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Erin DOUGHTIE

  • Syngenta Vegetables Seeds
  • Americas Regional Portfolio Lead - Watermelon

Woodland, California, USA (Global Travel)

En résumé

Dynamic strategy architect with a decade of experience in commercial product development, public relations, R&D, marketing & continuous improvement. Demonstrated capability to drive & execute innovative solutions for wicked problems. Highly skilled at managing complex information networks, communications and market development in North America, Europe, Middle East North America and Sub-Saharan Africa. Values-driven leader with high accountability and a passion for continuous learning. US Citizen with strong experience working across cultures & languages in large multinational firms.

Clifton Strengths: Strategic, Deliberative, Analytical, Individualization, Learner


Skills

- Creation & optimization of strategic processes for whole product lifecycles
-Collaboration & negotiation with stakeholders
- Experience living & working on 3 continents, basics in French & Spanish
-Market development, supply chain management, operations, & stewarding
budgets
-Portfolio management, demand planning & campaign development
-Leading organizational change initiatives & process improvements
-Mentoring & developing human capital via 360-feedback & continuous performance improvement processes
-Knowledge & training of OSHA safety standards and regulations for general industry
- Highly experienced with MS Office Suite & MS Project; experience with data visualization tools, QuickBooks, JMP, R, ArcMap & other proprietary software
-Communication skills for internal & external marketing campaign

Entreprises

  • Syngenta Vegetables Seeds - Americas Regional Portfolio Lead - Watermelon

    Marketing | Woodland, California, USA (Global Travel) 2021 - maintenant End to end portfolio management of c.a. $70 million of watermelon crop portfolio for NAFTA/LATAM. Stewardship of breeding pipeline and commercial advancement decisions in leading cross-functional teams (R&D, country product managers, registration, production, supply & more). Sales demand forecasting, inventory policy, product lifecycle management, top line growth and profit target. Key account management. Development & execution of multi-year business plan and regional crop strategy, with alignment to global strategy targets & delivery.

  • Hazera Seeds/Limagrain - USA R&D Operations Manager

    Technique | Fresno, California, USA (Regional Travel) 2020 - 2021 Strategic leadership of all R&D trialing operations for US/Canadian vegetable crop portfolio. Management of onion breeding station & execution of seed production & supply chain for short day onion program. Planning & execution of change management projects including facilities improvements, development of an improved data capture & planning tool, global seed production alignment & administration of HSE program. Member of US Senior Management team and numerous international project committees for global alignment.

  • HM.Clause/Limagrain - Product Development Specialist

    Commercial | Asheville, North Carolina, USA (National Travel) 2019 - 2020 Responsible for trialing commercial & pre-commercial vegetable varieties in 10 crops with growers in the southeastern United States. Activities included trial design, planting, evaluation, data analytics and reporting. Strong grower collaboration. Initiated the development of a standardized trial evaluation protocol for the US Sales Team. Primary responsibility in NC, SC, VA, GA, TN, AL, MS, AR. Creation of pumpkin commercial trialing protocol for NAFTA.

  • Deseret Farms of California - Agronomy Manager

    Production | Chico, California, USA (Regional Travel) 2018 - 2019 Agronomist managing new orchard development and production of walnuts, almonds and prunes for 20,000-acre agribusiness operation with c.a. $65 million annual revenue. Responsible for below-ground preparation for planting, irrigation design & installation, GPS surveying, tillage & fumigation & crop success. Managed multiple projects with budgets exceeding $10 million each.

  • University Of Florida - Doctoral-level Agronomy Graduate Research Assistant (during PhD program)

    Technique | Gainesville, Florida, USA (Global Travel) 2016 - 2017 Field & lab-based experiments with sunflower, peanut, maize, sesame, wheat & canola. Collection of crop physiology data including gas exchange, florescence, LAI, root data with minirhizotrons, sap flow, NDVI and running VRI irrigation systems. Experimental management on 3 continents. Grant writing, statistical analysis, data management & field plot design. Public speaking including teaching, conferences & symposiums. Project course experience with Syngenta analyzing fungicide efficacy in horticultural crops.

  • Real IPM BioBest - Biocontrol Commercialization Intern (during MSc thesis)

    Commercial | Thika, Kenya (Regional Travel - East Africa) 2016 - 2016 Developed business partnerships with local agricultural suppliers and agricultural extension officials. Gained experience with tomato, peppers, onions, sweet potato, snap beans & peas, soybean, passion fruit, bananas, coffee & fresh cut flowers. Conducted biopesticide trials using proprietary strains of Trichoderma, Bacillus subtilis, predatory mites & other biocontrol products on field & greenhouse horticultural crops on commercial farms. Evaluated supply-chain logistics for product delivery to greenhouse and field-based Dutch & Kenyan growers operating in East Africa.

  • Atlanta Community Food Bank - Community Gardens Program Coordinator

    Administratif | Atlanta, Georgia, USA (Metro Area Travel) 2014 - 2015 Provided agricultural extension services to Metro Atlanta urban agriculture projects in low-income communities. Administered Plant a Row for the Hungry farm-to-fork vegetable & fruit donation program. Community organizing & lobbying to improve fresh produce access across the region including public speaking & presentations to government officials.

  • Atlanta Botanical Garden - Operations Manager

    Commercial | Atlanta, Georgia, USA (National Travel) 2012 - 2015 Responsible for facility management, procurement, vendor relations, logistics, staff management, & high-value technical art installation. Managed projects including multi-million-dollar exhibitions with world-renowned artists such as International Mosaiculture, Philip Haas, Bruce Munro & Patrick Dougherty. Managed public-facing events including holiday programming & concert series bringing in 100k+ visitors per month. Administered annual budget c.a. $40 million & extensive team stakeholders & direct reports.

Formations

  • MBA Business Administration

    University of Nebraska, Lincoln 2021 - maintenant Self-funding my MBA while working; specializations in Marketing & Business Analytics

  • Certifiations

    Certifications earned in USA 2018 - 2021 • OSHA 30-hour certification for General Industry achieved in July 2020
    • Emerging Leaders Executive Leadership Training - certified April 2019 at Butte College
    • ITRC Drip & Microsprinker Irrigation Design - earned at California Polytechnic University in August 2018
    • ITRC Pumps I - earned via California Polytechnic University in August 2018

  • Master Agriculture & Development, University of Reading (UK)

    Reading - UK) 2015 - 2016 Earned degree while working as a Teaching Assistant for the university. Thesis project conducted in Thika, Kenya in partnership with Real IPM to develop biocontrol business for East Africa.

  • Bacchelor of Art in International Relations & Economics, Agnes Scott College -

    Decatur, Georgia, United States 2012 - 2014 Worked 2 full time jobs concurrently throughout undergraduate study & participated in numerous unpaid internships while a full-time student.

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