Jr. Breeder

Enza Zaden Tarım Ar-ge Taş.ve Tic.A.Ş.

Contribute to the development of new Tomatoes varieties

Do you have passion for plants? Do you want to contribute to the Enza Zaden vision to grant worldwide access to healthy vegetables? We are looking for a creative Breeder Tomato with excellent analytical and communication skills.

As Junior Breeder Tomato, you contribute to the development of new Tomatoes varieties. You observe, evaluate and select in breeding and screening trials. You record, process and analyse breeding and screening data. With the collected information, you are able to create new varieties for the designated markets. The screening trials are located in the greenhouses on various locations in and outside the Turkey, so traveling will be part of your job.

You are part of the Tomato Breeding team consisting of experienced breeders, assistants and technicians. You will work closely together with colleagues of other departments, ranging from commercial specialists to researchers.

Your power

When you see a crop your analytical skills are triggered making you notice every detail and assessing their relevance. You efficiently translate breeding data and market trends into practical breeding programs. You are eager to learn and to develop yourself to become an all-round breeder.

Modern methods of breeding and phytopathology are your main professional interests. You can cooperate with a team but also work independently. Furthermore you are an enthusiastic entrepreneur who sees new possibilities and comes with creative ideas. You have a valid driver's license B and are willing to travel abroad.

In short, you:

• have a BSc or MSc degree in Plant Science;
• have preferably 3 years of relevant working experience. Experience in vegetables is a plus;
• have good communication skills in the English language.

Our power

Enza Zaden is a vegetable breeding company that develops vegetable varieties. We produce and sell the seeds of these varieties all over the world. Both for conventional and organic growers.

For more than 80 years we are working with the best that nature offers. We support this with state-of-the-art technologies to speed up our breeding process. That is really necessary, because currently the development of a new vegetable variety takes up 6 to 10 years.

The results? Strong, healthy, tasty and climate-proof vegetable varieties with higher yield per square meter and less need of crop protection products or fertilizer.

Our strength? More than 2000 passionate colleagues worldwide working together on the vegetables of tomorrow. Therefore, we continuously invest in knowledge and skills with our Enza Academy and under the flag of enzActive we organise various sports activities to stay healthy.