Account Manager Horticulture DACH

Are you an ambitious and connecting Account Manager who contributes to innovative and sustainable cultivation systems in greenhouse horticulture in the DACH area (Germany, Austria, Switzerland)? Entrepreneurship, drive, customer focus and pioneering are central to this job, but also developing a sales strategy aimed at growth, budgeting and expanding customer and dealer relationships. In short, a position with perspective and great challenges! If this appeals to you, we would love to get in touch with you!

Overview

You are fully responsible for the sales, service and support activities aimed at greenhouse vegetable cultivation in the DACH region (Germany, Austria and Switzerland). You are responsible for the sales strategy, budgeting and further optimization of the sales organization within the horticultural sector. You develop and maintain strong relationships with distributors, direct customers and internal and external stakeholders. You will mainly work from home and on location at the customer. You meet your Grodan colleagues physically and virtually at fixed times. You participate in innovative projects within Grodan.

What are you going to do?

• Take advantage of all sales opportunities and establish and maintain long-term business relationships in the DACH countries;
• Maintain good (network) working relationships with internal and external stakeholders (chain parties, grower groups, consultants and other suppliers) within the DACH area;
• On behalf of Grodan, act as the face and point of contact for parties active in the greenhouse horticulture chain in the DACH countries;
• You participate in trade fairs, seminars / conferences and open days;
• Prepare and implement sales plans and budgets with the aim of improving overall sales effectiveness;
• Internal reporting on sales and commercial activities, trends, competition, new and existing products and applications;
• Supporting local recycling solutions.

What do we ask?

• Completed HBO or WO education and at least 3-5 years of experience and a proven track record in an account management position; knowledge of and experience in the cultivation of greenhouse horticultural crops is an advantage;
• You are strong in maintaining contacts with distributors, customers (internal and external), network relationships and other stakeholders;
• You are driven, analytically strong and results-oriented. You take responsibility and can work independently;
• As a connector you achieve the best results for your customers and Grodan;
• You have excellent communication skills in German and English, spoken and written; Proficiency in the Dutch language is an advantage.
• You enjoy traveling and have an eye for cultural differences.

Grodan offer

In addition to a permanent contract from day one, a good basic salary and bonus scheme, you will receive attractive secondary employment conditions with a collective pension scheme, holiday pay and a 13th month. You will have access to a laptop, iPhone and lease car.

Rockwool encourages a healthy lifestyle and vitality for its employees by offering a cycling plan and a discount on your gym membership. Their work-from-home policy gives you flexibility to organize your work as optimally as possible. You receive 25 regular vacation days and accrue another 26 extra ATV days, which means there is sufficient time for relaxation next to work and room for arranging the work-life balance that suits you. Rockwool guarantees a good working atmosphere with an active staff association and of course the opportunity to purchase your own products at a reduced rate.

This is how you can apply

We value diversity and therefore welcome all applications regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion / belief, disability, age, sexual orientation and identity.

We look forward to receiving your application! Please respond via the application button and we will be happy to engage with you. We will reply to your application as soon as possible. If you have any questions, please contact our corporate recruiter directly on +31 6 15602439 or email