Technical Sales Consultant

Ready to make an impact in high-tech horticulture? As a Technical Sales Consultant at our De Ruiter Experience Center in the Netherlands, you’ll be the go-to expert for global customers.

Our De Ruiter Experience Center (DEC) in Bleiswijk - the Netherlands - is a cutting-edge 1.7-hectare glasshouse showcasing three key crops: tomato, pepper, and cucumber. Every year, we welcome over 3,000 visitors from 45 countries to explore our innovations, including a market featuring the world’s 50 most popular varieties. With more than 2,500 trial plots, we generate valuable insights to continuously improve variety performance.

As a Technical Sales Consultant, you will be based in the DEC, where you will welcome customers around the world and share technical expertise & knowledge about our De Ruiter portfolio to leading high-tech glasshouse customers, while managing close interaction with our 15 Customer Facing Units. Your excellent understanding of glasshouse growing principles is shared while:

• Guiding key accounts in our De Ruiter Experience Center, to strengthen customer excellence.
• Exchange knowledge by offering technical expertise to our leading growers globally, together with the local teams, so they are able grow our varieties most effectively.
• Booster sales of New Variety Introductions in key high-tech glasshouse markets, to strengthen our global De Ruiter portfolio & positioning
• Ensure the DEC is fully operational, providing an excellent experience to customers, and accelerate the DEC as a global tool for our De Ruiter organisation

YOUR TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Collaborate with DEC Team and Customer Facing Teams to enable the best customer experience.
• Act as primary point of contact to share technical variety information & growing expertise.
• Drive our new portfolio towards our leading accounts, in close collaboration with the local teams.
• Booster new business development in emerging markets (travelling required, minimum 1 per year)
• Work in a dynamic and cross-regional team, and be able to navigate around the customer as center point.
• Managing a data visualization platform, that includes the 2,500 trial plots, where we generate valuable insights to continuously improve variety performance.
• The objective of this role is to ultimately become the central point of contact including all assigned tasks and taking ownership to secure our De Ruiter Experience Center in its future endeavors for long-term continuity and success

WHO YOU ARE

• Minimum BSc in Agronomy, Commercial or related field
• Minimum 2-5 years of professional experience
• Experience in growing high-tech glasshouse vegetables is a plus
• Excellent communication skills
• Capable of working with different countries & cultures
• Ability to quickly understand customer need, and act accordingly

Location

• De Ruiter Experience Center
• Netherlands - Bergschenhoek

WHAT BAYER OFFERS YOU

As a modern employer, we take care of our employees and help them find a balance between career development opportunities and personal life planning. We offer our employees a wide range of career prospects, a modern working environment and competitive compensation. Bayer employees benefit from great employment conditions, such as:

• An excellent competitive salary based on a 38-hour workweek
• A gross monthly salary between € 4391,69 and € 5.489,53 based on a 38-hour workweek, depending on your education and work experience
• An additional 8,33% holiday allowance and a bonus (based on company results)
• 25 days of leave, with the option of buying a maximum of 10 additional days
• You have the option to work from home, but we expect you at least 2 days per week at the office.
• If you work from home, Bayer provides the required tools and a monthly internet allowance
• A solid retirement plan and bicycle lease plan
• An inspiring working environment with professional and committed colleagues
• A successful innovative organization with international career possibilities
• Challenges and possibilities to learn and to develop

• At Bayer, we value your well-being. We offer support via our employee assistance program and provide various tools and initiatives to enhance your well-being

INTERESTED IN THIS VACANCY?

Are you looking for a new challenge? Apply online by sending us your resume and cover letter (in 1 document). Do you have a question, or do you want to learn more about the position? You can always contact Klazien Flapper via klazien.flapper.ext@bayer.com.

What can you expect? The application process consists of a personality questionnaire and an interview with the recruiter and hiring manager.