Commercial Director

Vivent SA is a fast growing international organization that focuses on improving plant health, with the expertise and passion to develop more sustainable agriculture. Vivent SA has developed technology, called PhytISigns, that determines the health status of plants, using machine learning to interpret electrophysiology signals. The system provides advance warning for a wide range of crop problems (e.g. fungal infections or climate problems), allowing growers to increase yields while using less water, fertilizer and pesticides.
Early diagnosis of problems, often days before visual symptoms, provides unique insights for growers and plant scientists. Vivent SA rents systems to growers, breeders and scientists and helps with the analysis and interpretation of the data.

Vivent SA was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Switzerland. You will join a team of 17 people and the organization is growing rapidly. Vivent SA is keen to hire several people in the Netherlands in the short term and will open an office in the Westland area. To expand the organization, we are looking for an experienced, entrepreneurial and hands-on Commercial Director (Management Team member).

Develop and implement strategies for a profitable and growing client base

• Working closely with other senior executives to develop and implement a commercial strategy that quickly and substantially increases the value of Vivent SA, including board level discussions with investors.
• Developing and executing commercial partnerships and sales and marketing strategies in target market segments to grow annual revenues.
• In conjunction with the CEO, creating and managing a budget for sales and marketing activities.
• Provide a customer focused voice across the company to ensure product development and delivery meets or exceeds customer expectations.
• Plan and participate in product launches and associated activities such as trade fairs, client demonstrations and other activities.
• Build trusting relations with clients, key partners, suppliers and internal stakeholders.
• Identify opportunities for business growth and development and provide solutions to ensure Vivent scales up successfully.
• As Commercial Director you are a key member of the Management Team.

Self-Starter, client focused and result driven

Job requirements

• Bachelor/Master’s degree in Economics, Business Administration or Management in Agri- or Horticulture, Plant sciences or equivalent.
• Minimum 10 years commercial experience in agronomy, sales and marketing in horticulture, including management of client and distributor relationships.
• Willingness for international and domestic travel, up to 30%.
• Excellent communication skills in Dutch and English, both oral and written. Other European languages are considered a plus.

Competences

• Customer and market driven.
• Strong communication skills, ability to convince, challenge or motivate relevant target groups.
• Analytical and solution oriented.
• Takes initiatives, always on the lookout for sales opportunities.
• Keen for responsibility and accountability.
• Emphatic, down-to-earth, hands-on.
• International scope, ability to work with different cultures.

You will have the opportunity to work in a multi-national company with a dynamic, experienced and enthousiastic team. The company has a strong focus on knowledge exchange and building for the future. Competitive salary and additional benefits including share options are offered.

Location

Home Office. Is willing to travel to both The Netherlands and Switzerland regularly.

Respond

Vivent SA has exclusively outsourced the recruitment and selection for this position to CeresRecruitment. For further information, please visit the company websites www.vivent.ch and www.phytlsigns.com.
A personality questionnaire will be part of the recruitment process.