Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to be a key contributor to a sector leading initiative around regenerative farming? Do you have experience with low carbon commodities? If this sounds attractive to you, then working at Cefetra might be a perfect fit for you!
Who we are
The Cefetra Group consists of various agricultural and food ingredients trading and supply chain management companies, with leading brands within the ingredients business. Collectively we employ over 700 people across 35 offices in 20 countries around the world. During its over 100-year long history, the group has undergone many changes related to what it trades and how it trades. We have identified regenerative farming as a key contributor to achieving our and third parties’ carbon emission reduction goals for the future. The Cefetra Group plays a central role in translating consumer needs into measurable action on farming practises. Whilst this is an activity with sustainability outcomes, Cefetra Ecosystem Services is primarily about providing commercial supply chain solutions to our trading partners.
The Job
As Business Developer at Cefetra Ecosystem Services you will be part of a team within Cefetra Group. Together with Uwe Schröder and a growing team of colleagues across from many of our offices, you will be partnering with farmers and farming communities throughout Europe, to provide a connection to those who are willing to reduce their emission and environmental impact from agricultural production. We build bridges in our own supply chain and our own organisation and our many customers in the food, animal feed, energy and beverage industries.
Cefetra Ecosystem Services has been running for a little over a year. Now we are looking for you, to support us with:
Execution and design of commercial agreements. Contracts, document flow, legal, regulatory, risk checks.
Customer care and development. Product offerings are often tailor made.
Marketing to individual clients and developing product strategies and approaches to customers.
Working with external platforms, initiatives and service providers to create productive partnerships and coalitions.
Sales and Marketing.
Internal and external client care.
Who are you
Most importantly, you're passionate about being involved in new business initiatives and being creative about dealing with internal and external clients. To be successful within Cefetra, it is important to have a ‘self-starter’ mentality, be open minded and curious. Ideally:
Your educational background is equivalent to a master's degree in business, economics, marketing, agronomy or comparable.
You have 1-3 years of working experience in a commercial environment, ideally connected to commodities, agricultural or similar.
You are a team player with good interpersonal and communication skills and comfortable with large amounts of information.
You have an excellent command of English (both verbally and written), any additional languages are a plus.
You are capable to work in a team structure as well as independently.
You can identify what needs to be done in a professional and ever-changing environment as part of a team that is scaling up.
You have an attention for detail and enjoy engaging with clients and stakeholders in several countries and all levels of the organisation.
Our offer
This is an exciting opportunity to be a key component in driving growth for a commercial unit operating in a quickly evolving industry. You will join a dynamic team, within an existing multinational. We operate a flat structure, so the learning opportunity is large.
We are always open for a conversation to discuss your individual needs; we offer the following:
Flexible working hours and hybrid working
Interesting learning and development opportunities
An excellent package of primary & secondary working conditions. Of course, a good base salary, holiday allowance, and an attractive bonus
27 vacation days
Our office that is located at one of the most beautiful locations in central Rotterdam with a view over the Maas and Erasmus bridge with plenty of social activities and excellent coffee
If this sounds like you
Interested in a conversation to further explore and enquire? Please apply below and we will contact you a.s.a.p. Or contact Jur Lemmers via +31 6 2520 3984 or lemmers@cefetra.nl. He will be happy to tell you more about this opportunity and the recruitment process.
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We appreciate the interest, but we seek all our candidates directly. We understand that you would like to present your candidates our interesting positions, but this is not how we have structured our recruitment process. This means that all unsolicited profiles offered will be treated as direct applications to our vacancies.
