Product Specialist Solanaceae at Enza Zaden

Myakka City, Florida, United States -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

31 Dec, 25

Salary

88000.0

Posted On

02 Oct, 25

Experience

2 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Horticulture, Agricultural Industry, Seed Industry, Analytical Abilities, Collaborative Mindset, Crop Management, Microsoft Office, Excel, Planning Skills, Organizational Skills, Technical Performance Data, Trial Management, Data Evaluation, Phytosanitary Protocols, Travel Willingness, Pressure Management

Industry

Food and Beverage Manufacturing

Description

Are you ready to contribute to the future of Enza Zaden? Enza Zaden is looking for a proactive professional who can represent and promote a positive image of our values. Why join Enza Zaden as a Product Specialist? As a Product Specialist, you’ll help ensure that people around the world have access to a wide variety of healthy vegetables. We offer a role where you’ll connect with both local and global teams. You are goal-oriented, a team player, organized, and results-driven, with an entrepreneurial spirit that allows you to identify important needs and situations in your work—such as market trends, plant diseases, or unusual trial results—which you’ll be expected to report immediately. Your Role as a Product Specialist You will be responsible for setting up, evaluating, and reporting on trials for various assigned crops—Pepper and Tomato—working closely with our breeding departments. Create trial plans for new varieties. Organize trials in collaboration with the breeding and sales teams. Manage, collect, and evaluate trial data using established formats and systems (such as Trial Data). Follow phytosanitary protocols at third-party facilities to ensure trial quality and compliance. Analyze, interpret, and report findings and recommendations from R&D trials to the R&D and Sales teams. Identify promising experimental varieties across different regions in the Southeast of the USA. Contribute to the decision-making process for variety selections by providing technical performance data (e.g., yield), descriptions, trial locations, and general crop recommendations. Work regularly under pressure and in challenging weather conditions (high/low temperatures). Perform computer-based tasks on a regular basis. Frequent travel is required within your assigned region, primarily covering the states of Georgia and Florida. Start Date: January 2026 What You Bring as Our Future Colleague A bachelor’s degree in Horticulture or a related field. 3+ years of experience in the agricultural or seed industry. Strong analytical abilities paired with a collaborative mindset. Solid technical expertise in crop management. Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office, with a focus on Excel. A flexible approach and a positive attitude toward change. Excellent planning and organizational skills. Willingness to travel frequently within the region. The ability to perform under pressure, given the dynamic nature of the role. What you can expect from us The following information is provided in good faith as a general description of the starting pay range and benefits for the position posted. The compensation offered to the successful candidate depends on experience, skills, education, work location, and other objective job-related factors. Starting salary pay range: $75,000 - $88,000 As a family-owned company, we support you to thrive in all areas of life, so that you can be successful inside and outside of work. We offer: An attractive benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision coverage, life insurance, and disability insurance coverage. Other benefits include 401(k) with employer match, Paid personal time off, Paid volunteer time off, Monthly fitness reimbursement, And a free Employee Assistance Program (EAP). More information regarding the benefits will be shared during the application process. Enza Zaden as an employer With more than 2,800 passionate team members across the world, we're on a daily mission to develop the finest vegetable varieties. Our goal? To deliver seeds with that special something: better taste, better yields, and better resistance. As a Product Specialist, you'll be part of a team making a real difference. On our mission to feed the world, we challenge ourselves to gain deeper insights and find the next breakthrough. We grow and innovate together, and everyone’s contribution is valued. Throughout our 87 years, our family values, passion, independence and our focus on innovation have truly set us apart. Over 480 million people eat our vegetables every day, something we are very proud of! Our passion isn't just a trademark; it's our driving force, propelling our rapid growth. If you're ready to explore your potential and thrive in a supportive environment, we welcome you to develop your talents with us. The combination of entrepreneurship, initiative and a healthy dose of determination has made Enza Zaden great and brought us where we are today. Enza Zaden is and always will be in motion: in the past, present and future. Get in touch Apply now using the application button. You will receive an automatic confirmation of your application within minutes, and we will respond to your application within 10 working days. Great Place To Grow - Breeding to feed the world, creating value for sustainable life and living Introduce yourself to our recruiters and we'll get in touch if there's a role that seems like a good match. Our employees are the driving power of our company. From their specific sphere of expertise, each individual contributes to creating the vegetable varieties of the future. We rely on specialists and the wide-ranging skills amassed by people with years of experience in the field. And the innovative vision of interns and newcomers. We value this knowledge and experience and therefore invest in our people by providing plenty of opportunity for personal development and advancement. Take a look at our current vacancies and see if there is an opportunity that suits you.

Responsibilities

As a Product Specialist, you will set up, evaluate, and report on trials for crops like Pepper and Tomato, collaborating closely with breeding departments. You will analyze and report findings from R&D trials to support decision-making for variety selections.