Our mission is to realize a sustainable change in world food supply with our innovative hybrid potatoes grown from true potato seeds. To expand our Commercial team and to help drive our business, we are looking for a:
Sales Representative (fulltime)
The primary focus of this position is to find, develop and scale sales opportunities on an international level. This will involve establishing and maintaining connections with strong partners, creating and executing sales plans and strategies, and enabling both short- and long-term success via scalable opportunities. This will require significant time spent in target markets to ensure market expertise and close client relations, as well as working closely alongside our global commercial team to ensure learnings and successes are maximized across the organization.
This position reports to one of Solynta’s Sales and Business Development Managers and is a key member of our global commercial team. We seek a creative, team-oriented, and proactive individual with relevant sales experience.
Key activities / responsibilities
- With a customer-driven and creative mentality - establish true partnerships, identify (new) sales opportunities, generate demand and drive sales to help grow our business
- Become an active member of our global commercial team to ensure what we learn across one region can be applied in another
- Working area Central Europe
- Ensure we reach our global sales target
Requirements
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in a commercial direction
- Several years of demonstrated experience and success in international agricultural sales
- Eagerness to build and maintain (new) client relations
- Proactive mindset
- Excellent communication: good soft skills to develop and maintain customer relations in different cultural environments
- Able to understand and clarify customer needs
- Ability to handle multiple projects at the same time
- Native/ bilingual proficiency in English (both written and spoken);
- Able to work efficiently in a dynamic and fast-moving environment where every day brings new challenges
What We Offer:
- A global scale-up with opportunities to work both cross-functionally and across different parts of the world
- An enthusiastic and growing team with ambition and passion to drive real change
- The opportunity to join a dedicated team working on ground-breaking innovations for improving the global food supply
- Home office is situated in Wageningen, The Netherlands
- International travelling
- Opportunities for growth and development within a dynamic organization
- A high degree of independence and responsibility within your role
- A one-year contract, with the intention of extending to a permanent contract, and competitive compensation
Application:
To join our team as a Sales Representative, please submit the form below or send an e-mail to recruitment@solynta.com including:
- A cover letter addressing your skills, experience, and alignment with and motivation for this position
- Your CV
For inquiries about the application process, please email recruitment@solynta.com.
For any questions regarding the vacancy, please contact Jos Aben at jos.aben@solynta.com
Take the next step in your career and drive innovation at Solynta - apply today!
Wiesje Huvenaars
HR manager