Bioline AgroSciences Ltd. is a subsidiary of INVIVO, a French Agricultural Cooperation with a yearly revenue of € 5,7 billion, around 8000 dedicated people and sites in more than 30 countries. After the recent acquisition and by joining forces of Bioline and Biotop (the French subsidiary of InVivo), InVivo will become a global player in a high potential and fast growing market, with an estimated growth of 10% a year for the next ten years. Bioline AgroScienses Ltd. is specialized in the production and marketing of biological control agents and in particular macro-organisms active against insects pest in fruits, vegetables and flower crops. Currently Bioline AgroSciences Ltd. has two production sites in the UK and USA, a professional R&D- and Sales department. At the moment Bioline and Biotop employ 135 people.

Because of the renewed situation and expected growth there is a vacancy for the position of Business Development Manager Northern Europe.

Job Description

• Creating strong growth, expanding the business and develop new customer relations
• Responsible for forecasting and annual sales results of Bioline products within Northern Europe.
• Monitoring sales objectives and whenever objectives are not reached proactively take actions together with the Commercial Manager.
• Responsible for the sales target and margins.
• Develop and implement strategic key account plans, join technical meetings, plan demo trails with the crop advisors and launch new products into the market.
• Build and maintain close contact with customers and third parties like key growers and key influencers.
• Report market developments and complaints to the Commercial Manager.

You will be responsible for the sales team Northern Europe (Russia, Poland, Benelux and Scandinavia) and you will directly report to the Commercial Manager of Bioline AgroSciences Ltd.

Profile

Ambitious entrepreneurial manager, a linking pin between Production, R&D and Sales

Job requirements

• MSc. in Horticulture, Plants Sciences, Agriculture, Commerce and relevant working experience within the professional horticultural industry.
• Have good knowledge of crop protection and integrated crop management programs in the greenhouse and/or fruit industry.
• Fluent in Dutch and English.
• Written communication (both Dutch and English) accurate and to-the-point.
• Preferably French.
• Experienced in managing and motivating a technical and/or a sales team.
• Excellent communication skills, being able to convince, challenge or motivate relevant target groups to make improvements and to become a trustworthy professional partner.
• Capable to initiate and manage processes and projects at the interface between customers and the internal organization.
• Ability and willingness to travel frequently within Northern Europe.

Competences

• Entrepreneur with excellent commercial skills.
• Good leadership skills.
• Excellent communicator and networker, able to make connections.
• Active listening and good analytical skills.
• Capable to work with different cultures.
• Convincing and being able to close the deal.
• Taking initiatives.
• Energetic and a high degree of commitment.
• Self-starter: proactive and self-propelling.

Location

Home Office.

Offer

Bioline AgroSciences Ltd. offers a dynamic and challenging international business environment. You will have the chance to be a part of an enthusiastic and passionate team and bare responsibility for your own results keeping a high degree of independence in the job.

The position is rewarded with an attractive remuneration package containing a target based variable income and excellent fringe benefits.

Respond

Bioline Agrosciences Ltd. has exclusively outsourced the recruitment and selection for Business Development Manager Northern Europe to CeresRecruitment.

For further information, please contact Inge Luimes +31 6 24 339 179 or inge.luimes@ceresrecruitment.eu.

You can send your application only through www.ceresrecruitment.eu.

Information regarding the company can be found at www.invivo-group.com or www.biolineapp.com.The website of Bioline is under construction at the moment due to acquisition.

A personality questionnaire will be part of the recruitment process.

Ceres is the Recruitment, Interim Solutions and Executive Search Specialist in Food & Agribusiness targetting Bachelors and Masters. They work with a large database, social media and targeted recruitment campaigns. International recruitment with a large network (including Europe, Asia, Africa, South America) and offices in the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium and Poland. CeresRecruitment fulfills agricultural jobs. The market areas are: Agriculture, Nutrition, Biobased, Life Sciences, Animal Sciences, Agro Chemicals, Pharma Veterinary, Horticulture, Plant Sciences, Organic Agriculture, Floriculture and Horticulture. The function specializations, both permanent and interim positions are: General Manager, Management, Sales & Marketing, Finance, Human Resources (HR), Operations, Logistics (Supply Chain), Purchasing, Buyer, Trader, Research & Development (R & D), Food Technologist, nutritionist, Quality (QA / QESH), Engineering, Project Management and Process Engineering.