Syngenta Procurement and Sourcing employs over 270 people worldwide and is a diverse function of nationalities, experience and academic backgrounds. Based across 32 countries and 55 different sites, the function manages:
- Indirect procurement
A global function dedicated to the sourcing of all non-manufacturing related goods and services required to support the business by partnering with stakeholders and suppliers to source innovative and sustainable solutions to maximize the performance of the Syngenta group. - Active Ingredients (AI) procurement
Working with a range of suppliers – from basic commoditized chemistries to advanced custom manufacturers of fine chemistries – to procure all chemicals required for production of AIs including raw materials, intermediate chemicals and also finished AI’s. - Non-AI Direct Procurement
Working with global and regional suppliers to procure a range of direct materials from co-formulants to packaging and formulation, and fill-and-pack tolling services. - Technology and Sourcing
Responsible for developing sourcing strategies for new active ingredients and supporting major change projects for our established AIs on behalf of Syngenta’s Supply Chain teams.
Sustainable sourcing
We expect our suppliers to meet our HSE, social and ethical standards as outlined in our Supplier Code of Conduct. Through partnerships with organizations such as Together for Sustainability we ask suppliers in our crop protection supply chain to disclose their standards to us and support them in continuously improving their operations. We also partner with Solidaridad to assess the effectiveness of our seed supply chain’s Fair Labor Program.