Job Description

Company Description

As a world market leader in crop protection, we help farmers to counter these threats and ensure enough safe, nutritious, affordable food for all \xe2\x80\x93while minimizing the use of land and other agricultural inputs. Syngenta Crop Protection keeps plants safe from planting to harvesting. From the moment a seed is planted through to harvest, crops need to be protected from weeds, insects and diseases as well as droughts and floods, heat and cold. Syngenta Crop Protection is headquartered in Switzerland.

About Us

We invite you to help our Canada team shape the future of agriculture. At Syngenta, we believe every employee has a role to play in safely feeding the world and taking care of our planet. To support that challenge, the marketing team is currently seeking a Marketing Operations Lead that will manage the strategic planning and integration of select marketing communication campaigns.

We have a Flexible Work Location approach and this role can be based in Guelph, ON, Calgary, AB or remotely across Canada.

This is a 12 month fixed-term contract.

• Manage the strategic planning and integration of select marketing communication campaigns and tactics
• Be a trusted advisor to those within the Marketing team by building trusting, reliable, and collaborative relationships
• Actively participate in the annual campaign planning process by providing strategic direction and insight
• Act as the conduit for Customer Marketing to provide recommendations and consultation on marketing strategy and budget management
• Develop and/or provide guidance on the development of project briefs for tactical touchpoints in collaboration with stakeholders
• Set the strategic direction and objectives for all traditional media-based activity
• Work with external vendors for projects that include promotional items, printing, shipping etc.

Qualifications

• Minimum Bachelors degree in Agriculture, Business or Communications
• Minimum of 5 years of marketing communications and project management experience
• Strong knowledge of customer relationship marketing, and communication principles
• Ability to influence others, and manage conflict
• Ability to manage several projects and responsibilities simultaneously
• Excellent creativity skills coupled with a strong customer focus
• Highly organized with a strong attention to detail
• Expertise using Adobe Creative Cloud and Microsoft Office products
• Knowledge of Trello or another project management software, Mural and/or Smartsheet an asset

Additional Information

What We Offer:

• We offer a competitive base salary and incentive bonus potential, combined with challenging and meaningful work, learning and career development opportunities and a great team environment.
• A culture that celebrates diversity & inclusion, promotes personal and professional development and offers flexible work options to meet both your work and personal needs
• Focus on Wellness and innovative programs that support overall health and wellbeing such as annual Lifestyle Account and free Headspace App
• Progressive Employee Policies and Programs including a Flexible Work Location approach, and a vacation policy that provides up to 30 days\xe2\x80\x99 vacation for all employees

Syngenta is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or any other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.

Syngenta Contact Information:
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Syngenta Canada welcomes applications from all qualified candidates and is able to accommodate persons with disabilities. For more information about accommodation during any stage of the recruitment process or if you would like more information on our accommodation policies, please contact

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