[Hiring] Product Manager @Enza Zaden

Role Description

Make a difference as Product Manager, High-Tech at Enza Zaden, where we're passionate about developing innovative vegetable varieties that help growers succeed. In this role, you will maximize the potential of our product portfolio by connecting market needs, customer insights, and product strategy across the region.

As Product Manager, High-Tech, you will:

• Maximize market share and gross margin by optimizing variety positioning, analyzing regional sales and forecasts, and aligning the regional product assortment with Sales and Portfolio Management;
• Co-create strategic market and crop segment plans and translate them into tactical and operational plans, incorporating customer needs, key product traits, and relevant market insights;
• Provide market and product insights to Breeding and Product Development to help shape product concepts, product-market combinations, and the future portfolio;
• Support customer plans by providing technical product expertise and maintaining close relationships with key customers and industry stakeholders;
• Lead proposals for variety advancement through the relevant product advancement stages and coordinate seed allocation decisions for new introductions and existing varieties in alignment with Global Portfolio Management;
• Partner across Sales, Portfolio Management, Product Development, and Marketing to align product and customer strategies and strengthen Enza Zaden's competitive position throughout the region.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent higher professional education in Agriculture, Horticulture, Plant Science, Business, or a related field;
• 8+ years of relevant experience in agriculture, horticulture, product management, product development, or a related field;
• Strong agricultural knowledge and understanding of agricultural markets and customers;
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret sales, forecast, market, and product information;
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and relationship-building skills;
• Willingness and ability to travel frequently within Canada, USA, Mexico, and the Netherlands;
• Must be eligible for coverage under the company’s auto insurance policy.

Benefits

• An estimated annual base salary of $133,000–$161,000 CAD based on your experience, skills, and location;
• Eligibility for a bonus plan;
• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability coverage, and a Retirement Plan with employer match;
• Paid personal time off, paid volunteer time off, a monthly fitness reimbursement, and an Employee Assistance Program;
• Room to develop through our Great to Grow program, training courses, and e-learning platform.

Company Description

Enza Zaden is an international family-owned company that has been developing innovative vegetable varieties since 1938. Together with more than 3,300 colleagues worldwide, we work on vegetable seeds with better flavor, higher yield, and strong resistances. Our mission is: “Breeding to feed the world.” Every day, more than 480 million people eat vegetables grown from our seeds, and that is something we are very proud of.

We’re passionate about our work and care about one another. Good ideas are given room to grow, and together we keep moving forward. This is how we continue to grow and innovate, both as a company and as colleagues.