Job Description

This is an exciting opportunity to join a leading agricultural sciences company and be part of the Asia Pacific team.

About Us

FMC is an agricultural sciences company that advances farming through innovative and sustainable crop protection technologies. From our industry leading discovery pipeline to unique application systems, to modern biological products, we are passionate about bringing new solutions to farmers around the world. For more than 130 years, FMC has been rooted in agriculture and innovation.

Our six Core Values define who we are and how we do business: Integrity, Safety, Sustainability, Respect for People, Agility and Customer Centricity. Collectively, these values guide us as individuals and as a team of 6,500 people around the world.

At the Asia Pacific regional headquarters in Singapore, you become part of an inclusive team that works together to bring value to growers across the region through differentiated, sustainable, and innovative crop protection and nutrition solutions. With an Asia Pacific organization comprising around 2,600 employees spread across 16 countries, you will be joining a truly diverse international team.

About the Role

As a key member of FMC\'s commercial organization in APAC, you will be responsible for establishing and enabling the growth strategy in APAC - \'Blue Sky\', and for driving business transformation to deliver FMC\'s Blue Sky objectives.

More specifically, your responsibilities include:

• Framing and alignment of performance change: Assess performance change drivers in targeted countries, encompassing both strategic and operational elements, to deliver growth plans and strategic objectives. Engage, debate across key stakeholders to drive alignment.
• Execution: Lead, enable, support execution of key initiatives, depending on the situation - work collaboratively with country teams to develop tailored plans for execution. Coach and guide teams where relevant.
• M&A, alliances: Lead non-organic growth initiatives in APAC e.g. M&A, strategic alliances to deliver FMC growth strategy
• Project management: Lead tracking and progress of key deliverables based on agreed governance. Escalate issues with key stakeholders when needed to keep initiatives on track.
• Change management: Lead change management initiatives to ensure country leaders and teams are fully invested and motivated to drive change. Support country and sub-regional leaders in explaining and engaging the organization where needed.
• Interventions, course corrections: Step in with hands-on involvement, where required, to support teams and ensure timely progress of agreed initiatives
• Capability: Assess organizational capability to deliver FMC growth plan. Involve, as appropriate, in personnel change decisions, recruitments, org structure upgrades.
• Stakeholder alignment, cross-functional leadership: Align stakeholders across country, region, global working closely with relevant teams to execute APAC strategy.
• Financial performance: Through performance transition initiatives, drive improved financial performance and delivery of P&L objectives.

About You

The key to success in this position is a strong drive for results and the ability to drive change in targeted businesses in APAC.

As you will be interacting with a broad network of stakeholders, it is important that you possess strong people and communication skills; and are able to lead and influence cross-functional teams and independent work groups across geographies.

We also expect that you have:

• Tertiary qualifications in business management, commercials; MBA preferred
• Experience in crop protection business (at least 10 years) in commercial functions - business head, marketing, sales. Worked at regional, country or global levels with experience in more than one level, ideally with experience in a regional role.
• Execution experience in country - e.g. head of a business unit, key commercial function head - marketing head, sales head - involved in developing and executing commercial strategies, managing teams and handling customers.
• Experience in change management - leading teams through organizational transformation, major change initiatives
• In-depth knowledge of the inter-relatedness of commercial, regulatory, development and supply aspects for crop protection products.
• Experience with working with people from different cultures and backgrounds.
• Experience in applying financial principles as they relate to country P&L, SGA, commercial feasibility assessment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

What We Offer

• Exciting opportunities to learn and grow within a dynamic, results-focused and growth-oriented international business where your education and professional experience are valued and put to use from day one
• A diverse and inclusive work environment where you can bring your whole self to work
• Competitive salary and benefits package

See Yourself in FMC, Be Yourself in FMC: We strive to be an inclusive workplace where our employees reflect the community, are valued, find purpose in their work, and grow and contribute to their fullest potential. FMC is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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