Crop Specialist Lettuce South Region Italy

Do you like to be the linking pin between the Italian vegetable market and our breeding programs? Do you have experience is horticultural sales? If so, apply for this vacancy for Crop Specialist Lettuce South Region Italy.

Italy, Bologna
Marketing & Sales
Bachelor

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How does your job as Crop Specialist at Rijk Zwaan Italy look like?

The Crop Specialist co-ordinates the crop activities for one or more specified crops within the Italian territory. They include activities like collecting market information, developing a product development plan & trial plan, trail evaluation, preparing introduction plans, marketingplans and sales planning. You will work in close co-operation with our commercial team: sales representatives, product development team, chain manager, sales support and the breeding team to be successful. You'll visit customers frequently to give technical support and to promote the varieties.

Your contribution:

an Agricultural University Degree
at least 10 years’ relevant experience
an adequate product and market knowledge of the Italian horticultural industry
availability to travel up to the 70% of the working time
based in Lazio or Campania region

Furthermore you have an entrepreneurial attitude, you are a team worker and able to maintain the contacts in our international organization. You are willing to travel extensively along the country. You are pro-active, take initiatives easily and you have a commercial and client-focused approach. You are strong at negotiating and always keep track of the latest developments in the horticultural industry. You are fluent in speaking and writing both in Italian as English.

What can you expect from us?

As Crop Specialist you are stationed in Italy and you will mainly work with Italian collegues but you will be in strong connection with our international organization. You are given freedom to take initiative and work on your own development, we are happy to offer you:

A permanent contract from the start
Market-based salary based on job level and experience
A range of training opportunities and courses
Scope to be enterprising and develop
A valuable and impactful work in a stimulating and international environment

Rijk Zwaan: your new employer?

Rijk Zwaan Italy since 2006 is based in Bologna, with about 50 people working all over the Country and a number of trial stations in different parts of Italy.

Rijk Zwaan is an international family company with a people-oriented culture. Rijk Zwaan is right at the start of the food chain. We develop vegetable varieties and sell the seeds produced from them globally to growers and other chain partners. From our strategic position we contribute to the world food supply. Everything we do is about healthy growth. The growth of natural and healthy products that we export around the world. The growth of our company, which currently employs over 4.000 people in more than 30 countries. And above all the growth of our people: we give you every opportunity to use your own initiative and achieve your full potential.

Interested?

Do you recognize yourself and would you like to start as soon as possible? Click on 'Apply now' to apply directly. You can address your application to risorse.umane@rijkzwaan.it under the reference PML24. Remember to specify the authorization to the processing of personal data (Legislative Decree 196/2008 and art. 13 GDPR 679/16). The recruitment is open to male and female (L.903 / 77).

We will consider your application carefully, which may take some time. You will hear from us as soon as possible.