
SAATEN-UNION looking for the earliest possible date to fill the position of:
Managing Director for SAATEN-UNION Polska Sp. z o.o.
The role of the Managing Director will be to drive the company success as a leading seed supplier in the polish marketplace. The primary responsibility is to deliver company performance against strategic goals set in conjunction with the headquarters and shareholders, to maintain and grow sales, profitability and to drive market share for the product portfolio.
Main Responsibilities
- Overall commercial management, with reporting line to the Headquarter in Germany
- Provide and implement business plans to facilitate achievement by planning cost effective operations and market development activities for SAATEN-UNION products on the territory of Poland
- Setting strategy on customer/product placement, production and sales targets for SAATEN-UNION portfolio
- Permanent Market analysis and business development
- Create, manage and oversee company budgets in line with shareholders expectations
- Oversee the company’s financial performance and investment strategy in line with the headquarter and shareholders
- Observe, evaluate and supervise all staff activities to reward performance, prevent issues, and resolve problems
- Company nominated representative on relevant trade associations and in communication with official bodies (COBORU etc)
- Ensure company policies and legal guidelines are communicated throughout the company and that they are adhered to.
- Monitoring of licensed seed production of SAATEN-UNION varieties in Poland (
- Maintaining contact with official variety testing institutions
- Regular reporting of all key results and findings in the field of variety testing, seed production and sales
Requirements
- Experience in management position
- Experience in developing strategic and business plans
- Understanding of corporate finance and familiarity with corporate law
- Good organisational and leadership skills
- Good communication interpersonal and presentation skills
- Good analytical and problem-solving skills
- Knowledge of the agricultural sector
- Computer skills and MS Office packages
- Driving licence cat B
- Knowledge of English (or German), spoken and written
Profile
- Degree in Agriculture, Business, Economics or similar discipline
- Assertive, with strong self-motivation
- High level of numeracy and results orientated
- focus on the commercial operation of sales
- Excellent interpersonal skills – with the ability to lead a team
The company offers
- Attractive salary
- Work in a modern and stable companies
- Company car
- Laptop and mobile phone
Offers including CV and cover letter should be submitted by email: biuro@saaten-union.pl until 30.06.2025. Please be informed that only selected candidates will be contacted.
Please add the clause: „Wyrażam zgodę na przetwarzanie moich danych osobowych niezbędnych dla potrzeb procesu rekrutacji, zgodnie z ustawą z dnia 29 sierpnia 1997 r. o Ochronie Danych Osobowych, Dz. U. z 2002 r. Nr 101, poz. 926 z późniejszymi zmianami”