Organisation
An agricultural cooperative and an international seed group owned by French farmers, Limagrain is driven by its purpose: cooperating for the progress of agriculture everywhere, for everyone. Focused on the genetic progress of plants, Limagrain breeds, produces and distributes field seeds, vegetable seeds and agri-food products
As a global leader in the vegetable seeds industry, Hazera, Business Unit of Group Limagrain, brings you expertise, commitment and support founded on the legacies of Hazera Genetics and Nickerson-Zwaan. Combining decades of experience with state-of-the-art technology, we breed, develop, produce and market varieties and seeds in a wide range of vegetable crops around the world.
Reference
2025-10407
We are looking for an energetic, innovative and experienced Global Head of Marketing & Business Development able to set a clear marketing vision and growth strategy while inspiring the teams to achieve it.
If you are ready for a new challenge and want to be part of the No1 Vegetable Seed Group, a major scope of your Head of Marketing & Business Development accountability will be:
- Developing and implementing the Global Marketing strategy by providing clear guidance to the marketing team, setting up the growth assumptions per crop and geography, go-to-market strategies, customer segmentation, portfolio strategy and product life cycle management
- Leading the portfolio management and steering the crop strategy implementation through the established cross-functional Crop teams
- Building strong brand awareness and positioning of our company's brand by creating a clear and compelling communication strategy and organizing company international conferences, trade shows, and major events
- Leading the business development by identifying different product collaborations opportunities and partnerships to grow our footprint and complement our portfolio, as well as playing a key role in any potential M&A projects
- Working closely with our sales department to develop a pricing strategy to maximize profits and market share
- Contribute for an effective inventory management by defining clear crop market segment targets and working closely with Supply, Production and Sales in monitoring the inventory optimization plan execution
- Being an important member of Hazera’s Strategic Leadership team co-developing the business strategy
- Being part of the Limagrain’s Marketing Management Leadership Team and contributing to the Groups Marketing Strategy, objectives and key strategic initiatives
- Collaborating closely with the other Limagrain vegetable seed companies to build strategic crop reviews, ensuring alignment, key learnings and best practice sharing
Once your application has been submitted, an acknowledgement of receipt will confirm its receipt.
We will study your profile in relation to the needs of the position and the company.
If your application is selected, the following steps are part of our process:
After a prequalification interview, we will ask you to complete personality inventories and reasoning tests that will serve as a basis for an interview with the Group's Talent Management.
You will then meet your manager.
Groupe Limagrain is an employer that respects diversity and encourages applications from all backgrounds.