for sales, distributors, customers and/or go to market resources
• Study market trends and assess various agriculture market sub-segments to tailor solutions and drive approach to commercial success
• Develop policies, procedures, documentation and facilitate training on current and new processes across the global CTS and R&D team
• Practice due diligence in keeping records with proper documentation to facilitate innovation and protect value through patenting of our solutions
• Deliver technical seminars on product and process solutions at customer and large group settings
• Contribute to a safe and environmentally friendly workplace and comply with Roquette's safety policies and SOP

Qualifications:

• Required: MS or PhD in Agronomy, Horticulture, Sustainable Ag, Crop Science, or related field from an accredited College or University.
• Preferred: four (4) to six (6) years in Ag product development or support
• Diverse knowledge and experience with specialty ingredients for the agriculture and horticulture markets
• Direct customer support experience a plus
• Managerial: Leadership, project management, able to coach
• Experience as a technical leader to coordinate and execute cross functional projects
• Resourceful, effective team player, with ability to work with some autonomy
• Some travel, including international travel, may be required

If you identify yourself in this position, please apply byuploading your resume and let's start the journey together!

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