Business Development /Strategy Manager

Company 

The Roullier Group was created in 1959 and is established in 46 countries around the world. Its total turnover is 3.1 billion euros. Our 7000 employees all have the same dynamic entrepreneurial spirit and all collaborate towards this successful human and industrial adventure. We specialize in plant, animal and human nutrition, and our activity consists in creating and marketing increasingly innovative solutions especially suited to our markets.

For our Recruitment campaign "Advance program", we are currently offering a job as:

Main Job 

BUSINESS - Business Development /Strategy Manager

Job title 

Development Managers - Ghana, Mozambique, Tanzania - Advance Program - M/F H/F

Type of contract 

Permanent contract

Job description 

Under an Area Managing Director's responsibility, your main mission will be the development of the country you have been assigned to work in.

As such, your main tasks will be to :

-Identify the country's development potential (Ghana, Mozambique, Tanzania) and organize the appropriate logistics system, including the appropriate platforms and integrating the needs of the Group's factories.
-Prospect and develop business partnerships with distributors and key accounts, and maintain direct contact with the local technical referents /players
-Recruit your team, above all the commercial managers and the marketing men
-Assist the marketing men in the field in their relations with key accounts
-Launch new campaigns, participate in the implementation of the operational marketing and put in place the necessary sales tools
-You will negociate with distributors and monitor technical and regulatory requirements

Profile 

You have an agricultural engineering degree and successful sales experience in Africa (ideally in one of the three countries which you have been assigned to).
You have in-depth technical agricultural knowledge (products and market)
You speak the local dialect/language and speak fluent English 
Good communication skills, a taste for a challenge and power of persuasion are necessary tools for success in this job
Moreover, you are independent and have a real sense of responsibility.

If your profile meets the above criteria, please send your application (résumé and cover letter) by email to the following address: talentpool@roullier.com with the reference BD/RDAFRIQUE or by mail to Groupe ROULLIER – DRH Stratégiques - 57 boulevard Jules Verger – 35800 Dinard – France. 
We guarantee the confidentiality of your application.

Job location

Location of the position 

Africa

Candidate criteria

Education level 

Master's Degree or equivalent

Experience level 

3 to 6 years