Head of Marketing and Business Development (H/F)

General information

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Position description

Employment Type

Regular Full Time

Contractual hours

Full-time

Function

SALES & MARKETING - MARKETING

Main Goal

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.

Job description

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

Skills: what we expect of 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

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.

You will then meet your manager.

Groupe Limagrain is an employer that respects diversity and encourages applications from all backgrounds.

Company

HAZERA SEEDS LTD

Position localization

Job location

Europe, The Netherlands

Location

Schanseind 27, 4921 PM Made

Candidate criteria

Minimum level of education required

Master's degree

Minimum level of experience required

10 years or more

Requester

Position start date

01/09/2025