Territory Manager - TD VC

Job Description –  Job Title

Advanta Enterprises Limited

Advanta Enterprises Limited is an UPL Group Company

Advanta Seeds Prides itself on decades of research and development of the most advanced technologies in traditional plant breeding to deliver high quality seeds.

The company has over 60 years of experience in plant genetics research and development.

Advanta Seeds has a leadership position in many geographies in field crops such as grain sorghum, forages, corn, sunflower, canola, rice, and many segments of Field Crops.

Our purpose is ‘OpenAg’. An agriculture network that feeds sustainable growth for all. No limits, no borders.

Purpose of the Role

Responsible for the execution of Vegetable Crops R&D trials (L2-L4) planned in TN states and in future he might need to support for VC R&D Trials in other states as well.  

Position: Research Associate, VC Trials

Location: Edapadi, Salem, TN

Reporting: Sachin Kharat

Qualifications: M.Sc. Agriculture

Experience: 2-5 Years

Major Job Responsibilities:

1. Need to manage VC R&D trials in crops (viz., Okra, Tomato, Cauliflower, Sweet Corn, Hot Pepper) mostly on farmers field in TN states as per the SOPs
2. He needs execute planned trials in market potential areas in proper sowing windows throughout the year.
3. Need to evaluate each trial planted in TN state and submit the report as per the SOPs 
4. Responsible for collecting all required data points as per the business requirements.
5. Planning of crop tour visits for L4 trials evaluations and co-ordinations with internal stakeholders and get select the right product.
6. Provide technical training to the Field Assistants to make them capable enough to carry out the research trials.
7. Manage the farmers field VC R&D trials in given budget.
8. Need to execute trials in given budget only.
9. Need to develop strong farmer’s network in TN state.

Language proficiency:

# English (read, write, speak)

# Tamil (read, write, speak)

# Hindi (speak)