We are looking for an energetic, innovative and experienced Global Head of Marketing & Business Development able to set a clear marketing vision and growth strategy while inspiring the teams to achieve it.
An agricultural cooperative and an international seed group owned by French farmers, Limagrain is driven by its purpose: cooperating for the progress of agriculture everywhere, for everyone. Focused on the genetic progress of plants, Limagrain breeds, produces and distributes field seeds, vegetable seeds and agri-food products
As a global leader in the vegetable seeds industry, Hazera, Business Unit of Group Limagrain, brings you expertise, commitment and support founded on the legacies of Hazera Genetics and Nickerson-Zwaan. Combining decades of experience with state-of-the-art technology, we breed, develop, produce and market varieties and seeds in a wide range of vegetable crops around the world.
If you are ready for a new challenge and want to be part of the No1 Vegetable Seed Group, a major scope of your Head of Marketing & Business Development accountability will be:
Developing and implementing the Global Marketing strategy by providing clear guidance to the marketing team, setting up the growth assumptions per crop and geography, go-to-market strategies, customer segmentation, portfolio strategy and product life cycle management
Leading the portfolio management and steering the crop strategy implementation through the established cross-functional Crop teams
Building strong brand awareness and positioning of our company's brand by creating a clear and compelling communication strategy and organizing company international conferences, trade shows, and major events
Leading the business development by identifying different product collaborations opportunities and partnerships to grow our footprint and complement our portfolio, as well as playing a key role in any potential M&A projects
Working closely with our sales department to develop a pricing strategy to maximize profits and market share
Contribute for an effective inventory management by defining clear crop market segment targets and working closely with Supply, Production and Sales in monitoring the inventory optimization plan execution
Being an important member of Hazera's Strategic Leadership team co-developing the business strategy
Being part of the Limagrain's Marketing Management Leadership Team and contributing to the Groups Marketing Strategy, objectives and key strategic initiatives
Collaborating closely with the other Limagrain vegetable seed companies to build strategic crop reviews, ensuring alignment, key learnings and best practice sharing
What we ecpect from you:
Bachelor or Master's degree in business, life science marketing, communications, or related field
10+ years of experience in agriculture, in senior management roles, preferably in the seed business
Executive experience in all aspects of Marketing-management within a global, large and complex organization
Successful change management and company strategy transition track record
Experience in running a diverse multinational marketing team in B2B international markets
Act as a key collaborator and a team player in the SLT
Ability to work in dynamic and high-pressure environment without transmitting stress and ambiguity to the team
Willingness to travel up to 30% across the world
Fluent in English, any additional languages are a plus
Your benefits and working environment
We offer you an attractive compensation package (including a company car) as well as numerous development opportunities internationally.
Recruitment process
Once your application has been submitted, an acknowledgement of receipt will confirm its receipt.
We will study your profile in relation to the needs of the position and the company.
If your application is selected, the following steps are part of our process:
After a prequalification interview, we will ask you to complete personality inventories and reasoning tests that will serve as a basis for an interview with the Group's Talent Management.
Then you will meet your manager and your dotted line manager.
Groupe Limagrain is an employer that respects diversity and encourages applications from all backgrounds
