For the Southeast commercial region as defined by the Company, the job involves the assistance ofvthe Product development manager in:

• Coordinating the launch of new varieties,
• Managing the product development range of products and supporting sales actions
• Monitoring the market,
• Challenging forecasts for new varieties.
For the species assigned by the Product Development Manager, tomato and tomato rootstock mainly.

General Mission:

o   Coordinating the launch of new varieties.

o   Managing the product development range of products and supporting sales actions

o   Monitoring the market.

o   Challenging forecasts for new varieties.

For the species assigned by the Development Manager. Mainly tomato, rootstocks and aubergines.

Must have:
Knowledge / experience on the field and the seed business.
Product vision & goal oriented.
Excellence in team spirit.
Solving problem attitude, well organized & synthetic approach.
Confirmed experience on product Development or Sales.
Open minded and ability to work in multicultural environment.
Agricultural engineer background with strong interest for field work.
Self-starter and pro-active personality - The taste for challenge

Fluent Spanish, English speaking.
Availability for traveling in the area of responsibility
Senior using Windows Pack office

GENERAL ACTIVITIES

Assist the Product Development Manager for the following activities:

• To allocate the availability of seed samples of each variety for the development trials within its
area & segment. Manage seed sample inventory at local level
• To schedule, coordinate and implement development trials DV1 and DV2 (sometimes T3 with
marketing) in its area & segment with the following objectives:
‐ to judge the agronomic performance and the adaptability of a variety in comparison to
leading varieties within the market
‐ to evaluate the adaptability of the variety with respect to the target.
‐ to start the identification of the competitive advantages, the selling points and the hurdles
to overcome
• To carry out and update market research studies (segmentation, analysis of the competition,
tracking and identification of the dynamic forces that drive change). To continuously improve the
knowledge of the market by type of client with the objective of contributing to the development
of business plans and strategic plans.
• To organize the promotional events developed and conducted for the benefit of both direct and
indirect clients. To organize market visits for clients.

• To propose to the Development Manager, establish, monitor, implement and roll out of the
annual external communication plan and its budget as define with external communication
department in La Ménitré, France.
• According to the positioning given by the marketing, to develop the sell