Account Manager Plant Health

**Location: Brazil : Valinhos**
**Country: Brazil**

**Do you want to help improve food and health around the world?**

At Chr. Hansen, food and health is at the heart of everything we do and our natural ingredients are consumed by more than 1 billion people every day. As a global market leader in bioscience, we have the opportunity to address important global challenges such as food waste, healthy living and sustainable agriculture and we need the brightest and most passionate people on board to succeed. Want to join us?

**What would your role look like?**:

- Sales responsible for our portfolio in the soybean, cotton and corn industry.
- Business administration and support to Chr. Hansen distributors in Brazil aiming to develop this business in the country.
- Technical support to our commercial partners;
- Local follow up of products development and sales of our commercial partners;
- Sales and customer service to key clients and distributors;
- Build a close relation to key customers and distributors
- Provide technical support to vendors (internal and external)
- Guide customers on questions/problems, solve quality problems/customer complaints, guide customers and sales team in the use of products
- Close contact with CROs, researchers and consultants;
- Develop protocols;
- Elaborate/check the contracts;
- Follow up of trials;
- Report the results;
- Investigate and identify business opportunities (performance of new and existing products) and threats (competition, releases, acquisitions etc.);
- Design and follow field trials and experiments with the company's products, conducting field tests in customers, testing or adapting the use of the product by offering new options to customers and improving quality
- Develop technical and commercial strategies with our commercial partners;
- Build a close relationship to key customers, distributors and KOL’s;
- Handle any claims;
- Observe other opportunities associated with biotechnology and agriculture;
- Contribute to the good image of Chr. Hansen company with the agriculture market;
- Be a team player and support the global Commercial Development organization as needed;
- Support the Plant Health leadership with internal and external presentations and strategy work.

**Who are we looking for?**
- Graduated in Agronomy Eng. or other sufficient education
- Experience in the crop protection industry
- Experience in the seed treatment industry
- Advanced English
- Field experiment trial design and evaluation*
- Experience with seed applied (bio)pesticides
- Production of agricultural crops
- Phytopathology experience
- Technical communication and presentation
- Market and Marketing Skills
- Strategic Planning and Business negotiation
- New Product Development

**Important**:
Working from home is totally acceptable.

The position should expect 3-4 days of travel per week (depending on location).

Shall live in the Estate of Mato Grosso, preference to Cuiabá;

**What we offer you?
**At Chr. Hansen, we offer a working opportunity that you can take part in setting the agenda. In each of our 32 global offices, you will be able to experience an agile organization where takes a short way from idea to implementation. We believe that engagement matters. Our inspiring work environment and collaborative culture would allow you to continuously develop both personally and professionally.

As a market leader, Chr. Hansen has constantly pioneered science for almost 150 years and expanded into new area for a more sustainable future. Our founder, Christian D. A. Hansen, was a true entrepreneur and his mentality is still very present and valued today. We keep looking for people who can take charge and come up with new ideas to strengthen our team.

Join us and take part in making a meaningful difference

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**About Chr. Hansen
**Chr. Hansen is a global, differentiated bioscience company that develops natural ingredient solutions for the food, nutritional, pharmaceutical and agricultural industries. At Chr. Hansen we are uniquely positioned to drive positive change through microbial solutions. We have worked for over 145 years to enable sustainable agriculture, better food and healthier living for more people around the world. Our microbial and fermentation technology platforms, including our broad and relevant collection of around 40,000 microbial strains, have game-changing potential.

We have come far on our journey, and delivered strong results, and as we continue to unlock the power of good bacteria through new technologies, there is so much more we can do. Our employees are the driving force enabling us to live our mission to pioneer microbial science to improve food, health and productivity. We work passionately, bec