Job Description

We at Yara are part of a global network, collaborating to profitably and responsibly solve some of the world\'s key challenges - resource scarcity, food insecurity and environmental change.

About the Unit

Yara is the world\'s largest producer of ammonia, nitrates and NPKs, offering solutions for sustainable agriculture respecting the environment. Our fertilizers and our crop nutrition programs were designed to help the sector of food production and to meet the needs of a growing world population. Our products and solutions help industry reduce emissions, improve air quality and prioritize effective operations safely.

Yara Africa & Asia (YAA) produces, sells, distributes and markets fertilizers and industrial products across Asia Pacific and Africa regions, with offices location and operational units in 20 countries. The region employs over 1800 employees and has a long history in the Asian Pacific and African markets, focusing on develop crop nutrition concepts that increase food production and create value to the growers, in particular smallholder farmers, whilst minimizing environmental impact of agricultural activities.

YAA is currently undergoing a major transformation, aimed at shifting the existing business models, generating new revenue streams and ultimately delivering profit through new Farming Solutions related activities.

Responsibilities

• Lead the market intelligence and user research teams across YAA region.
• Align with stakeholders to ensure research supports and helps define strategy.
• Oversee and grow a network of research professionals across the region and manage its effectiveness and delivery.
• Maintain and push a calendar of research activities to ensure Market and User research is constant and proactive and a key value to the region.
• Keep a proper knowledge archive based on previous work that helps knowledge discoverability and defines further research needs.
• Engage and maintain a relationship with local agencies to cover the needs of research
• Oversee the development of research-related policies, procedures and guides and create clear standards of how work outcomes should be presented.
• Represent the YAA region in conferences on research areas and practice needs.
• Oversee initiatives which promote scientific collaborations and inter-disciplinary research, including conferences, symposia and workshops and paper publication.
• Review organization and team\'s training programmes to enhance research capability (Quant, Qual) and mentor the growth of the team.
• Promote and create ethical frameworks to guide research activities.

Profile

• Proved experience in growing and managing teams across multiple countries.
• Minimum 5 years of research management experience ; prior research experience will be advantageousExperience in coordinating projects across multiple countries and experience in vendor management in an agile environment.
• Experience in coordinating projects across multiple countries and experience in vendor management in an agile environment.
• Possess strong and structured analytical and written skills, ability to connect the dots between market research to business implications, intellectual curiosity, deep sense of ownership and strong attention to detail.
• Proficiency in Powerpoint and ability to create effective decks for communicating research insights to business audience
• Good MS Excel skills and ability to develop simple Excel models to analyse complex issues critically
• Familiarity with economic and financial research tools - WorldBank Database, MatLab, Bloomberg, CapitaIQ etc and dexterity with data will be a bonus

Additional Information

We strive to reflect the diversity in society and encourage all qualified applicants from all background to apply. We are committed to creating a work environment that fits gender equality and allows combining career progress with the needs of a family or other personal circumstances

Why us?

• Evolving tech development division of an established agricultural products and services company.
• Explore and develop digital, software, hardware products, which provide value to farmers, smallholder communities and the value chain.
• Be part of our mission to build sustainable solutions that benefit humanity and the environment.
• Full-time, permanent and freelance contract options available with competitive remuneration + benefits.
• Support for personal development, training and continuous learning.
• Commitment to using new technologies and frameworks, meetups, and knowledge sharing.

Preference for this role to be based in Singapore due to interaction with existing teams

Apply no later than

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Knowledge grows through differences
Yara is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We believe that creating a diverse and inclusive work environment is not only the right thing, but also the smart thing to do. To deliver on this, Yara has firmly anchored Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I) in our business strategy and has more than 400 employees worldwide involved in D&I ambassadors networks.

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