Hazera is a global leader in the seed industry. Hazera brings expertise, commitment and support, combining decades of experience with state-of-the-art technology. Hazera breeds, develops, produces and markets varieties and seeds in a wide range of vegetable crops around the world. Hazera’s headquarters are situated in Israel and in The Netherlands, with subsidiaries in 11 countries and an extensive distribution network providing services in over 120 additional markets.

Fulltime, based in Brurim, Israel or Made, The Netherlands.

Reporting to: CEO or Deputy CEO.
Member of: The Executive Management Team of Hazera and Group Limagrain Executives
Managing remote and diverse teams: Product Management, Marketing Communication, Chain Management-Fresh Produce, Marketing Operations.

We are looking for a Head of Marketing & Business Development to be  in charge of leading our company's marketing vision and efforts. 
You will be responsible for evaluating and developing marketing strategies, planning and coordinating marketing orientation and efforts, building awareness, strength and positioning for our company's brands. You will manage the product range; the variety life cycles and lead crops strategy and market strategic segmentations. You will be working closely with our R&D team to achieve our portfolio objectives and with our sales department to maximize profits and market share. Finally, you will be in charge of all marketing communication domains, including events, brand excellence, digital, content & PR.
You will be part of the Group Limagrain Marketing Forum and will contribute to its Marketing objectives and activities. The role involves frequent international travel.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Lead the Marketing division team, located in various countries, with 7 direct reports in Global Product Management, Marketing Operations Management and Global Marketing Communication Management. 
• Evaluating and developing our marketing strategy and marketing plans.
• Improving Marketing processes and procedures, setting indicators and targets, implementation of methodology. and practices to optimize product range and variety life cycle.
• Investigate demand for our products and services and explore opportunities.
• Supporting sales and lead generation efforts.
• Working with the other corporate departments especially with R&D and sales in achieving our portfolio objectives and maximizing profits and market share while balancing customer satisfaction.
• Understanding and developing budgets, projections and business analysis.
• Building commercial brand awareness, strength and positioning.
• Develop and implement marketing-communication strategies and plans including for accelerating digitization, events, brand excellence, contents and PR.  

Profile Requirements:

• Master's in business/Marketing/Communication or Agriculture/Life Science.
• Executive experience in all aspects of Marketing-management within a global, large and complex organization.
• Experience in a Seed Company - a significant advantage.
• Experience in running an international marketing team in international markets – B2B (and beyond).
• Experience in working in an ambiguous, dynamic and highly demanding agenda.
• Proven experience in reaching quantitative and qualitative targets.  
• Willingness to travel 40% across the world.
• Fluent in English, additional language desired (Dutch, Hebrew, Spanish and French are nice to have).

Abilities and Personal skills:

• Visionary and professional leadership. 
• Build high performing team based on trust, collaboration and diversity.
• Working at both strategic and operational levels and solving complex issues.
• Evaluate and implement value driven Marketing programs and initiatives.
• Multicultural adaptability: Working across national and cultural boundaries to build joint commitment. 
• Superior interpersonal, influencing and presentation skills, results driven and collaborative spirit.
• Open minded, creative, flexible - Genuine interest to learn.
• Managerial courage, ability to lead change.
• Develops and empower people.
• Customer focus Internal / External. 
• Business acumen.

Information:
Working at Hazera means contributing in a professional way to the growth of our business, in an informal, international environment. We are customer and market oriented and teamwork is important. Other characteristics of our organization are openness, flexibility and orientation on results. We focus on employee development with consideration and respect for individual needs. That’s why it's nice to work at Hazera! 

Interested?
If you are enthusiastic to join a growing organization, please send us as soon as possible a letter of motivation and a detailed resume, preferably by e-mail or through the form on our website www.hazera.com.
Or send an e-mail to Ann.Shavit@hazera.com / amber.van.hemert@hazera.com