SBU Product Manager and Sales Executive
Job Description
Job title: SBU Product Manager and Sales Executive
Company: KWS Saat
Job description: Ready to dive into our exciting Special Crops Product Manager and Sales Associate role? We’re on the lookout for someone who’s not just about championing our oats, peas, cover crop, and organic crop seeds, but also excited to sell KWS’ extensive seed catalog directly to our customers. If you’re passionate about making your mark in agriculture, join us in Thriplow!
Product Management Responsibilities:
- Manage and develop the Special Crops (SBU) business in the UK, collaborating with relevant stakeholders.
- Budgeting, planning, and forecasting for SBU crops.
- Collaborate with the Technical Manager for Conventional Crops to develop UK trials.
- Collect, analyze, and report business data for SBU crop species and sales activities.
- Work with the Conventional Crops Product Manager to deliver key messages to the UK marketing team.
- Maintain regular dialogue with trade customers, reporting on varietal development progress and changes in the agricultural environment.
- Organize and present at regular meetings with KWS UK stakeholders and associated customer groups.
Sales Associate Responsibilities:
- Assist sales management of trade distributors with a cross-crop focus for cereals, oilseed, and pulse portfolios, aligned with our targets.
- Maintain positive client relationships in your designated area.
Your Profile:
- A first experience in the agriculture sector, specifically in agricultural sales or product management.
- Knowledge of oats and peas markets, with an understanding of sustainability application of peas (e.g., meat substitute applications), is a plus.
- Familiarity with the UK seed market and/or end-use market in agriculture.
- Some agricultural education preferred; a degree is not mandatory.
- Sociable personality with the ability to build and maintain relationships.
- Ability to balance responsibilities of product management, including budgeting and forecasting, with sales activities, connecting with customers and selling all crops.
If you are ready to take on this exciting dual-role opportunity, showcasing your expertise in product management and sales in the agricultural sector, we invite you to apply by submitting your resume!
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About KWS
KWS is one of the world’s leading plant breeding companies. Over 5,000 employees in more than 70 countries generated net sales of around €1.8 billion in the fiscal year 2022/2023. A company with a tradition of family ownership, KWS has operated independently for 165 years. It focuses on plant breeding and the production and sale of seed for corn, sugar beet, cereals, vegetables, oilseed rape and sunflower. KWS uses leading-edge plant breeding methods to continuously improve yield for farmers and plants’ resistance to diseases, pests, and abiotic stress. To that end, the company invested more than €300 million last fiscal year in research and development. For more information: . Follow us on LinkedIn® at .
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Location: Thriplow, Cambridgeshire
