Product Development Specialist (Tomato & Pepper) - Sicily

Your Job

Jobholder will be part of our Marketing & Sales Division, Product Development Department, based in Sicily, reporting hierarchically to Head of PD EMEA, functionally Regional Specialist PD and collaborating with the other local & regional stakeholders on action plans.

As Product Development Specialist Tomato & Pepper – Sicily, you are responsible to use local market, customer and crop expertise to create local trial plans maximizing trial representativeness, impact and efficiency and this in coordination with the Regional Specialist Product Development and in line with crop strategy. Proposes and leads the development of basic and advanced product growing concepts aiming to create innovative customized solutions for local key customers and/or key markets.

What you can expect?

Major Tasks & Responsibilities

• Local Trial plan coordination to ensure the correct evaluation, obtention of quality data and customer feedback to perform analysis and back up elevation proposals, variety positioning and value proposition.
• Independently, coordinates and trains local trial technicians to effectively set up and execute trial plans.
• Data capturing, analysis and presentation of elevation proposals.
• Defines variety value proposition and positioning.
• Acts as an internal and external technical reference and provides expert knowledge to enable sales and drive customer success with BASF | Nunhems varieties.
• Offers local vision about market opportunities & trends.
• Provides deep expert knowledge to enable sales and serve customers.
• Drives growing concept development locally.
• Drives PD customer engagement & collaboration with sales in demand creation.
• Drives & enables collaboration with R&D and M&S functions locally.
• Supports the overall PD agenda.

What we expect?

Education, work experience & skills

• BSc with 8 years of relevant experience, or Msc with 5 years of applicable experience preferably in greenhouse tomatoes and peppers.
• Professional knowledge in experimentation skills and in agronomical skills relevant to the crop.
• Strong Team worker and communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Knowledge of local Italian language.
• English skills verbal and written.
• Advanced Results orientation, Decisiveness, Assertiveness, Accountability, Ownership, Customer Orientation and Commercial Mindset.
• Digital mindset. Understanding importance of good tools and the power of data.
• Availability to work in extreme open field conditions.

Located in Sicily and domestic travel to visit trials and customers are required.

What’s in it for you?

Adding value to our customers begins with adding value to you. At BASF we believe that people are the key to our long-term success and that talent is in everyone. That’s why we empower you with the tools, guidance, and opportunities you need to advance and succeed in work and life.

We offer you:

• Responsibility from day one in a challenging work environment and "on-the-job" training as part of a committed team.
• Competitive compensation including attractive benefits as well as excellent career opportunities in an international company.

Giving you the support that you need to be your best and fulfill your personal ambitions is what helps us achieving our ambitions. After all, our success is linked to yours. Whatever path you envision, BASF is a great place to build a rewarding, successful career.

We promote an inclusive culture that accepts the diversity of people, experiences, and capabilities. By embracing talents and abilities of all kinds, we aim to boost creativity and motivation and enhance our teams’ performance.

We need you. Become part of our formula for success and create the future with us, in a global team that values diversity and offers the same opportunities to everyone, regardless of gender, age, origin, sexual orientation, disability or belief.

Please apply before 10th April 2025.

If you have any questions about the position, you can contact our Local HR Business Partner: Tatiana Pancaldi (tatiana.pancaldi@basf.com).

WELCOME to BASF | Nunhems

It is our ambition to make healthy eating enjoyable and sustainable by offering vegetable solutions in line with consumer demands. Our breeders and researchers are constantly working on the development of improved varieties in our laboratories, greenhouses and fields. We look at the needs of vegetable growers and the value chain and we thoroughly investigate what consumers want. By working together with partners, we actively contribute to improve vegetable consumption with innovations that are healthy, tasty and sustainable.

As BASF | Nunhems, operating under the Nunhems brand, we are one of the world’s largest vegetable seed companies.