Country Manager Germany & Northeast Europe Business Area (M/F)

Main Goal
As

Country Manager Germany and Head of the Northeast Europe Business Area , you lead the development and performance of Limagrain Field Seeds across Germany, Poland, Denmark, and the Baltics.

In this role, you define and implement the Business Area strategy aligned with Limagrain Field Seeds’ European ambitions. You drive sales and marketing performance across the region while ensuring strong collaboration with European functions and support teams.

You also act as the legal and administrative representative of the German entity, ensuring compliance with local regulations and alignment with Limagrain policies and governance.

This position is located in Edemissen, Germany.

Job description
Drive business performance

Define and implement the Business Area strategic roadmap aligned with Limagrain Field Seeds Europe strategy

Lead sales and marketing performance across the Business Area to achieve revenue, market share, and profitability targets

Supervise the development and implementation of sales and marketing plans

Manage demand planning processes at Business Area level

Identify and develop new business opportunities across the region

Lead the organization

Develop and manage the Business Area organizational structure and leadership team

Ensure the availability of the right competencies and capabilities within the organization

Foster people development, engagement, and collaboration across the Business Area

Promote operational excellence and continuous improvement

Strengthen cross-functional collaboration

Work closely with European Marketing, Commercial Excellence, Supply and support functions to ensure alignment and execution of crop strategies and commercial initiatives

Facilitate the implementation of European strategic initiatives within the Business Area

Support portfolio, pricing, and demand/supply optimization initiatives

Represent the company

Act as the main representative of Limagrain Field Seeds towards key customers, partners, and industry organizations

Ensure compliance with German legislation and Limagrain corporate policies

Contribute actively to European business committees and strategic initiatives

What we expect of you
You are a

commercially driven leader with strong business acumen and the ability to lead teams in a complex international environment . You combine strategic thinking with operational execution and know how to mobilize teams around clear business objectives.

You bring:

Significant experience in

Sales leadership within the agribusiness sector

Strong

commercial mindset and customer orientation

Proven experience

managing P&L and business performance

Solid

leadership experience managing international and multicultural teams

Demonstrated

change management capabilities

and ability to lead organizational transformation

Strong

communication, influencing, and stakeholder management skills

Fluency in

German and English , with strong understanding of the German business environment

Willingness to travel frequently across the region

Strategic, resilient, and hands-on, you thrive in matrix organizations and are able to create strong connections between local teams and global functions while driving business growth.

Equal Opportunity Employer
Groupe Limagrain is an employer that respects diversity and encourages applications from all backgrounds.

Limagrain Field Seeds, with its international multi-crop LG brand is the global Feld Seeds division of Group Limagrain. Limagrain Field Seeds covers all continents with subsidiaries in over 40 countries and sales in 77 countries. Limagrain Field Seeds supplies LG branded seeds of Maize, Wheat, Sunflower, Winter Rape and other regional crops to all farmers large or small. A strong commitment to progress through technology ensures that plant variety improvements arrive continually from 84 research sites and are adapted for maximum local performance.

Limagrain is a global company with deep local roots. Our parent company is an agricultural cooperative based in the Limagne‑Val d’Allier plain, in the heart of Central France’s Auvergne region, while we are an international seed and agri‑food group with some 9,600 employees working in 53 countries. As the 4th largest seed company in the world, we achieved sales of 2.522 billion euros in 2023‑2024, with additional sales of 729 million euros from activities carried out in collaboration with our strategic partners.

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