Operations Manager, InVigor

Role overview

Responsibilities

• Own lifecycle activities, launches, phase-outs, production and inventory alignment, and fall warehousing execution.
• Lead seed allocation and Product Supply direction to meet customer demand, including in-season channel allocation.
• Manage market forecasts and the strategic Canadian canola plan, analyzing seeded acres, market share, and trait penetration.
• Coordinate agronomic and trait positioning, go-to-market activities, new hybrid planning, selection, and positioning.
• Develop hybrid positioning and customer and internal communications, including channel-partner marketing letters.
• Lead marketing for special projects such as Biofuels, InVigor Gold, palletization, and planter or seed-singulation recommendations.
• Lead Canadian pricing and contribute to long-term planning and new trait introductions.
• Prepare the annual Marketing Letter, hybrid pricing projections, and volume projections for budget preparation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; master's degree is an asset.
• 10+ years in agriculture; canola seed marketing preferred. Sales or account management experience is an asset.
• Strong canola portfolio technical, financial, and marketing expertise; understanding of marketing, sales, and financial principles.
• Deep knowledge of canola agronomy, grower needs, distributor networks, and crop protection; understanding of hybrid breeding, seed production, and variety development.
• Hands-on canola lifecycle management and seed allocation planning experience.
• Effective communication, initiative, results orientation, analytical skills, strategic thinking, business judgment, and leadership capabilities.
• Able to travel 15%.

Workplace

• Calgary, Alberta (Hybrid).

About BASF

Benefits

• Benefits include health and insurance plans, retirement benefits with employer matching, and learning and development opportunities.