Tom Scurrah Email & Phone Number

Ludwigshafen, De

Leading the Product Development team in vegetable seeds for BASF for the Americas.

Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia, De

Manage the Cucurbit portfolio for the NAM region ($40.6 M in 2019A)• Lead the Regional Crop Team, key member of the Global Crop Team• Drive the introduction of new products from breeder to commercialo Collaborate with R&D, MD, Commercial, Supply Chain to achieve • Define future sales budget through Long Range Plan and forecasting

St. Louis, Missouri, Us

Led the Oxnard based Inventory team for Large Seed, Brassica, Leafy, and Root & Bulb crops• Managed large team of employees in Oxnard, Warden and Twin Falls• Coordinated seed supply for all other parts of the world along with Global Planning team • Pioneered the Company’s first efforts in S & OP• Key member of integration team merging Seminis into Monsanto’s SAP platform

St. Louis, Missouri, Us

Planned productions of all Brassica crops globally to meet demand• Global Crop Team co-lead along with GPM and Global TD Lead• Strategically planned and placed crops to meet demand while avoiding over supply, owning that part of P&L. • Communicated with production areas globally to obtain quality seed in a timely manner.

Led efforts to sell off surplus inventories through commercial teams; allocated short products• Utilized our commercial teams to sell surplus seed without impact to normal sales channels• Developed innovative allocation approach to balance demand with need to maximize P & L• Member of Global Manufacturing Leadership Team along with Global Manufacturing directors

Managed global effort to sell off surplus seed• Globally coordinated sales efforts of surplus seed in a time of high inventory excesses• Member of Value Capture Team charged with increasing profitability through cost optimization, pricing, brand integration, and overall efficiency gains

Led surplus sales to wholesale customers of Seminis Garden as well as leading other accounts• $ 1 M in surplus sales first year and $9.3 M in sales as a sales group• Trialed and identified varieties for HG portfolio

Handled accounts in North Africa and in South America for Asgrow Brand• Managed several difficult accounts in countries such as Algeria, Turkey, Greece and Morocco that required a tremendous amount of detail• Serviced accounts throughout South America requiring a high level of attention that also leveraged my bi-lingual capabilities

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Marketing

Bachelor Of Arts, Latin American And Latino Studies