Country Manager Poland (feed sector – food coproducts)
Home office (initially), with frequent travelling across PolandYou know how to initiate and nurture relationships with suppliers and clients in the food and/or feed sector, and you have affinity for circular and sustainable food chains? This role offers you the chance to build up a business.
O FeedValid
FeedValid Polska sp z o.o. is the most recent subsidiary of FeedValid and part of Brokking Holding, a family business with 100 years of experience in the agricultural sector and animal feed. The company is processing raw materials using different production methods in which the nutrients can be better used and the nutritional value increases. Furthermore, FeedValid is specialized in enhancing the value of waste streams from the food industry into new circular feed ingredients. By providing a worthwhile use for the waste streams mentioned, they reduce the CO² footprint of food companies. In conjunction with its suppliers and customers, the company is making a contribution to sustainable and future-focused food production.
To take the lead of and to develop its activities in Poland, FeedValid is looking for a Country Manager who will play a key role in the development of the business of the company in Poland.
Stanowisko
Develop the business by establishing partnership with food manufacturers and clients in the feed industry.
- Be responsible for the business development and management of the company in Poland.
- Introduce the activities of FeedValid to food manufacturers across Poland (bread, bakery, chocolade, potato processing companies etc), discuss the potential value of the co-products they produce.
- Actively visit and build strong relationships with existing suppliers; discuss quality, production volumes, logistics, and handling of their co-products, get to know the whole production chain.
- Recognize & analyse the potential of co-products of your clients and discuss & think about possibilities to valorise them into feed components.
- Closely cooperate with the procurement and sales team of FeedValid in the Netherlands and Germany.
- Build on sustainable relationships with new and existing clients in the feed industry.
- Negotiate contracts with your suppliers.
- Align procurement of raw materials and sales to the feed industry.
- Find partners to process the food coproducts (contract manufacturing) into useable nutritional components for the feed industry.
- Focus on achieving results in cooperation with (international and in a later stage also national) colleagues.
- The Country Manager Poland will report to, and work in close cooperation with the Group CEO and with the Head of Procurement.
Profil
A proactive procurement manager with affinity for circular food and feed production.
Job requirements
- University degree, affinity with agricultural or food production.
- Experience with business-to-business sale or procurement in the feed / food sector would be an asset.
- Fluent Polish and English.
- Prepared for frequent travelling in a pioneering role.
Competences
- Strong commercial, communicative, analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Goal oriented, able to work independently, proactively and in a self-directed flexible manner.
- Team player, naturally ready to share knowledge, and enjoying having international contacts.
- Able to open doors and to actively build partnerships and to develop a market.
Oferta
FeedValid offers you the opportunity to use your entrepreneurship and passion to actively build its business in Poland, in an organisation with a great working atmosphere and with a great drive to move forward and to utilize opportunities. You will enjoy close support from a dedicated and enthusiast team, providing you with valuable knowledge and market insights in circular food and feed production. An attractive remuneration package (incl. car, laptop, mobile phone) and the chance to develop yourself and to grow together with the company. Feedvalid provides a package of international product trainings and gives a lot of autonomy and possibilities to build your network and to become seen as a person of trust amongst your suppliers and clients in the feed sector.
Respond
FeedValid has outsourced the Search and Selection for the Country Manager Poland to CeresRecruitment Polska. More information about FeedValid can be found on https://www.feedvalid.eu/en/. A personality questionnaire can be part of the recruitment process.