Sr ITQ Scientist F/H (CDI)

Il se passe toujours de grandes choses au sein de la région Europe et Australie (EUAU). Chaque jour, plus de 4000 collaborateurs partagent leur passion que ce soit dans nos bureaux, nos sites de fabrication, notre centre de R&D ou encore nos différents marchésàtravers l’Europe, l’Australie et la Nouvelle-Zélande. Nous sommes animés par notre raison d’être, depuis 150 ans, qui est de proposer des produits que le monde adore. Avec des marques aimées et reconnues telles que Old El Paso, Häagen-Dazs, Nature Valley, Betty Crocker, Pillsbury, Jus-Rol, Fibre One,Knack& Back, LatinaFresh, et bien d’autres encore, nous avons pour mission de devenir le leader incontesté du secteur agroalimentaire en Europe et en Australie. Dans un monde en constante évolution, nous cherchons à garder une longueur d’avance et nous entourer de personnes qui partagent notre passion et qui sont avides de construire l’avenir.

SENIOR ITQ SCIENTIST

Opportunity to join the Agriculture Solutions Research team to accelerate adoption of regenerative agriculture (RA) and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in our dairy supply chains. In this role you will be part of the Agriculture Research team with accountability for assessing agricultural technologies and approaches for reducing GHGs and creating and executing RA and GHG projects to accelerate farmer adoption in Europe. Priority focus will be on crop and livestock systems – particularly dairy – in regions like France and the Netherlands, where General Mills procures the majority of dairy ingredients for our Häagen-Dazs business. This role will focus on dairy at the outset, with long-term vision for advancing regenerative agriculture in other key ingredient supply sheds (e.g. fruits and vegetables, oats, sugar beets).

The right candidate for this role will leverage technical and scientific skills, partner management, and project leadership skills with a high bias for action to achieve corporate goals to advance regenerative agriculture on a million acres by 2030, and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions across our full value chain by 30% by 2030.

In this role you will develop technical depth, project management, communication skills and experience operating in a cross-functional team. The projects you manage in this role will accelerate cross-functional influence to achieve corporate goals.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Collaborate with Sourcing Team, Agriculture Research and Global Impact Team members, and HD ITQ & Business in the ideation and execution of regenerative agriculture strategy, GHG-reducing technologies, project development, and timelines.
• Interpret scientific results from agricultural research and communicate outcomes to GMI internal and external stakeholders including farmers, NGOs, and suppliers in key supply regions.
• Provide leadership of strategy development, external partner engagement, process, timelines and milestones and associated budget applicable to the projects in order to scale up adoption of GMI programs.
• Engage technical partners such as on MRV development, implementation, and evaluation, agronomy support, and farmer baseline data collection.
• Provide support to participating farmers by representing and facilitating participation in GMI programs.
• Coordinate with supplier sustainability teams and Sourcing to ensure alignment with commercial needs.
• Track and benchmark against external context such as European sustainability forums (e.g. SAI Dairy and SAI RA) and peer sustainability programs
• Engage in RA and unique agronomic/variety development with crops such as sweet corn, oats and other ingredients.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• BS (4 year) or MS (5-6 year). In agricultural-related field or 3 – 5 years of experience in agriculture-related field
• Understanding of farm/ livestock operations, basic agronomy, and communicating with farmers
• Strong understanding of regenerative agriculture and technologies to mitigate GHG in agriculture.
• Demonstrated experience managing complex projects, ideally with external partners
• Strong knowledge in cutting edge ag technology, data management and analysis tools, as well as skills to work with external partners on development of such tools
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with a diverse set of external partners including farmers, conservation professionals, businesses, scientists, and verifiers
• Demonstrated technical rigor and ability to tackle large abstract challenges
• Demonstrated effective communication, leadership, and influencing skills. Ability to work collaboratively in team environments
• Flexibility & adaptability, ability to work through ambiguity
• Bilingual in English and French language: fluency in speaking, reading and writing.
• Based in Arras, France
• Willingness to travel (15%)

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Knowledge or awareness of global GHG accounting guidance and standards such as the GHG Protocol
• Background in dairy or livestock science
• Existing knowledge and network of French regenerative agriculture and agronomy organizations and practitioners

COMPANY OVERVIEW

Proposer des produits que le monde adore. Mais nous faisons plus que cela. Notre entreprise est un endroit qui a pour mot d’ordre d’être une force positive, un environnement permettant de favoriser l’apprentissage, d’explorer de nouvelles perspectives et de réinventer de nouvelles possibilités, chaque jour. Nous recherchons des personnes qui veulent donner le meilleur d’elles-mêmes. Des esprits audacieux au grand cœur, qui se défient les uns les autres et évoluent ensemble. Devenir le leader incontesté du secteur de l’alimentation signifie que nous devons nous entourer de personnes avides de construire le monde de demain.

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