Managing Director United States

Are you a people-oriented commercial manager looking to lead a team in the growing business in the USA? Do you aspire to become a Managing Director in a collaborative board of a leading vegetable seed company? If so, apply for this vacancy!

Managing Director United States

Are you a people-oriented commercial manager looking to lead a team in the growing business in the USA? Do you aspire to become a Managing Director in a collaborative board of a leading vegetable seed company? If so, apply for this vacancy!

Location: Salinas, CA, USA

What does the job of Managing Director at Rijk Zwaan look like?

The activities include production, breeding support, product development, marketing, and sales. The company is led by a board of two Managing Directors who are jointly responsible for the entire operation and the 50 people working in the USA. Each Managing Director has his or her own attention fields.

As Managing Director, you focus on Sales and Marketing in the USA. Besides, you are also involved in the Production & Breeding activities within the USA. The other Managing Director focuses on staff departments (HR, Finance, IT).

The American Managing Directors report to the Rijk Zwaan board based in the Netherlands.

With support from the Rijk Zwaan head office and globally operating crop teams, you will develop business strategies and tactics to grasp the opportunities in the dynamic vegetable seed market in the USA and hence will ensure sustainable growth for the company. Every year you will make a five-year development plan, including sales targets, investments, and cost development, together with your co-Managing Director.

Your Contribution:

As Managing Director, we expect you to have experience in the agricultural sector and a broad interest in all aspects of managing a company, including fostering the unique Rijk Zwaan company culture, managing financial risks, and legal compliance.

You have strong people management skills and can build bridges between people. Next to this, you are also seeking to collaborate with the other Managing Directors. We are looking for an inspirational leader and organizer with an international outlook, someone who is both people- and result-oriented. Finally, we are looking for the following aspects on your resume:

• A Master's degree in the agricultural area
• More than 5 to 10 years of managerial experience in an international environment
• Good understanding of the seed industry
• Strategic insights for commercial and company development
• A people-oriented management style and high teamwork abilities

Your daily workplace is in Salinas (CA), but you will also be visiting our other locations in the USA and travel along with the sales team, who are based throughout the USA.

What can you expect from us?

As a Managing Director, you will work in a growing international environment.

We are happy to offer you:

• Excellent training opportunities through our Rijk Zwaan Academy and specific management training courses
• An entrepreneurial/innovative and stimulating work environment
• A competitive market-based salary and good additional benefits
• A good work/life balance

Rijk Zwaan: your new employer?

Rijk Zwaan is an international family-owned 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 4000 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?

Send your application including your CV and motivational letter to

An assessment and screening are part of this selection procedure.

• One Phone Interview
• One Video Interview
• Two Face-to-Face Interviews
• Terms of Employment Interview
• Assessment
• Screening
• Contract

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