Agricultural Scientist - Business Development Manager, Corn (m/f/d)

Beschreibung

About KWS

KWS is one of the world’s leading plant breeding companies. With the tradition of family ownership, KWS has operated independently for more than 160 years. It focuses on plant breeding and the production and sale of seed for corn, sugar beet, cereals, potato, rapeseed, sunflowers and vegetables. KWS uses leading-edge plant breeding methods. 5.700 employees represent KWS in more than 70 countries. For more information: www.kws.com/career. Follow us on LinkedIn® at https://linkedin.com/company/kwsgroup/.

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Business Development Manager (m/f/d) Corn & Sunflower Europe

Field of Work: Business Development
Location: Einbeck, Lower Saxony, DE
ID: 5853

We are looking to recruit - at the earliest possibility - a Business Development Manager (m/f/d) Corn & Sunflower for the business unit (BU) Corn Europe, in full-time and for an unlimited contract. You will be part of the Business Development activities for the business unit corn Europe of KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA at the headquarters in Einbeck (Lower Saxony/Germany).Your tasks - challenge meets responsibility:

• Evaluate new business ideas and bring them to life: Determine and challenge new business opportunities in the areas of seed, seed treatments, feeding, digital tools/ services, sales and licensing. Support the decision-making process by structuring and providing relevant data and analytics. Be part of the implementation team.
• Lead, steer and support business development projects
• Organize, implement, and track the strategic planning of the business unit. Track relevant KPIs to determine target level achievement.
• Manage R&D related projects and business cases as the interface between R&D and our markets
• Manage and implement business intelligence data and -platforms to align cross functional- and cross BU-data
• Be part of organizational change: Establish agile project related and cross-functional/ -country teams

Your profile - competence meets personality:

• Degree of business administration with an agricultural background, agriculture or or a comparable degree
• Strong agricultural know-how with understanding of the agricultural input industry and the respective markets
• Professional experience in a comparable position with experience in consulting or business development is an advantage
• Experience in working in complex structures and international context
• Excellent project management skills across regional and cultural boundaries with the ability to work collaboratively
• Very good project management skills across regional and cultural borders with the ability to work collaboratively
• Strong analytical and data assessment skills
• Very good language skills in English (German is an asset)
• Excellent interpersonal and intercultural communication
• Experience in relevant IT systems (MS Office, Data Management tools)
• Willingness to travel occasionally

Sow your future with KWS:

• As a family-owned company, we live by the values of team spirit, closeness, trust, independence and vision
• As a project manager business development, no two days will be the same for you. You and your passion for agriculture will drive our projects.
• We create the appropriate framework conditions for you: Excellent work equipment, subsidized canteen, capital-forming benefits, Christmas and vacation bonuses as well as flexible working time models with the option of home office