This position is an excellent opportunity for a passionate Agronomic engineer to translate long term vision into short term actions at an international level. Within the Marketing department this challenging position is at the center of all company departments (Research, Supply Chain and Sales). Under the management of the Group Product Manager for Roots and Leaves, your main missions will be to:
• Manage and coordinate the development of Roots and/or Leaves species across the Europe, Middle East and African markets.
• In collaboration with the Group Product Manager develop and implement the strategy across the region, including pricing, portfolios and positioning to be agreed with senior managers during a crop review meeting
• Manage the complete product life cycle of all the varieties of your portfolio
• Manage the evaluation and development of new varieties in their pre-commercial phases
• Manage the preparation for commercial introductions of a variety in collaboration with the local Sales and Product Development teams
• Follow-up and take appropriate action regarding the lifecycle of all varieties among the portfolio. This includes coordination between sales needs and seed production; especially with respect to seed production costs and seed availability.
• Ensure efficient communication on Product Profiles to Breeding teams of market needs, size and information as well as general market trends and expected sales trends to better align breeding programs with the needs of the market
• Coordinate the communication plan with the marketing team
You will have to travel extensively across the region (between 30% to 40% of your time depending the time of year), working with our dedicated sales teams and distributors where relevant, providing technical support and knowledge to customers.
