Crop Specialist

Rijk Zwaan; Cartagena de Indias; Presencial; COP 42 000 000 - 66 000 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Permanent contract

Training through Rijk Zwaan Academy

Dynamic environment

Freedom to take initiative

Resumo da oferta

Rijk Zwaan seeks a Crop Specialist in Colombia to connect the global melon market, breeding program, and crop organization. You will help decide on new varieties and guide product development with market insights and customer liaison.

You will travel countrywide, develop commercial relationships, and stay updated on horticultural trends to support business growth.

Qualificações

• Bachelor degree in horticulture or agriculture.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant work experience in the vegetable seed industry.

Responsabilidades

• Bridge global melon market, breeding program, and crop organization to guide launches and product development.
• Visit trial fields to gain market and product information and identify opportunities.
• Develop and maintain contact with customers and the market and advise management on future melon strategy.
• Lead key accounts and coordinate international collaboration on market solutions.

Conhecimentos

Market knowledge

Client management

Negotiation

Team coordination

Formação académica

Bachelor degree in horticulture or agriculture

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Bachelor

As Crop Specialist, you connect the global melon market, breeding program, and Rijk Zwaan's crop organization. If you're experienced in horticulture and market trends,

Marketing & Sales

Bachelor

As Crop Specialist, you connect the global melon market, breeding program, and Rijk Zwaan's crop organization. If you're experienced in horticulture and market trends,

What does a typical working day look like a Crop Specialist?

Bring together all the market information and product information that you do on a day-to-day basis. You are the link connecting the international melon market, our breeding programme and our global crop organization. You work in close collaboration with colleagues all over the world and you play an important role in deciding on the launch of new varieties as well as in formulating the future product development strategy. You maintain and intensify contact with customers and the market. In addition, you visit trial fields to gain market information and product information and you identify opportunities that can lead to new product development activities. Together with colleagues within your team, you advise the management on the future of melon within Rijk Zwaan.

Also you have Client Management responsibilities. You are an important link between the customers and the crop organization. You will have the opportunity to develop as a commercial role in direct contact with customers: taking information, consulting, selling and monitoring of varieties, also building an extensive knowledge of the technical characteristics to give satisfactory answers both agronomic and commercial to our customers.

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Crop Specialist that will lead key accounts management and projects execution at the country level. The Crop specialist will also interact internationally with a broader team of crop specialists to develop market solutions under the crop strategy.

Your contribution:

You have an entrepreneurial attitude, you are a team worker and able to maintain the contacts in our international organization. You are willing to travel along the country. You are pro-active, take initiatives easily and you have a commercial and client-focused approach. You are strong at negotiating and always keep track of the latest developments in the horticultural industry. You are fluent in speaking and English.

• A completed bachelor degree in the field of horticulture or agriculture
• At least 5 years' relevant work experience in the vegetable seed industry

What can you expect from us?

Besides an enjoyable job involving contact with colleagues from various different departments and countries, we’re happy to offer you:

• A permanent contract from the start
• Various training courses and opportunities through our very own Rijk Zwaan Academy!
• A dynamic environment
• Freedom to take initiative and work on your own development