High-Tech Greenhouse Specialist

How does your job as a High-Tech Greenhouse Specialist at Rijk Zwaan look like?

As High-Tech Greenhouse Specialist in Hungary you work on the support and development of existing customers and dealers within High-Tech Greenhouses all over 11 countries. You give professional advice and consult existing clients on our products and modern technologies.  Moreover, you are tracking market trends and are looking for new customers.  You work with a professional CRM system and accurately forecast our sales results. 

Additionally, you are responsible for:

• identifying potential and prospective buyers such as large farms, holdings, new investing projects;
• processing customer requests and wishes;
• identifying problems and complaints and giving professional solutions or advice;
• listening and understanding the needs of customers and developing long-term and trusting relationship with them;
• creating promotion programs (seminars, advertising, field days, etc.);
• analysing and forecasting sales volumes and preparing reports of the results for management presentations;
• working closely with the distributors;
• conducting trials and product development;
• visiting partners and clients, travelling all-over the region and internationally up to 30%.

Your Contribution

You are based in Hungary (preferably South-East region of the country) and committed to provide a high service level and to maintain the ethics of the company. You are pro-active in contributing to crop improvements and have good analytical skills. You take initiative easily and you have a commercial and client-focused approach. You are a team-player, have strong communication skills and you keep track of the latest developments in the horticultural industry. You are an independent self-starter with the ability to set your own goals and agenda, and to manage your own progress towards those goals in a structured way. Moreover, you will work with a diversity of clients, colleagues and partners so you need to be flexible and able to work well with all kinds of people. You enjoy travelling around all-over Hungary and internationally. You are ready to work with a number of digital platforms and tools, and you are confident PC user. Because of the international job environment you have an intermediate level of English proficiency.

In addition, we can find the following on your resume:

• a completed Master degree in the field of agriculture;
• at least 2 years of relevant work experience with crops for green-houses;
• good command of written and spoken Hungarian and English languages;
• valid international driving license.

What can you expect from us?

Rijk Zwaan Budapest Kft.’s office is located in Budapest and having significant R&D activities in South-East Hungary site in Felgyő. We currently employ around 42 people in Hungary and we sell our products in 11 countries of the area. As the corporate culture of Rijk Zwaan is focused on people, you will be provided every opportunity for development in Rijk Zwaan.

As a High-Tech Greenhouse Specialist you will be part of Rijk Zwaan team. The team work actively on the introduction and supply of our varieties in the market. 

Besides the international and entrepreneurial work environment, interaction with colleagues from different countries and the opportunity to serve customers with our seeds and services, we are happy to offer you:

• permanent contract from the start;
• competitive to the market salary based on job level and experience;
• various training opportunities through our Rijk Zwaan Academy on personal and professional development;
• corporate phone, laptop, car;
• health insurance;
• extensive on-boarding program;
• good work/life balance;

Rijk Zwaan: your new employer?

Rijk Zwaan is right at the start of the food chain. We develop vegetable varieties and sell the seeds produced from them globally. From our strategic position, we contribute to the world food supply. Everything we do is about growth. The growth of natural products that we export around the world. The growth of our company, which currently employs over 3,900 people in more than 30 countries. And above all the growth of our people: we give you every opportunity to use your own initiative and achieve your full potential.