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Hazera is a global leader in the seed industry. Hazera brings expertise, commitment and support, combining decades of experience with state-of-the-art technology. Hazera breeds, develops, produces and markets varieties and seeds in a wide range of vegetable crops around the world. Hazera’s headquarters are situated in Israel and in The Netherlands, with subsidiaries in twelve countries and an extensive distribution network providing services in over 100 additional markets.

Head of Commercial Division
(Fulltime, based in Brurim, Israel or Made, The Netherlands)

Department: Commercial                                                                

Subordinated to: CEO

The objective of this position is to Identify, initiate and lead global commercial activities and spirit in-line with the organization's targets. You will be Part of the Global Management Team of Hazera.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Lead the commercial global structure (around 200 employees) including 11 subsidiaries
• Increasing sales turnover, profitability and market shares
• Improving sales processes and procedure, forecast accuracy, setting indicators and targets, implementation of methodology and practices
• Managing and improving interfaces between the headquarters and subsidiaries
• Managing the interface between Sales and other functions like Marketing, Supply Chain, R&D, Human Resource
• Developing future leaders for the sales organization and Hazera

Profile:

• Bachelor or master's degree in Agriculture science or related field
• 10 years + experience in Seed Industry, preferable in vegetable seeds
• Experience in international and multi-cultural organization
• Proven experience in managing sales and reaching quantitative and qualitative targets  
• Proven experience in B to B international markets
• Experience in managing subsidiaries and dealer network
• Willingness to travel 30% across the world
• Fluent in English, additional language desired

Personal skills:

• Ability to deliver results and execution of sales plan
• Global organization perspective and cooperative with matrix interfaces
• Open minded, creative, flexible - Genuine interest to learn
• Team member
• Customer focus Internal / External
• Multicultural adaptability
• Leadership: build high performing team based on trust, collaboration and diversity
• Business acumen, able to develop and manage budget
• Develops and empower people
• Strategic Oversight and strategic planning
• Managerial courage, ability to lead change
• Develops and empower people

Information:

Working at Hazera means contributing in a professional way to the growth of our business, in an informal, international environment. We are customer and market oriented and teamwork is important. Other characteristics of our organization are openness, flexibility and orientation on results. We focus on employee development with consideration and respect for individual needs. That’s why it's nice to work at Hazera!

Interested?

If you are enthusiastic to join a growing organization, please send us as soon as possible a letter of motivation and a detailed resume, preferably by e-mail or through the form on our website www.hazera.com. Or send an e-mail to Ann.Shavit@hazera.com judith.boone@hazera.com

Acquisition with reference to this advertisement will not be appreciated.