Retail Client Specialist Vietnam

How does your job as Retail Client Specialist at Rijk Zwaan Vietnam look like?

As Retail Client Specialist you are part of our sales and product development team, with specific responsibility for building relationships with vegetable supply chain partners such as major retail companies, trading companies, food processors and large growers.

Moreover, you fulfill an essential role in carrying out market research, consumer testing of new varieties/concepts, following complex market dynamics and developments, and initiating new business developments together and in accordance with our Client Managers. You share knowledge about the value chain, consumer trends and work closely together with the Vietnamese sales and product development team. Also, you participate at major national exhibitions and attend seminars based on business needs.

Finally, you will become responsible for several clients. This entails the following:

• Developing trustworthy relationships with the chain clients
• Acquiring a thorough understanding of the needs and requirements of the chain clients
• Serving as contact person between the chain clients and the Vietnamese crop and client team of Rijk Zwaan.

Your contribution.

You are a strong communicator with a high degree of motivation and enthusiasm. As proactive collaborator you are resourceful and you support the Client Managers in developing new business concepts for the value chain. With your commercial insight, social skills and team mentality you can establish and strongly maintain long-term relationships in the value chain for vegetables in Vietnam. Given the nature of this position, you are open to travel nationally and you also speak English fluently. In addition, we can find the following on your resume:

• A completed bachelor or master degree, in the field of Agriculture and/or Business
• At least 2-4 years of relevant working experience
• Knowledge of and experience with commercial (producer/buyer) dynamics
• Preferably knowledge of and experience with operating in an international environment.

What can you expect from us?

As Retail Client Specialist you will be part of the team of Rijk Zwaan Vietnam. The team consists of Product Development Specialist, Marketing colleagues who are working together to develop new varieties for our customers. We have our own Trial Station in Da Lat and our office in HCMC. The Chain Specialist will play an important role in developing relationships, organizing consumer market testing and initiating new business developments to contribute in sustaining and growing our business to achieve long-term success in Vietnam. Besides a dynamic environment in which you are exposed to new market and product developments as well as international expertise through which you can contribute to food safety and the world food supply, we are happy to offer you:

• A permanent contract for 40 hours a week
• Market -based salary based on job level and experience
• Various training opportunities through our Rijk Zwaan Academy
• A good work/life balance

Rijk Zwaan: your new employer?

Rijk Zwaan Vietnam Ltd. is a subsidiary of Rijk Zwaan Group, established in 2017 in Vietnam, with the goal of developing high-quality vegetable varieties, sharing innovations in seed production, high-tech vegetables growing techniques to farmers, connecting growers with consumers through a sustainable value chain, bringing higher profits to farmers. With more than 10 years of operation in Vietnam, the Rijk Zwaan seed brand grown in greenhouses has been affirmed.

Along with the development and supply of quality vegetable varieties for production, Rijk Zwaan Vietnam also strives to develop a team with increasingly high levels of expertise to accompany and support customers on farming techniques, building product brands, connecting partners in the supply chain. We believe that with a high quality and increasingly diverse set of varieties along with a professional and enthusiastic team, Rijk Zwaan Vietnam will contribute to improving the vegetable growing industry in Vietnam day by day, especially indoor cultivation.