Menaco is an independent business unit within the Limagrain Group. Limagrain, an International Agricultural Cooperative Group, is one of the World leading seed companies and ranked in the Top-5. They offer advice and plant production directly to the farmers; produce and sell vegetable seeds such as tomato, carrot, melon, cauliflower, pepper seeds to growers and offer garden products to the consumers and distributors. Products are produced and distributed in more than 70 countries worldwide. Limagrain invests heavily in R&D and has an extensive research program. Approximately 10,000 highly educated and ambitious people work across the world at a Limagrain company, which consists of multiple brands and business units. Menaco is the business unit that markets and sells vegetable seeds in the Middle East and North Africa.

Menaco is expanding their business in the Middle East and is therefore looking to hire a Sales & Development Manager Middle East.

Functions 

• Market development by positioning Menaco’s vegetable seed varieties in Middle East Increase turnover and market share with channel partners and create grower demand.
• Sell products by value adding crop solutions and deliver outstanding customer service.
• Coordinate and evaluate trials with or without working with distributors.
• Set and achieve sales targets.
• Develop and implement sales & marketing- and account plans.
• Schedule annual activities in corporation with distributors.
• Ongoing market analysis of The Middle East; on top of competitors’ activities, market potential and legislation.

The Sales & Development Manager Middle East reports directly to the General Manager.

Profile

• Proactive self-starter and pioneer with strong business sense and technical affinity

Job requirements

• BSc. or MSc. in Plants Sciences, International Agribusiness & Trade, Economics, Business Administration etc. complemented with training courses in leadership or Sales or Marketing Management.
• Multiple years of experience in Sales or Marketing in an international agricultural or horticultural B2B environment in combination with a strong understanding of seed company practices.
• Experience in international business, preferably in the Middle East.
• Experience in developing marketing and sales strategies.
• Experience in selling through distributors and expanding a distributor network is an advantage.
• Fluent in Dutch and English, preferably Arab as well.
• Willingness to travel internationally.

Competences

• Analytical and financial acumen.
• Strategic thinker.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Entrepreneurial and negotiation skills.
• International scope. Inventive and innovative.
• Adaptability to different cultures.

Location

New office in the Randstad, The Netherlands.

With frequent international travelling.

Offer

An interesting international career opportunity in developing sales in the Middle East for a well-established seed company with a pleasant, no-nonsense and cooperative working atmosphere.
The position offers a competitive remuneration package, with excellent fringe benefits such as a company car.

Respond

Menaco has outsourced the recruitment and selection for the Sales & Development Manager Middle East exclusively to CeresRecruitment. You can send your application only through www.ceresrecruitment.eu.

For further information, please contact Saskia Bierma +31 (0)6 52 774 019.

Comprehensive information regarding the company can be found at www.menaco.nl and www.limagrain.com.

A personality questionnaire and assessment will be part of the recruitment process.

Ceres is the Recruitment, Interim Solutions and Executive Search Specialist in Food & Agribusiness targetting Bachelors and Masters. They work with a large database, social media and targeted recruitment campaigns. International recruitment with a large network (including Europe, Asia, Africa, South America) and offices in the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium and Poland. CeresRecruitment fulfills agricultural jobs. The market areas are: Agriculture, Nutrition, Biobased, Life Sciences, Animal Sciences, Agro Chemicals, Pharma Veterinary, Horticulture, Plant Sciences, Organic Agriculture, Floriculture and Horticulture. The function specializations, both permanent and interim positions are: General Manager, Management, Sales & Marketing, Finance, Human Resources (HR), Operations, Logistics (Supply Chain), Purchasing, Buyer, Trader, Research & Development (R & D), Food Technologist, nutritionist, Quality (QA / QESH), Engineering, Project Management and Process Engineering.