BAT BANGLADESH IS LOOKING FOR A PLANT BREEDING MANAGER 2023 IN DHAKA

BAT BANGLADESH IS LOOKING FOR A PLANT BREEDING MANAGER 2023 IN DHAKA

Job Responsibilities:

• Drive an Asia Tobacco Breeding Programme Hub in Bangladesh, developing hybrids with higher yield, stability, quality, tolerant for main diseases with stable chemistry content and sensorial aligned to product demand, considering all Asia Leaf Operations
• Engage with all Asian Leaf Operations to guarantee demand capture and delivery strategy
• Ensure full traceability, germplasm asset security and approach for a most confidential information
• Full exchange of knowledge, capabilities, breeding approach and hybrids with the Global Tobacco Breeding Centre in Brazil that lead the process
• Support the ESG Leaf agenda developing and launching new hybris with higher yield, enabling farmer margin increase and leaders in biodiversity by tolerant hybrids for different diseases
• Support Excellence in Quality Delivery Leaf agenda and efficiency, developing and launching new hybris with chemical, physical and sensorial quality to meet the demand according to end markets and lamina yield efficiency
• With the lead from Brazil Global Tobacco Breeding Centre, capture the demand and support the strategical agenda for all Leaf Operations in Asia
• Strategic planning and allocation of breeding resources in germplasm enhancement and line development
• Develop and implement effective breeding strategies, tools and methods in tobacco to improve genetic gain and efficiency related to yield, diseases tolerance and quality according to global end markets requirements
• Report technically and strategically to Global Breeding Centre in Brazil, exchanging knowledge, capabilities, germplasm, driving the main efforts on breeding to Asian Leaf Operations
• Conduct a full breeding programme with support from the Global Centre in trials design, trials installation, crosses definition, hybrid evaluations, field and lab data collection, analysis, and recommendation
• Maintain clear and accurate breeding records, traceability, Intellectual Property protection and confidentiality on data management as germplasm asset (Plant genetic resource management)
• Drive adoption of accelerated breeding tools and methods as predictive analytics, high throughput phenotyping and multiple crosses across the year to ensure long term success
• Ensure the Asian Breeding Hub goals achievement and resource needs aligned with Asian Leaf Operations demands in a collaborative breeding model with the lead of Global Breeding Centre
• Coordinate breeding efforts with internal and external partners
• Manage breeding farm having strong collaboration with farm supervisor and the team.
• Responsible for managing laboratories at MLDBritish American Tobacco (BAT) plc is a British multinational company that manufactures and sells cigarettes, tobacco, and other nicotine products. The company, established in 1902, is headquartered in London, England. As of 2019, it is the largest tobacco company in the world based on net sales.