Imagine leading a team at the forefront of agricultural innovation, where your decisions shape the future of farming.
As Head of Product Management (m/f/d) at KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA you will guide a talented group of product managers and agroservice specialists, driving the development of cutting-edge tools and services that empower farmers and boost sales.
Beyond managing a comprehensive portfolio, you will spearhead new business opportunities, turning ideas into impactful solutions. If you are passionate about innovation and leadership, this is your chance to make a lasting impact on the future of agriculture. Join us in cultivating success for our customers and our company.
This is a permanent role to be filled full-time. Your place of work is at our HQ in Einbeck or location Wohlde.
Your Responsibilities:
* Drive the change process to a customer centric organization
* Lead, empower and develop the team of Product Managers and agroservice specialist to ensure the best possible sales and customer support.
* Ensure a good portfolio management in all crops (cross crop portfolio steering), as well as technical support in how to optimize the use for the sales organization and customers.
* Ensure the delivery of content to the marketing department to support the promotion of our KWS products and tools through all channels.
* Provide regular and tailor-made trainings to ensure technical education of the sales team, same as the customers.
* Product management functions for all relevant crops (testing, trialing, portfolio steering, registration, content production).
* Creating standards and synergies maintaining crop-specific knowledge on the one hand and creating a common cross-crop understanding and processes on the other hand
* Maintain relations and ensure exchange with breeders, as well as international PM, production departments and Global Marketing/Sales Engagement department
* Maintaining a vast network to external stakeholders such as Universities, institutes, agricultural state bodies and other related industries.
* Provide tools, services and content, targeted to group of growers
Your Profile:
* Relevant experience in product management and understanding of the agronomy on German farms
* Track record in leading a team paired with strong leadership skills
* Very good communication skills with different target and stakeholder groups, internally and externally
* Open-minded with an entrepreneurial mindset paired with positive thinking & leading change
* Excellent command of German and English
Our Offer to you:
* An exceptionally interesting and varied job in an international environment with the opportunity to contribute innovative ideas
* Working in an international, highly motivated and dynamic team with flat hierarchies
* Flexible working hours with the possibility of mobile working (hybrid)
* As a family-run company, we live by the values of team spirit, closeness and trust, independence, and vision - a culture that is also lived in practice, e.g. through an open and friendly work atmosphere
* According to our slogan "Make Yourself Grow!" we promote individual professional and personal development
* As a basis, we offer excellent work equipment (high-quality, ergonomic workstations, several monitors, air conditioning) and sufficient free parking spaces at the location.
* We also create the appropriate framework conditions: capital-forming benefits, Christmas and vacation pay, childcare allowance, company bicycle
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